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FM Chung meets victim of Japan's wartime sexual slaveryMar 3, 2021Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met with a victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to defuse persistent historical tensions with Tokyo amid Washington's calls for tighter t... -
US launches probe against Samsung products for possible patent violationMar 3, 2021The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday voted to launch an investigation into allegations that mobile communication devices from global firms, including South Korea's Samsung Electroni... -
US willing to talk with Iranians on 'unfreezing of funds' locked in S. Korea: PriceMar 3, 2021The United States would be willing to discuss with Iran the issue of unlocking its frozen funds in South Korea to achieve the overarching objective of a denuclearized Iran, a State Department spokesm... -
US lawmakers seek to facilitate reunion of Korean-Americans with N. Korean family membersMar 3, 2021A group of US lawmakers has submitted a bill urging the US government to work toward family reunions of Korean-Americans with their loved ones in North Korea. To that end, the bill, authored by Rep.... -
Top security advisors of Seoul, Washington share views on COVID-19, North KoreaMar 2, 2021President Moon Jae-in’s top security advisor Suh Hoon and his US counterpart, Jake Sullivan held their second phone call Tuesday to share views on the current Korean Peninsula situation and Washingto... -
Israeli law professor visits comfort women statue in BerlinMar 2, 2021An Israeli law school professor, noted for his effort to rectify a Harvard professor's disputed paper on the 1923 massacre of Koreans in Japan, has said that he visited a statue symbolizing Korean vi... -
State Department says strong trilateral relationships among S. Korea, US, Japan enhance regional peaceMar 2, 2021"Strong, close" relationships among South Korea, the United States and Japan advance their shared goals of regional peace, the US State Department said Monday, after President Moon Jae-in renewed his... -
Moon says South Korea ready for talks with Japan to mend tiesMar 1, 2021Tokyo has not responded to Seoul’s conciliatory overtures for months -
New top Japanese envoy meets S. Korean vice FM amid protracted tensionsFeb 26, 2021New Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koichi Aiboshi met with First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun on Friday as he began his duty amid protracted tensions between the two countries over wartime... -
US court orders N. Korea to pay $2.3b over 1968 capture of USS PuebloFeb 26, 2021WASHINGTON -- A federal district court has ordered North Korea to pay over $2 billion in damages to the crew and family of a US naval ship captured in 1968, court documents released this week showed.... -
S. Korean top nuke envoy holds virtual talks on N. Korea with senior US diplomatFeb 25, 2021South Korea's top nuclear envoy held video talks with a senior US diplomat Thursday about North Korea's denuclearization and related issues, the foreign ministry said. The talks between Noh Kyu-duk ... -
Vice FM calls for multilateral responses to human rights challenges posed by new technologiesFeb 25, 2021Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-moon has called for multilateral cooperation in addressing the challenges of new and emerging technologies to the efforts to protect human rights at a global forum, th... -
US, S. Korea in consultation over Iranian assets locked in Seoul: PriceFeb 25, 2021The United States and South Korea are in consultation over the possible release of Iranian assets locked in South Korea, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday. Ned Price, however, noted no Ira... -
FM stresses Seoul’s ‘sincerity’ in efforts to release frozen Iranian assetsFeb 24, 2021Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong told his Iranian counterpart Wednesday that South Korea is making sincere efforts to release Tehran’s assets frozen in Seoul, the foreign ministry said. The phone cal... -
US, S. Korea may discuss Iran sanctions but no money transferred yet: State Dept.Feb 24, 2021WASHINGTON -- The United States and South Korea may discuss the proposed release of Iranian funds held in South Korea, but no money has yet been transferred, a State Department spokesman said Tuesday...
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