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Tue, September 17, 2019 | 01:34

Pompeo plans to meet South Korean, Japanese ministers in Bangkok

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday he plans to meet with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts in Bangkok this week amid a simmering trade row between the two Asian nations. Pompeo told reporters flying with him to Thailand for a regional forum that he will meet separately and then trilaterally with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa and Japanese ...

2019-07-31 10:11

Foreign Minister departs for Thailand for ASEAN meetings

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha left for Thailand on Wednesday to attend a series of bilateral and multilateral talks amid a trade row with Japan and limited progress in efforts to resume nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Kang plans to attend the annual gatherings involving the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok, such as the ASEAN Regional...

2019-07-31 10:02

Two heroic Japanese I met

Korea-Japan tensions appear to be at an all-time high. Whenever their relations go from bad to worse, I always think of two Japanese people I met in November 2012 at the National Institute of Korean History in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2019-07-30 15:45

Eyes on Korea, US, Japan meeting in Thailand this week as trade dispute escalates

The foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan are urged to jointly discuss ways to resolve a trade row between Seoul and Tokyo when they come to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Thailand this week. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Kono are also being urged to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo together and for bilater...

Park Ji-won | 2019-07-28 17:54

Anti-Abe protest in Seoul [PHOTOS]

Thousands of Koreans gathered in central Seoul Saturday evening to criticize Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for imposing export restrictions on their country. About 5,000 people, including members of 596 civic groups, held candles at Gwanghwamun Square.

Jung Min-ho | 2019-07-28 12:17

Thousands of anti-Abe protesters rally in Seoul

Korea speeds up efforts to file complaint with WTO on Japan's export curbs

The South Korean government is speeding up preparations to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) as Japan is moving to remove Asia's fourth-largest economy from its "whitelist" of trusted trading partners, sources said Sunday. "We plan to file a complaint with the WTO on a date convenient for South Korea," Deputy Trade Minister Kim Seung-ho said last week a...

2019-07-28 10:43

Lawmakers from South Korea, US, Japan seek cooperation amid trade spat

Lawmakers from South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Washington, Friday, to seek to boost trilateral cooperation and resolve a trade dispute between Seoul and Tokyo. The biannual meeting, organized by The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, came at a time of tense relations between the two U.S. allies over Japan's adoption of stricter control of exports to South ...

2019-07-27 14:28

Trade minister returns from US over Japan's trade curbs

Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee returned home from the United States, Saturday, after asking for Washington's support and mediation in Seoul's dispute over export controls imposed by Japan.

2019-07-27 14:13

Lawmakers from South Korea, US, Japan seek cooperation amid trade spat

'Boycott Japan' leading to cancellations of trips to Japan

A Korean consumer boycott of Japanese products to protest Japan's export curbs has expanded to the tourism sector, and a number of travelers are canceling their trips to the neighboring country.

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-07-25 17:26

Logistics, supermarket unions join 'Boycott Japan' campaign

The boycott campaign against Japanese products and services is expanding from consumers to service providers after unions representing parcel delivery and supermarket workers vowed not to handle Japanese goods. The nation's logistics union said Wednesday that its members will refuse to deal with products of Japanese retailer Uniqlo to protest Tokyo's trade restrictions impose...

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-07-24 16:08

Multiple anti-Japan protests sweep downtown Seoul [PHOTOS]

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