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Seoul and Tokyo dig in over trade, GSOMIA
The diplomatic spat between South Korea and Japan appears likely to continue, with the two sides reiterating their positions six days before their military information-sharing pact expires. On Sunday, Japanese media reported that Tokyo has decided it will not retract trade measures applied to South Korea. According to Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese government has arrived at the decision and has informed the US. The paper said the decision was based on the results of talks between foreign af
Nov. 17, 2019
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Japan, S. Korean business groups discuss ways to cool tensions
TOKYO (AP) -- Officials and business leaders from Japan and South Korea have met in Tokyo seeking to cool a flare up in tensions between the two US allies.The head of Japan's powerful Keidanren business group, Hiroaki Nakanishi, said Friday that the two sides have a track record of handling problems by "sharing wisdom." He said that it was important to have "mutual trust and understanding" and to keep exchanging views.His South Korean counterpart said he was hoping for a brea
Nov. 15, 2019
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Moon meets Pentagon chief at Cheong Wa Dae
South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper at Cheong Wa Dae on Friday, as the Pentagon chief has openly pressed Seoul to renew a military information-sharing agreement with Tokyo and increase its financial contribution to American troops on its soil.Esper visited the presidential compound soon after having bilateral talks with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo at the ministry's headquarters in Seoul. A Cheong Wa Dae official earlier informed reporter
Nov. 15, 2019
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S. Korea, Japan to hold working-level talks ahead of GSOMIA expiry
South Korea and Japan were set to hold working-level diplomatic talks on Friday ahead of the planned expiration of a military intelligence-sharing pact between the two neighbors. Kim Jung-han, director-general for Asian and Pacific affairs at the foreign ministry, will meet his Japanese counterpart, Shigeki Takizaki, in Tokyo, Seoul's foreign ministry said. They last held talks in Seoul on Oct. 16. His trip comes as the General Security of Military Information Agreement is set to expire on
Nov. 15, 2019
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S. Korea calls for peaceful solution to Hong Kong protests
South Korea's foreign ministry expressed concern Thursday over the intensifying anti-government protests in Hong Kong, calling for a peaceful resolution of the situation. "South Korea and Hong Kong have a close relationship in terms of economic and people-to-people exchanges. We are paying attention to the recent situation in Hong Kong with concern," ministry spokesman Kim In-chul told a regular briefing. "We hope that Hong Kong's situation will be resolved peacefully at an
Nov. 14, 2019
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Moon not meeting Warmbier's parents due to busy schedule, Cheong Wa Dae says
President Moon Jae-in has turned down a request to meet with the parents of American college student Otto Warmbier, who died soon after being released by North Korea, due to an especially busy schedule ahead of a Busan summit with Southeast Asian nations late this month, a Cheong Wa Dae official said Thursday.Fred and Cindy Warmbier plan to attend an event hosted by Korean War Abductees' Family Union next Friday at a Seoul hotel to drum up international support for legal responses by victims of
Nov. 14, 2019
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S. Korea remains willing to reconsider GSOMIA decision if Japan changes course: defense ministry
South Korea remains willing to reconsider its decision to terminate a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan if Tokyo first retracts "unfair" export curbs, the defense ministry said Thursday.The General Security of Military Information Agreement is set to expire on Nov. 23, following South Korea's decision in August to terminate it after Japan imposed export curbs on Seoul in a row over wartime forced labor. US officials have called strongly for renewing the pact as they conside
Nov. 14, 2019
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Trump says he will decide on auto tariffs soon
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will make a decision soon on whether to impose tariffs on imported cars and auto parts.Trump made the remark to reporters at a meeting with Turkey's president at the White House amid expectations he would announce the decision as early as Wednesday following a six-month delay in May.South Korea has lobbied hard to win an exemption from any further tariffs, citing its renegotiated trade deal with the US."I'll make a decision fair
Nov. 14, 2019
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US pressure expected to intensify on Seoul over GSOMIA this week
The United States is expected to use a series of high-level defense meetings with South Korea in coming days to intensify pressure on Seoul to reconsider its decision to end a military information-sharing pact with Japan.US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Wednesday, 10 days before the General Security of Military Information Agreement between Seoul and Tokyo expires on Nov. 23.South Korea decided to end the three-year-old pact in response
Nov. 13, 2019
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Trump again cites questionable numbers related to Korea trade deal
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump again cited questionable numbers on Tuesday as he touted his administration's renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea.Trump told the Economic Club of New York that the revised FTA, which took effect early this year, doubled the number of American cars that can be sold in South Korea under US standards and extended American tariffs on Korean pickup trucks by another 20 years to 2041. He then took a swipe at the previous administration of Barack O
Nov. 13, 2019
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US military chief voices hope for resolution of Seoul-Tokyo intel-sharing pact
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley expressed hope Tuesday of finding a way for South Korea and Japan to renew their military information-sharing pact before it expires next week, a news report said.Milley, who was in Tokyo as part of a trip to the Indo-Pacific region, made the remarks following a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan's Kyodo News reported. Milley is scheduled to arrive in Seoul on Wednesday from Japan.Milley said he and Abe discussed the issue of
Nov. 12, 2019
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Moon highlights importance of ASEAN ahead of summits
President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday stressed the importance of strengthening ties with ASEAN member states, saying the region is key to his administration’s foreign policy. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting in Busan ahead of the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit and the Mekong-Korea Summit scheduled to be held in the southern port city Nov. 25-27, Moon highlighted the importance of the region and developments in Korea-ASEAN relations and said his foreign policy differs from that of past administrati
Nov. 12, 2019
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US JCS chairman addresses questions about troop presence in S. Korea, Japan
WASHINGTON -- US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has said the American public poses questions about why the United States should station troops in South Korea and Japan and why the Asian allies can't pay for their own defense, according to a Pentagon account of his recent conversation with reporters.Milley made the remark Sunday as he departed for the Indo-Pacific region, his first overseas trip since taking office in September.He was emphasizing the importance of the US alliance
Nov. 12, 2019
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S. Korea appoints new ambassadors to 10 countries
South Korea appointed new ambassadors to Malaysia, Mongolia and eight other countries, the foreign ministry said Monday, in a regular reshuffle that also includes replacements of those under probe over alleged misconduct. Former Environment Minister Lee Chi-beom will head the South Korean Embassy in Malaysia and Lee Yeo-hong, previously a minister at the South Korean Embassy in China, will serve as the ambassador to Mongolia, the ministry said in a release. The former top envoy to Malaysia
Nov. 11, 2019
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S. Korea open to settling spat with Japan over intel-sharing pact if relations improve
President Moon Jae-in’s top security adviser reaffirmed Sunday that South Korea’s bilateral military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan could be renewed, as the expiration date draws near.Chung Eui-yong, chief of Cheong Wa Dae’s National Security Office, laid the blame on Japan for the strained relations, which have sunk to their lowest point in decades. “The government is willing to rethink an extension of the GSOMIA if South Korea-Japan relations normalize,&rdquo
Nov. 10, 2019
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FM Kang holds talks with French digital affairs secretary over bilateral ties
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha held talks with France's digital affairs secretary in Seoul Friday to discuss bilateral relations, peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula and cooperation in new technologies, Seoul's foreign ministry said. During the talks with Cedric O, Kang noted that bilateral cooperation has deepened in various areas since South Korean President Moon Jae-in's visit to France in October last year, the ministry said in a press release.She also expressed gratitude to the French se
Nov. 8, 2019
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UN First Committee adopts resolution submitted by Seoul
The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted on Wednesday a resolution submitted by South Korea to encourage youth participation in disarmament and nonproliferation efforts.It is the first resolution Seoul has proposed as the single “main sponsor” to the First Committee, which deals with disarmament and international security matters, since it joined the UN in 1991. Eighty-four countries including South Korea co-sponsored the resolution on “youth, disarmam
Nov. 7, 2019
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Asia-Pacific news agency chiefs open Seoul session on challenges facing media
President Moon Jae-in will meet with chiefs of news agencies in the Asia-Pacific region Thursday afternoon, Cheong Wa Dae said, as he's expected to seek continued attention and support for the Korea peace process and the upcoming special summit with Southeast Asian nations.Moon will sit down with representatives of 32 news agencies from 28 countries, including Yonhap News Agency CEO Cho Sung-boo and delegates from China's Xinhua News Agency, Japan's Kyodo News and Russia's TASS news agency, at h
Nov. 7, 2019
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Stilwell says he had ‘fantastic’ discussions with Korean government
David Stilwell, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, on Wednesday welcomed “fantastic” talks with South Korean government officials. Visiting the country as part of his Asia tour, the senior US official met with Korean government officials to discuss the alliance and ways to cooperate in the region, including separate meetings with Kim Hyun-chong, second deputy director of the presidential National Security Office, Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-hwa, and w
Nov. 6, 2019
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S. Korea, US senior officials discuss economic cooperation in APAC
South Korea and the US held a joint public-private economic forum to discuss ways to strengthen their economic ties and enhance cooperation on issues of common interest, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The fourth Republic of Korea-United States Senior Economic Dialogue was held in Seoul on Wednesday to take stock of the progress and explore avenues of further cooperation between the two countries, particularly in line with Seoul’s New Southern Policy and Washington’s Indo-Pacifi
Nov. 6, 2019