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Sat, July 20, 2019 | 14:28

Moon congratulates Indian PM Modi on election victory

President Moon Jae-in conveyed a congratulatory message Friday to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who scored a massive election win earlier this week.

Park Si-soo | 2019-05-25 14:55

Intensifying US-Sino rivalry poses tricky challenge to Korea's diplomacy

An intensifying Sino-U.S. rivalry on trade, security and other fronts is posing an increasingly tricky foreign policy challenge to South Korea, as it strives to keep its defense alliance with Washington and strategic partnership with Beijing. The United States' campaign to prod its allies to shun equipment from China's telecom giant Huawei is a stark reminder that South Korea...

2019-05-24 13:52

Seoul urges Tokyo to accept WTO's ruling on Fukushima seafood ban

South Korea's trade minister has urged Japan to accept the World Trade Organization's (WTO) decision that upheld Seoul's import restrictions on Japanese seafood following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Seoul's trade ministry said Friday. During an informal trade ministerial gathering at the WTO held in France earlier this week, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee ...

2019-05-24 10:21

Pentagon chief to visit South Korea next month

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan plans to visit South Korea next month as part of a four-nation trip to Asia, officials said Friday. Shanahan, whom U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate as his defense secretary, will embark on a trip Tuesday "to visit Hawaii, Jakarta, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo," the U.S. Department of Defense said in a release.

2019-05-24 10:13

Korean man held hostage in Libya returns home

A South Korean man, who was abducted in Libya last July and released this week, expressed gratitude to the government for its rescue efforts upon his arrival home Saturday.

2019-05-18 16:41

Seoul analyzing Washington's auto tariff delay decision: official

The government is studying whether the country was in fact granted auto tariffs relief by Washington, as the latter's decision to delay these did not clearly mention it, a senior trade official said Saturday. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was putting off a decision to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on imported autos and parts by six months after trade negotia...

2019-05-18 10:34

Trump delays auto tariff decision by up to 6 months

Korean hostage freed from Libya thanks to UAE

A Korean man kidnapped by Libyan rebel forces in July last year has been freed, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. The 62-year-old man, only identified by his last name Joo, was taken hostage by 10 armed militants while working at a desalination plant in southwestern Libya.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-05-17 17:05

South Korean hostage in Libya freed: Cheong Wa Dae

A South Korean man who was abducted in Libya last year has been released thanks to a "decisive" role played by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the rescue effort, Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-05-17 11:28

Moon-Trump summit due in Seoul next month

President Moon Jae-in will discuss ways to revive dialogue with North Korea during a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump later next month in Seoul, Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. “The two leaders will talk about measures to build a permanent peace here through complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” Cheong Wa Dae spokeswoman Ko Min-jung told reporters in a media...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-05-16 17:20

Trump to visit South Korea next month

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit South Korea next month for a summit with President Moon Jae-in, both sides announced Wednesday. Trump's visit will be in conjunction with his travel to Japan to attend the G20 summit slated for June 28-29. South Korea's presidential office, Cheong Wa Dae, said the two sides have agreed to discuss the detailed schedule through further con...

2019-05-16 07:56

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