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Kang, Pompeo reaffirm close cooperation on peninsular affairs

Foreign affairsNov 10, 2020

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed their commitment for their countries to closely cooperate on ensuring the stable management of the Korean...
Unification Minister calls North for cautious response on new Biden administration

North KoreaNov 9, 2020

Stressing the latest US presidential election as an important turning point, Unification Minister Lee In-young on Monday called on North Korea to act cautiously and refrain from provocations to make ...
Kang says Biden won’t return to ‘strategic patience’ with Pyongyang

Foreign affairsNov 9, 2020

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha predicted that the incoming Joe Biden administration would not return to the Obama-era policy of “strategic patience” in dealing with a nuclear-armed Nort...
Seoul eyes bolstering ties with new Biden administration

Foreign affairsNov 8, 2020

With Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential race, South Korea will seek to forge ties with the new administration to further bolster the alliance and make progress toward peace on the Ko...
Korean American woman elected to US Congress for first time

Foreign affairsNov 5, 2020

Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington, won her race for the US House of Representatives, becoming the first Korean American woman elected to the US Congress in its 230-year histo...
Unification Minister urges NK to restore communication line

North KoreaNov 4, 2020

PANMUNJOM -- Unification Minister Lee In-young on Wednesday called on North Korea to restore suspended communication channels between the two Koreas in a move to achieve a thaw in inter-Korean relati...
Seoul braces for uncertainty on peninsula as US head to polls

Foreign affairsNov 3, 2020

As Americans head to the polls Tuesday, the South Korean government is watching closely and bracing itself for uncertainty. Whoever is elected, the result will have a lasting impact on the Korean Pen...
NK accuses Seoul of planning additional THAAD deployment

North KoreaNov 2, 2020

North Korea on Monday argued that South Korea is scheming to deploy an additional US missile defense system in the country, and warned that doing so would lead to “self-destruction.” Pyongyang pr...
[US elections and Korea] Trump vs. Biden: Key advisers give clues on future foreign policy

Foreign affairsNov 1, 2020

US voters this week will choose the leader of the world’s largest economic and military power, faced with the starkly different choices of incumbent President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger J...
US backs Yoo against rival, throwing WTO race up in the air

Foreign affairsOct 29, 2020

The World Trade Organization’s leadership race has been thrown up in the air, as the US blocked the Nigerian front-runner and decided to put its weight behind South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-he...
[US elections and Korea] What would 2nd Trump term mean for Korea?

Foreign affairsOct 28, 2020

In September during the first televised presidential debate of the election season, US President Donald Trump said “elections have consequences.” His remark holds true not only to Americans, but ...
Blow for Yoo in WTO race, as EU, Japan back rival

Foreign affairsOct 27, 2020

With the EU and Japan reportedly backing Nigeria’s World Trade Organization candidate, South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee faces an uphill battle in the race to claim the top job of the interna...
S. Korea appears to be only country opposing Japan’s wastewater disposal: lawmaker

Foreign affairsOct 26, 2020

South Korea appears to be the only country openly opposing Japan’s plan to discharge radioactive water from the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, a lawmaker said Monday. According ...
Lee’s weighty legacy in arts, sports and even inter-Korean relations

Social affairsOct 25, 2020

Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee was one of South Korea’s most prominent patrons of sports and the arts. His scope of influence even extended to inter-Korean relations. In the sports world, the ...
NK highlights China relations on war anniversary

North KoreaOct 25, 2020

North Korea spoke of its strong ties with China and expressed hope of strengthening bilateral relations further as the two countries marked the 70th anniversary of China’s participation in the 1950-5...