SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a moving tribute to mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean War and the 72nd anniversary of the South Korea–U.S. alliance, a group of South Korean students visited American war veterans in the western United States to express their gratitude through letters, ceremonies, and performances. The event, titled [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo had brief encounters with the top diplomats of China and Japan in Malaysia on Thursday, marking the first such in-person exchanges between senior diplomats of the three Asian neighbors since the launch of the Lee Jae Myung government. Park was seen approaching [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Customs Service (KCS) Commissioner Ko Kwang-hyo met with his Chinese counterpart in Seoul on Thursday and discussed areas of cooperation, the KCS said. The two sides shared information on recent attempts to smuggle illegal and dangerous goods, and agreed on the need to resume the countries’ bilateral talks [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea later this week, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. Lavrov will visit North Korea from Friday to Sunday at the invitation of the North Korean foreign ministry, the Korean Central News Agency said, without providing further details. Once in North [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will host a meeting of energy ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member nations in the southeastern port city of Busan next month, the government said Tuesday. The APEC energy ministers’ meeting will take place from Aug. 27-28 in Busan, located 325 kilometers southeast of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo met with China’s top envoy to Seoul on Monday to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation, the foreign ministry said. The meeting took place in Seoul as Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing paid a courtesy visit to congratulate Park on his appointment, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) on Monday rejected a South Korean proposal calling for a review of Japan’s implementation of its pledged measures regarding industrial sites linked to wartime forced labor. The decision came after the proposal was put to an unprecedented vote during the WHC session in [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As Squid Game Season 3 dominates global viewership charts, the series has once again sparked controversy in China, where Netflix is not officially available. Despite the platform’s absence, the latest season has garnered tens of thousands of reviews and ratings on Douban, China’s largest user-generated content site, pointing to [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has set up a new ministry in charge of emergency disaster management in a bid to better respond to natural disasters, South Korea’s unification ministry said Friday. A new government agency, tentatively named the disaster prevention ministry, was first identified in footage aired by North Korea’s state-run [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac met with his Japanese counterpart, Masataka Okano, in Seoul on Friday to discuss ways to advance bilateral ties as well as a range of issues, including North Korea, the presidential office said. “Both sides exchanged their opinions on developing South Korea-Japan relations as well [...]