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Sun, May 16, 2021 | 18:33

Vaccine, chips, North Korea on agenda for Seoul-Washington summit

Vaccine sharing, chip investments and the North Korea issue are projected to top the agenda for this week's summit between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden. Officials in both countries' presidential offices are already dropping hints at a bilateral vaccine partnership, and this move is anticipated to be backed by South Korean chipmakers' substantial investme...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2021-05-16 16:32

Samsung to leverage chip investment for 'vaccine swap'

Korea considering ways to hold consultations with Japan on Fukushima water

South Korea is considering ways to hold bilateral consultations with Japan on Tokyo's planned release of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the foreign ministry said Friday.

2021-05-14 14:35

'US intel chief's open visit to South Korea targets China, North Korea'

U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines' visits to South Korea and Japan are being interpreted as moves to pressure China and North Korea, after she opened up her trip to the media in an apparent move to showcase the close cooperation among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo, according to analysts. Government sources said Haines visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2021-05-13 16:08

Korea's intelligence chief meets Japan's PM, asks for efforts to improve relations

Opposition lawmakers visit Washington for vaccine diplomacy

The conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP) has sent two of its lawmakers to the U.S., in an effort to secure COVID-19 vaccine supplies with the help of the U.S. government and Congress, after determining that the Moon Jae-in government lacks the ability to do so. Four-term lawmaker Rep. Park Jin and PPP floor spokesman Rep. Choi Hyung-du departed for Washington...

Jung Da-min | 2021-05-13 14:13

Korea's intelligence chief meets Japan's PM, asks for efforts to improve relations

South Korea's intelligence chief has met Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and called for efforts to improve relations between the two countries strained over a string of historical issues, a diplomatic source said Thursday.

2021-05-13 14:11

'US intel chief's open visit to South Korea targets China, North Korea'

Korea, New Zealand share concerns over Japan's Fukushima water release plan

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and his New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta held telephone talks on Tuesday and shared concerns about Japan's planned release of contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the ministry said.

2021-05-11 21:09

Human rights commissions in Asia Pacific condemn military coup in Myanmar

A coalition of human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region, including the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK), has condemned the ongoing military coup in Myanmar and urged the junta there to cease all forms of violence against civilians. The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), a grouping of 25 national human rights institutio...

2021-05-11 17:09

Sri Lanka adds Korean language as college entrance exam subject

Sri Lanka has decided to adopt the Korean language as a subject for the country's college entrance exams, a South Korean embassy there said Tuesday.

2021-05-11 10:55

Korea denounces bomb attack in Afghanistan

South Korea strongly denounces last week's bomb attack in Afghanistan that killed at least 68 people and wounded over 160, mostly young schoolgirls, the foreign ministry said Monday.

2021-05-10 15:28

Car bombing at Afghan school in Kabul kills 55, injures over 150

'Quad is not Asian NATO,' White House NSC senior director says

Edgard Kagan, a senior director on the National Security Council of the White House, said the U.S.-created Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) is neither a “security alliance,” nor an “Asian NATO,” defying the wide held view here that it is a platform designed to contain China.

Nam Hyun-woo | 2021-05-08 08:14

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