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US offers high-level talks with S. Korea, Japan over trade spat: top official
The United States has offered to hold trilateral high-level talks with South Korea and Japan to resolve a growing trade spat between the Asian nations, but Tokyo has yet to respond, a top South Korean presidential official said Thursday.Kim Hyun-chong, deputy chief of Cheong Wa Dae's National Security Office, said Seoul and Washington are eager to have the meeting to discuss Japan's recent export curb measures against South Korea. "We would like to seek a constructive solution, but the Japa
July 12, 2019
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Senior S. Korean diplomat makes veiled criticism of Japan's export restrictions
A senior South Korean diplomat on Thursday made a thinly veiled criticism of Tokyo's recent restrictions on exports to South Korea, saying any "unilateral" measure out of sync with international norms can't be justified.Lim Sung-nam, Seoul's ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), made the remarks amid heightened tensions over the measure, which Seoul sees as retaliation for last year's Supreme Court rulings against Japanese firms over wartime forced labor. &q
July 11, 2019
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Seoul, Tokyo to hold working-level talks this week amid trade row
South Korea's trade ministry said Thursday it will hold working-level talks with its Japanese counterpart this week to discuss Tokyo's latest trade restrictions on key industrial materials.The talks in Tokyo on Friday will be the first of their kind since Japan implemented strict regulations last week on exporting the materials used for the production of chips and smartphones.Since last Thursday, the Japanese government has applied more complicated procedures for exporting fluorinated polyimide,
July 11, 2019
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Trump names ex-NK envoy as ambassador to Indonesia
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named a former envoy for North Korea as ambassador to Indonesia, the White House said.Sung Kim, currently the US ambassador to the Philippines, is well known in South Korea as a former top US envoy to Seoul and chief negotiator on North Korea's nuclear weapons program.In his current post, Kim also led working-level preparations for Trump's first summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June 2018.The South Korean-born career diplomat earli
July 11, 2019
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Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan hold phone talks over Japan's export curbs, NK
The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States have held phone talks to discuss Tokyo's recent export control measure against Seoul and diplomacy for North Korea's denuclearization, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday.During the 15-minute talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday night, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha voiced concerns over Japan's restrictions on the exports of key high-tech materials to South Korea. Last week, Japan enforced the measure in an apparent
July 11, 2019
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UNC seeks to include Japan as official member: govt. sources
The US-led UN Command (UNC) is seeking to include Japan as an official member, multiple government sources said Thursday, a move likely to inflame public sentiment in South Korea amid renewed historical tensions with Tokyo.Should Japan participate as part of the UNC's "sending states," its membership would pave the way for its military involvement in the event of an armed conflict on the peninsula -- a scenario unthinkable for most Koreans harboring grievances stemming from Japan's 191
July 11, 2019
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PM to visit Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon will visit Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Qatar from July 13-21, his office said Wednesday.Lee's travel to the four countries is aimed at strengthening diplomatic ties with Central Asia and Southwest Asia and pursuing a balanced diplomacy in the Middle East under Seoul's diplomatic diversification strategy, the Prime Minister's Office said. In particular, Lee's trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will complete South Korea's summit diplomacy with five
July 10, 2019
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S. Korea, US to hold economic talks amid Japan's export curbs
A foreign ministry official will travel to Washington this week for talks with his counterpart on economic issues, the ministry said Tuesday, amid speculation that the two sides may also discuss Japan's economic retaliatory measures against Seoul.Kim Hee-sang, director-general for bilateral economic affairs, will meet with Roland de Marcellus, acting deputy assistant secretary for international finance and development at the State Department, according to Seoul officials."There will be conc
July 9, 2019
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Govt officials of S. Korea, Japan to hold talks over Tokyo's export curbs: report
Government officials of South Korea and Japan will hold talks in Tokyo as early as this week to discuss Japan's toughening of restrictions on exports of key chemicals to South Korea, a news report said Tuesday. The meeting, if realized, will be the first time officials of the two countries have met since Japan announced on July 1 a stringent approval process for exports to Seoul of high-tech materials essential for the production of semiconductors and display panels, a report by Yomiuri Shimbun
July 9, 2019
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US stresses cooperation amid escalating row between S. Korea, Japan
The United States on Monday expressed its continued commitment to strengthening ties with South Korea and Japan amid an escalating row between the Asian nations.Tensions between Seoul and Tokyo have spiked since the Japanese government last week announced tightened controls on exports of high-tech materials to the neighboring country. South Korea views the measure as retaliation for last year's Supreme Court rulings that ordered Japanese companies to compensate Korean victims of forced labor dur
July 9, 2019
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[Diplomatic circuit] French Chamber to host Bastille Day gala
The French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry together with the French Embassy in Korea will host their annual Bastille Day event Friday. More than 500 guests will take part in this biggest event of the year for the French Korean community, a celebration of French culture. Bastille Day, France’s national day, commemorates the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a turning point in the French Revolution, as well as the Fete de la Federation, a celebra
July 8, 2019
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Moon urges Japan to reconsider export restrictions on Korean tech firms
President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged Japan to withdraw restrictions on exports of hi-tech materials to South Korea, while calling on government agencies to work closely with the business community to deal with the “unprecedented emergency.”Speaking at a weekly meeting with senior presidential aides, Moon said that Japan’s move violates principles of free trade, and urged it to reconsider using trade for political ends. “(I) urge Japan to withdraw the measures, and call f
July 8, 2019
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S. Korea says it complies with anti-NK sanctions after Abe raises suspicion
South Korea is faithfully complying with sanctions on North Korea, a foreign ministry official said Monday, a day after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raised the possibility of non-compliance, apparently to justify Tokyo's recent export restrictions against Seoul.In a debate hosted by Japan's BS Fuji TV, Abe said it is a matter of course to suspect that South Korea may not abide by sanctions on the North because it did not keep to an agreement with Tokyo over the issue of wartime forced labo
July 8, 2019
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Moon urges Japan to reconsider export restrictions on Korean tech firms
President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged Japan to withdraw restrictions on exports of hi-tech materials to South Korea, while calling on government agencies to work closely with the business community to deal with the “unprecedented emergency.”Speaking at a weekly meeting with senior presidential aides, Moon said that Japan’s move violates principles of free trade, and urged it to reconsider using trade for political ends. “(I) urge Japan to withdraw the measures, and call f
July 8, 2019
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Rival parties to send delegation to Japan over Tokyo’s export curbs
Rival parties agreed Monday to send a delegation to Japan this month as part of efforts to help resolve the problem of Tokyo’s export curbs over a historical issue.They also decided to adopt a parliamentary resolution during the ongoing extraordinary session that calls on Japan to retract the apparent retaliatory measure.The agreement came at a meeting of National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and the floor leaders of three political parties.“Moon proposed sending a bipartisan deleg
July 8, 2019
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Young S. Korean delegation to embark on historical field trip to China
A team of 100 South Koreans are set to embark on a train journey across China to visit historical sites linked to the Korean government-in-exile against Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule, the foreign ministry said Monday.The field trip, titled "Korea-China Friendship Caravan," comes as part of the government's broader efforts to commemorate the centennial of the establishment of the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai that fought for the country's independence. This year also marks t
July 8, 2019
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Pan-govt effort to deal with Japan’s trade move underway: Cheong Wa Dae
The government is working closely with the corporate community to respond to Japan’s trade regulations against South Korea, a top Cheong Wa Dae official said Friday. “(Cheong Wa Dae) is listening to the voices of local companies and seeking solutions,” the official said on condition of anonymity, in response to criticism that measures such as taking the issue to the World Trade Organization would be insufficient in reducing the impact on local businesses. Japan has r
July 5, 2019
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S. Korea-Japan relations heading to new low after Japan's retaliatory step
The long-fraught ties between South Korea and Japan are plunging to a new low, as their intractable historical issues are bleeding into the economic domain, with voices for reconciliation drowned out by domestic politics, nationalism and mutual distrust.On Monday, Tokyo blindsided Seoul by announcing that it would tighten restrictions on several key chemical exports to South Korea in an apparent response to last year's Supreme Court rulings here against Japanese firms over wartime forced labor.
July 2, 2019
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Trump heads home after historic DMZ meeting with Kim
US President Donald Trump headed home on Sunday after his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the inter-Korean border.A presidential plane carrying Trump and his entourage left for Washington late in the day from a US air base in Osan, south of Seoul, following his two-day stay in South Korea. He arrived in Seoul from a trip to Osaka, Japan, where he took part in a Group of 20 summit.After holding a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in here on Sunday, Trump made a
June 30, 2019
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[Newsmaker] Minister Kang, Ivanka Trump stress women’s role in economy, peacebuilding
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Sunday shared outcomes of the two country’s measures aimed at enhancing women’s participation in economic development and the challenges ahead.Some 60 female civic workers and government officials and businesswomen attended the meeting, titled “The ROK-US Women’s Empowerment Forum,” at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Seoul. Ivanka accompanied her father, US President Donald Trump, who wa
June 30, 2019