SEOUL/PARIS, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The vote for the host city of the 2030 World Expo is set to take place in Paris on Tuesday, with South Korea’s southeastern city of Busan making last-ditch efforts to pull off an upset in the competition against two other candidates. The host country will be selected by the member [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s top envoy to South Korea said Monday that Beijing will seek to advance ties with both South Korea and the United States, calling it an “obligation” to tackle global challenges. The remarks by Xing Haiming came a day after the top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, China and Japan agreed Sunday to accelerate preparations to resume the long-stalled summit among the leaders of the three countries at an “earliest, mutually convenient” time, Seoul’s Foreign Minister Park Jin said. Park made the remarks after holding the tripartite talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The top diplomats of South Korea, China and Japan will hold trilateral talks in the southeastern port city of Busan this weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, amid fresh tensions after North Korea’s launch of a military spy satellite. Foreign Minister Park Jin will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul High Court on Thursday overturned a lower court’s rejection of a damages suit filed by victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery and ordered Japan to pay 200 million won (US$153,863) in compensation to each of the 16 victims. The victims, often euphemistically called “comfort women,” filed the [...]
SEOUL/PARIS, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has been elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for a four-year term through 2027, officials here said Thursday, marking the country’s fourth such election as a member of the committee. Seoul regained the membership at the 24th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign Minister Park Jin held talks with his British counterpart to discuss growing North Korean threats and ways to boost their bilateral relations, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. In the breakfast meeting held in London on Tuesday (local time), Park and Foreign Secretary David Cameron voiced concerns over North [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has been elected to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for a four-year term through 2027, officials here said Thursday, marking the country’s fourth such election as a member of the committee. Seoul regained the membership at the 24th session of the General Assembly of the States Parties [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military said Wednesday that Pyongyang’s purported military spy satellite is assessed to have entered into orbit, although more time is needed to determine whether it is operating properly. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) made the assessment after the North claimed to have successfully put the satellite [...]
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and first lady Kim Keon Hee received a ceremonial welcome from King Charles III and Queen Camilla as they began their state visit to Britain on Tuesday. The ceremony began with Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, arriving at Yoon and Kim’s [...]