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December 14, 2018 Defense

S. Korea, US fail to strike defense cost-sharing deal

South Korea and the US failed to close negotiations on how to share the costs for the stationing of American troops here, an official said Friday, with the allies still at loggerheads on the total am...

‘US wants working-level talks with N. Korea without conditions’

The US wants to hold working-level talks with North Korea without set preconditions, a senior Korean government official said Thursday, amid Pyongyang’s continued silence in its denuclearization talk...

December 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
Kim Jong-un unlikely to visit Russia this year: ambassador

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unlikely to visit Russia this year, Seoul’s top envoy in Moscow said Thursday, amid speculations about his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ambassador...

December 13, 2018
Foreign Policy
FM Kang calls for Japan's prudence on wartime labor rulings

South Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday urged Japan to make a “prudent” response to rulings on Japan’s wartime use of South Korean forced labor, in a phone conversation ...

December 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea made informal apology to Vietnam for Kim Jong-nam assassination: source

North Korea is said to have offered an informal apology to Vietnam for involving a Vietnamese national in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Yon...

December 12, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea joins nonbinding migration pact

South Korea joined 163 UN member states in signing a nonbinding migration pact aimed at better handling the rising flow of migrants worldwide, despite growing anti-immigrant sentiment at home. The G...

December 12, 2018
Foreign Policy
US sanctions N. Korea over human rights

The US on Monday imposed sanctions on three senior North Korean officials for human rights abuses, amid Pyongyang’s continued silence in its denuclearization talks with Washington. The US Treasur...

December 11, 2018
Foreign Policy
S. Korea calls for diplomatic efforts for denuclearization, peace

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha called on South Korean ambassadors and consuls general Monday to increase their diplomatic efforts to achieve complete denuclearization of North Korea and...

December 10, 2018
Foreign Policy
N. Korea on diplomatic offensive indicates desperation: experts

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho’s trips to the communist state’s allies -- China, Syria and Vietnam -- show the North’s desperation amid stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and ...

December 9, 2018
North Korea
Trump wants South Korea to double funding for US troops: report

US President Donald Trump is reportedly demanding South Korea pay as much as double its current funding for American troops stationed in South Korea, as Seoul and Washington negotiate how to shoulder...

December 9, 2018
Foreign Policy
Top S. Korean, US diplomats hold talks on N. Korea

The top diplomats from South Korea and the US were set to meet Thursday in Washington amid continued efforts to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said. South Korean F...

December 6, 2018
Foreign Policy
US senators warn against US-NK summit without tangible denuclearization steps

US senators who are influential in shaping Washington’s North Korea policy advise tying the second US-North Korea summit to more tangible steps toward denuclearization from Pyongyang, Voice of Americ...

December 6, 2018
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Koreas in consultations for joint road inspection

The two Koreas are discussing when and how they will conduct a joint survey on cross-border roads, the Ministry of Unification said Wednesday, with inter-Korean railway inspections already underway. ...

December 5, 2018
North Korea
US pressures N. Korea to respond

US President Donald Trump plans to hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un because the North has failed to follow through on its promise to denuclearize, US national security advise...

December 5, 2018
Foreign Policy
Trump’s race against time, lack of bargaining chips in denuclearization talks

As US President Donald Trump eyes a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a breakthrough in stalled denuclearization talks early next year, Washington faces its own dilemma stemming ...

December 4, 2018
Foreign Policy

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