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Korea condemns Japan for claiming sovereignty over Dokdo in textbook guidelines

The government strongly denounced Japan, Friday, for claiming sovereignty over Dokdo in its guidelines for high school textbooks. Protesting the move, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned in Japanese Ambassador to Korea Yasumasa Nagamine. “The government strongly criticizes the Japanese government for confirming the guidelines that include an inappropriate argument about ...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-30 09:19

UAE expected to offer big energy deals

ABU DHABI - Korean companies may sign contracts for energy development projects worth $25 billion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as the government there is planning to give priority to Korea in such areas, according to Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday. The Middle Eastern country will also help Korea in its bid for a nuclear power plant project in Saudi Arabia.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-27 16:15

President Moon lauds Korean soldiers in UAE

K-pop concert held in UAE to mark Moon's visit

ABU DHABI - President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook took part in a cultural event at Abu Dhabi National Theatre, at which Korean artists and singers and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) orchestra performed, Monday. Co-organized by culture ministries of the two nations, the Korea-UAE Cultural Exchange Performance drew an audience of 1,500 including government officials,...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-27 03:56

Barakah plant to give South Korea opportunity for more development projects

ABU DHABI - President Moon Jae-in said Monday the nuclear power plant being built by Korean companies in Barakah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be a stable supply of energy for the country and become a next-generation growth engine for Korea. He said the successful construction will give Korea a better chance to win another bid for a nuclear plant project in Saudi Ara...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-26 18:08

Koreans in US 'proud' over ex-president's arrest

DALLAS - News of former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak's arrest over corruption charges made headlines in the U.S., less than a year after his successor was put in jail over a separate, massive corruption scandal. Do Koreans here feel embarrassed over their motherland's popular Blue House to jail house sequence? Not at all.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-26 10:14

First lady meets UAE students learning Korean language

ABU DHABI - First lady Kim Jung-sook visited a traditional market in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), together with students learning the Korean language at King Sejong Institute there, Sunday, the second day of President Moon Jae-in's visit to the Middle Eastern country. The visit to the marketplace, called souq, was part of the first couple's efforts to understand...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-26 01:11

Korea, UAE pledges cooperation in defense

ABU DHABI - President Moon Jae-in and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan agreed, Sunday, that defense cooperation is the core of relations between Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The two leaders decided to develop the bilateral relationship from a strategic partnership into a “special strategic partnership.”

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-25 17:08

UAE, ROK - two strategic partners on right track

UAE, ROK - two strategic partners on right track

It goes without saying that the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Korea have maintained distinguished bilateral ties since the establishment of these relations in the early 1980s. The Republic Of Korea opened its embassy in Abu Dhabi in 1980, while the UAE opened its embassy in the Korean capital Seoul in 1987. In 2009, the two countries upgraded their bilateral ties i...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-25 16:39

Korea, UAE pledges cooperation in defense

Moon mingles with ordinary Vietnamese at casual Hanoi restaurant

HANOI - President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook had breakfast at a local restaurant in Vietnam, Saturday, on the last day of their state visit to the Southeast Asian country. It was part of their effort to have close contact with the Vietnamese people.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-24 11:01

Moon arrives in UAE for summit with Crown Prince

Trump hints at 'no deal' for North Korea dialogue

United States President Donald Trump is on track to replace his top advisers with hard-liners, as part of a show of his strong willingness for “no compromise” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ahead of their planned meeting in May, experts said. On Friday, Trump appointed John Bolton, a hawkish former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as his new security adviser, in a move to intensify diplomatic pressure before the Washington-Pyongyang talks. Bolton is cited as one of the most hard-line diplomats in the country's history.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-23 17:06

North Korean defectors skeptical of 'new detente' steps

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