WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is “open-minded” about the idea of Japan participating in a currently bilateral nuclear deterrence dialogue between Seoul and Washington, a former South Korean national security advisor said Monday. Kim Sung-han, who served as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s top security advisor from 2022-2023, made the remarks, noting that [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A White House official on Monday highlighted strengthened trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan among key achievements of the Joe Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy unveiled two years ago. During a press briefing, John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, catalogued key examples of progress in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea seeks to start developing an advanced ship-based missile interceptor this year, the state arms procurement agency has said, amid efforts to counter evolving North Korean military threats. Last year, the country’s defense authorities approved a 690 billion-won (US$520 million) project set to run through 2030 to develop [...]
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Russian tourists on Friday departed for their first group trip to North Korea since the pandemic amid deepening ties between the two countries. A total of 97 Russian nationals were expected to join the four-day trip that will take them to Pyongyang and the Masikryong Ski Resort in [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Asahi Shimbun reported that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced a leak of 5.5 tons of contaminated water from a purification system within the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on February 7. According to the report, at around 8:55 a.m. on the same day, a worker discovered the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Thursday it has agreed with Britain to launch a dialogue for investment cooperation as the two countries seek to expand bilateral ties. First Vice Finance Minister Kim Byoung-hwan signed the memorandum of understanding with his British counterpart, Lord Dominic Johnson, during their meeting in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – As Chinese online shopping platforms AliExpress and Temu gain a larger foothold in the South Korean market, concerns are being raised about China’s alleged “hanbok appropriation” through these platforms. As of February 6, AliExpress boasted approximately 6 million monthly Korean users, while Temu had around 4 million Korean users. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Indonesia said its engineers under probe over allegedly stealing technologies related to the KF-21 fighter jet under development will provide their “full cooperation” in the investigation, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday. The engineers dispatched to Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) are under suspicion of storing data on KF-21 development [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare and culturally significant “sarira,” the remains of a Buddhist monk from Korea’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), will return home after more than eight decades in the United States. South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration said Tuesday that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one of the three biggest [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is set to advocate for the reduction of smoking depictions in online video services such as YouTube and Netflix at the upcoming World Health Organization (WHO) conference. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced its participation in the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to [...]