Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    NewJeans to terminate contract with Ador

    NewJeans to terminate contract with Ador
  2. 2

    Korean Air gets European nod to become Northeast Asia’s largest airline

    Korean Air gets European nod to become Northeast Asia’s largest airline
  3. 3

    NewJeans terminates contract with Ador, embarks on new journey

    NewJeans terminates contract with Ador, embarks on new journey
  4. 4

    Chaos unfolds as rare November snowstorm grips Korea for 2nd day

    Chaos unfolds as rare November snowstorm grips Korea for 2nd day
  5. 5

    ‘VCHA, Katseye and Dear Alice are not K-pop groups,’ industry experts say

    ‘VCHA, Katseye and Dear Alice are not K-pop groups,’ industry experts say
  1. 6

    Ador claims exclusive contracts with NewJeans still valid

    Ador claims exclusive contracts with NewJeans still valid
  2. 7

    Japan will pay for failing to honor promises, minister says

    Japan will pay for failing to honor promises, minister says
  3. 8

    ‘Green aurora’ is Seoul's color of 2025

    ‘Green aurora’ is Seoul's color of 2025
  4. 9

    Firefighter holds truck driver for 45 minutes to save him from falling off bridge

    Firefighter holds truck driver for 45 minutes to save him from falling off bridge
  5. 10

    [Herald Interview] Meet 1VERSE, first K-pop boy band to feature North Korean defectors

    [Herald Interview] Meet 1VERSE, first K-pop boy band to feature North Korean defectors
소아쌤

Moon rejects Abe's call to resume Korea-U.S. military drills

By Yonhap

Published : Feb. 10, 2018 - 16:41

    • Link copied

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has dismissed a call from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to quickly resume South Korea's joint military drills with the United States, calling it a violation of his country's sovereignty, an official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Saturday.

   The Japanese leader's call came in a bilateral summit held in Yongpyeong, 200 kilometers east of Seoul, on Friday.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting in Pyeongchang on Feb. 9, ahead of the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Joint Press Corps. via Yonhap) South Korea's President Moon Jae-in (right) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their meeting in Pyeongchang on Feb. 9, ahead of the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Joint Press Corps. via Yonhap)

   Abe stressed the need for what he called an "actual" change in the North's behavior, saying it was not the right time for Seoul and Washington to delay their joint military exercises, the ranking Cheong Wa Dae official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

   "I understand what Prime Minister Abe said is not to delay South Korea-U.S. military drills until there is progress in the denuclearization of North Korea. But the issue is about our sovereignty and intervention in our domestic affairs," Moon told the Japanese leader, according to the official.
(Yonhap)

More from Headlines