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Wed, July 15, 2020 | 05:42

Japan extends entry restrictions for Korean visitors

Japan extends entry restrictions for Korean visitors

South Korea's foreign ministry on Monday expressed regret over Japan's decision to extend its entry restrictions for South Korean visitors over the new coronavirus. Earlier in the day, Japan notified South Korea of its decision to extend the restrictions, including the suspension of a visa-waiver program and a 14-day quarantine for arrivals from the country, by another month ...

2020-05-26 09:48

Remains of four Korean teachers killed in Annapurna avalanche return home

Remains of four Korean teachers killed in Annapurna avalanche return home

The remains of four South Korean teachers found dead in an avalanche in the Himalayas returned home Saturday.The four victims, all of them school teachers in South Chungcheong Province, had left South Korea on Jan. 13 for volunteering work in Nepal. Four days later, they went missing in a deadly avalanche while trekking in Annapurna.

2020-05-23 20:05

Korea, Myanmar may probe presumed 1987 jet crash wreckage

Korea, Myanmar may probe presumed 1987 jet crash wreckage

The Korean and Myanmar governments are discussing investigating wreckage in the sea off Myanmar - presumed to be from a Korean Air flight that disappeared in 1987, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

2020-05-22 15:43

Cheong Wa Dae says it is still early to respond to Trump's new geoeconomic strategy

Cheong Wa Dae says it is still early to respond to Trump's new geoeconomic strategy

Cheong Wa Dae has no "conclusive" position on U.S. President Donald Trump administration's stated push for the Economic Prosperity Network, an official said Friday, reflecting Seoul's cautious approach toward the sensitive issue apparently involving China. The initiative is understood to be "still in a planning stage" as part of various ideas on the economic sector from a glo...

2020-05-22 11:02

Korea leads multilateral group launch against infectious diseases

Korea leads multilateral group launch against infectious diseases

The government is accelerating its efforts to establish an international mechanism aimed at effectively responding to global infectious diseases with the launch of another Korea-led multilateral cooperation group.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-05-21 16:13

'ROK-US alliance helps pull through pandemic'

'ROK-US alliance helps pull through pandemic'

The decades-old bilateral ties between Korea and the United States are further evolving during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to senior government officials from both countries, Wednesday.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-05-20 16:59

Japanese diplomat summoned over disputed island claim

Japanese diplomat summoned over disputed island claim

Hirohisa Soma, a senior official from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, arrives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tuesday, upon being summoned by the Korean government over Japan's claim in its latest annual diplomatic book that Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo are Japanese territory. The government expressed its regret over Tokyo's repeated territorial claims over Dokdo, a...

Jung Da-min | 2020-05-19 17:12

Gov't to send 10,000 masks to Native American Navajo veterans

Gov't to send 10,000 masks to Native American Navajo veterans

The Korean government will supply 10,000 face masks and other protective items to Native American veterans who served in the 1950-53 Korean War to help protect them from COVID-19 infection, the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said, Monday.

2020-05-18 20:40

[INTERVIEW] Korea urged to design new foreign policy, security strategies

[INTERVIEW] Korea urged to design new foreign policy, security strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to bring huge changes to the way Korea approaches foreign policy and security, according to a noted specialist on international relations.

Do Je-hae | 2020-05-17 17:00

Gov't to explore ways to expand movement of 'essential' people among Korea, China, Japan

Gov't to explore ways to expand movement of 'essential' people among Korea, China, Japan

South Korea said Saturday it will explore ways to expand transnational movement and exchanges of businesspeople and doctors in Northeast Asia as it held a health ministers' meeting with China and Japan over the coronavirus. The health ministers of South Korea, China and Japan agreed Friday to cooperate in tackling the coronavirus and developing a vaccine in their first teleco...

2020-05-16 18:59

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