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Sat, October 19, 2019 | 13:13

4 Koreans trapped in capsized cargo ship off US coast [PHOTOS]

Operations are under way to rescue four South Koreans believed to be trapped inside a ship that accidentally tilted sideways off the east coast of the United States, Seoul's foreign ministry has said.

2019-09-09 11:26

[INTERVIEW] 'Japan's 'breach of treaty' claim is wrong'

As President Moon Jae-in's first ambassador to Japan from October 2017 until May this year, Lee Su-hoon led Korea's Japan diplomacy during some of the toughest periods in bilateral relations in recent decades due to Tokyo's adamant protests of the 2018 Korean Supreme Court ruling that ordered Japanese firms to pay compensation to the Korean victims of forced wartime labor. Th...

Do Je-hae | 2019-09-08 17:00

Seoul, Tokyo step up 'media war'

Seoul has no plan to give up developing-nation status: agriculture minister

South Korea's new agriculture minister has ruled out the possibility of abandoning the country's special and differential treatment under the World Trade Organization regime, despite growing U.S. pressure to reform the global trade body. In a recent brief comment to Yonhap News Agency, Kim Hyeon-soo said that South Korea has no plan to give up developing country status, under...

2019-09-08 10:18

S. Korea tells it like it is, but only to US and Japan

Is South Korea outspoken when it comes to colliding issues involving other stakeholders in the Korean Peninsula? The answer appears to be “yes” for its two security partners - the United States and Japan - and “no” for North Korea, China and Russia.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-09-06 15:44

Seoul denies media reports on compensation proposal

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon denied Thursday media reports that Seoul had proposed a compromise to Tokyo on the issue of compensation for Koreans forced to work for Japanese companies during wartime, a key point of contention in ongoing trade and history disputes between the two countries.

Jung Da-min | 2019-09-05 17:18

IOC to decide whether to ban Rising Sun flag 'individually'

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will look at whether to ban Japan's Rising Sun flag - a symbol of the country's wartime aggression - from being displayed at 2020 Tokyo Olympics venues “on a case by case basis.” “Sports stadiums should be free of any political demonstration,” IOC's media relations team told The Korea Times in an email Wednesday. “If such case...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-09-05 15:30

Korean Kazak joins peace campaign through taekwondo

An ethnic Korean taekwondo athlete from Kazakhstan has joined a campaign to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula through sports. Ilya Hwang, a third-generation Korean, held a unified Korean flag bearing the image of the Korean Peninsula in blue against a white background when he won third place at the ITF World Championship last month.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-09-04 14:11

'I have a rifle, hunting Koreans': threatening letter delivered to Korean embassy in Tokyo

It happened as South Korea-Japan relations are at their worst in decades as a result of ongoing historic and diplomatic conflicts.

Park Si-soo | 2019-09-04 13:58

Will foreign ministry generate outcome this time?

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking to make its presence felt by actively engaging in the handling of bitter tit-for-tat actions between South Korea and Japan over their trade and history disputes. It has not been long since the foreign ministry started engaging in the controversy.

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-09-03 16:35

Trump touts Korea trade deal as he marks Labor Day

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday marked Labor Day by boasting of his administration's economic successes, including the revision of a free trade deal with South Korea. Trump's proclamation for Labor Day was released by the White House on Friday but also tweeted by the president on Monday. "My Administration has been working tirelessly to renegotiate one-sided trade agree...

2019-09-03 09:32

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