WASHINGTON, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A White House official reiterated the United States’ commitment to the “complete” denuclearization of North Korea on Monday, after Pyongyang fired multiple ballistic missiles in its first known launch since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January. “We’re aware of the missile launches and refer you to U.S. [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Monday urged Japan to investigate and apologize to Korean victims killed in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in 1945, near the end of World War II, a day before Japan is set to mourn the victims of the devastating air raid. The demand was issued by [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As Europe navigates a rapidly changing security landscape, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul highlighted growing European interest in deepening cooperation with Seoul. Speaking to reporters in Paris on March 7, Cho emphasized that European nations increasingly recognize South Korea’s strategic value, particularly in security and defense. His remarks followed [...]
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts underscored the need Thursday to crank up diplomacy to pitch South Korea’s contribution to the U.S. economy to counter President Donald Trump’s apparently negative perception of the Asian ally as a trading partner, though the absence of leader-to-leader engagement remains an onerous hurdle to that effort. They advised [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has said he used jamming guns to neutralize Ukrainian drones, a South Korean lawmaker who recently met the soldier said Friday, in a rare glimpse into the North’s battlefield tactic to aid Moscow’s war against Kyiv. Rep. Yu Yong-weon of the ruling [...]
PESQUERIA, Mexico, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies with manufacturing bases in Mexico, along with around 100 local partner firms, are struggling to deal with business uncertainties stemming from the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policy on the neighboring country, industry officials said Thursday. Earlier in the day, Trump signed executive actions to [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will come up with measures next month to respond to the United States’ plan to impose tariffs on auto imports, the industry ministry said Friday, as the new U.S. tariffs are expected to deal a severe blow to the South Korean automotive industry. The Ministry of Trade, [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steel companies said Friday they will closely cooperate with the government and related agencies to minimize the impact of planned U.S. tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports from next week. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a series of levies on some of his country’s trading [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A working-level Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting on food security was held in South Korea to discuss global food security, Seoul’s agriculture ministry said Thursday. The three-day APEC policy partnership on food security took place in Gyeongju, about 275 kilometers southeast of Seoul, from Tuesday, with some 120 officials [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will nominate Paik Jin-hyun, former president of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), as a candidate for the election for judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the foreign ministry said Thursday. Paik, an honorary professor at Seoul National University, will compete [...]