Korea, Costa Rica FMs hope for stronger business ties

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Costa Rica expressed hope for stronger business ties between their nations as the Central American country develops its infrastructure, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Costa Rican counterpart, Manuel Gonzalez Sanz, met on the sidelines of a U.N. climate change conference in Paris on Monday to discuss a wide range of bilateral and other issues of mutual interest, the ministry said in a press release.Yun noted the

Dec. 1, 2015

Korea, U.S., Japan to hold trilateral meeting of nuclear envoys

The chief nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a trilateral meeting in Washington this week to discuss how to deal with North Korea, the State Department said Monday.Amb. Sung Kim, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, will host Thursday's meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Hwang Joon-kook, and Japanese counterpart Kimihiro Ishikane "to exchange views on a wide range of issues related to the North," the department said in a release.Kim will a

Dec. 1, 2015