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Moon to meet Putin early September

President Moon Jae-in will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during his first visit to Russia from Sept. 6 to 7, Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Park Soo-hyun said Tuesday. At the Eastern Economic Forum, which will be held in the easternmost city of Vladivostok, the President will deliver a keynote address. The annual forum will mainly deal with business opportunities in Russia’s...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-22 18:13

Ceremonies for Seoul-Beijing ties toned down

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will skip a ceremony organized by the Chinese Embassy in Seoul, Thursday, to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations. The Korean Embassy in Beijing has also scaled down its own ceremony there, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tuesday.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-22 17:00

THAAD row threatens 25 years of economic cooperation

Trump aide's remarks confuse Seoul over N. Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump’s key adviser says he would be open to a potential deal in which the United States removed its troops from South Korea in exchange for China persuading North Korea to freeze its nuclear programs. White House chief strategist Steve Bannon also said there was no military option to counter North Korean threats. His statements are provoking controversy...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-18 17:05

Trump's strategist sacked for remarks threatening Seoul-Washington alliance

Japan asked to compensate Korean colonial-era victims

President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that inter-government agreements between Seoul and Tokyo did not settle issues of individual compensation to Koreans who were forced into sexual slavery and forced labor during the 1910-45 colonial rule. Moon’s statement is likely to deepen the diplomatic row between Korea and Japan, as Tokyo has repeatedly claimed that the dispute over former Korean sex slaves was resolved through a bilateral agreement reached in December 2015

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-17 16:52

Moon rules out possibility of war

'China snubbed THAAD talks with Korea, US'

President Moon Jae-in offered three-way talks with South Korea, the United States and China to find a solution to the conflict over the deployment of the U.S. missile shield in Korea during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in early July, according to diplomatic sources, Wednesday. The sources said Xi, however, did not answer if he would agree on the three-way meeting.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-16 14:53

Japan protests comfort woman statues on bus

A high-level Japanese government official denounced a Korean bus company Tuesday for putting comfort woman statues on its five buses running in Seoul, urging the Korean government to take “appropriate measures.” “We are concerned this move could put a damper on efforts between Korea and Japan to develop a future-oriented relationship,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide s...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-15 16:47

Moon Jae-in urges Japan to face up to wartime past

President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday he will not overlook Japan’s wartime atrocities, although he put emphasis on “forward-looking” relations with Tokyo for regional peace and prosperity. In his speech to mark the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945, the President accused the Japanese government of an “inconsi...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-15 16:16

'Slave worker statue' likely to unnerve Japan

Civil activists are installing statues symbolizing hundreds of thousands of Koreans who were forced into slave labor during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule. The move is likely to trigger a fresh round of diplomatic tension between Korea and Japan amid their ongoing dispute over the statues of former Korean sex slaves for the Japanese military.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 16:46

Sex slave victims continue struggle

At the 1,295th weekly Wednesday rally for "comfort women" held in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Aug. 9, ahead of Liberation Day, three victims _ Kim Bok-dong, Gil Won-wok and Lee Yong-so _ joined around 1,500 participants gathered to call for the discarding of a controversial deal reached between Korea and Japan in 2015 and for Tokyo to offer a “proper” apology. Kor...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 16:45

Events mark international 'comfort women' day

[INTERVIEW] Indonesia ready to help improve inter-Korea ties

Indonesia is ready to help the South Korean government to facilitate inter-Korea talks and is looking at all possibilities, says Indonesia's top envoy. Umar Hadi, who was appointed ambassador in July, told The Korea Times he believed that former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, a daughter of first President Sukarno, would be perfect in this matter because her famil...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 15:32

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