SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday promised his country’s continued cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), hailing the bank’s role in the development of countries in the region. “ADB’s contribution to the development and growth of our Asian region has been great. I believe ADB’s role will continue to be very important in the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The government on Monday dismissed reports of a possible dispute with North Korea at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, which was evident to some in the separate entry of their athletes at the closing ceremony, saying there had been no plans for a joint entry in the first place. [...]
BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese security guards beat and injured two South Korean photojournalists who were covering a business function attended by South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday hours before his summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The incident occurred at a convention center in Beijing where a trade fair was held involving some 200 South Korean firms and 500 prospective Chinese buyers. Moon is currently on a four-day [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – President Moon Jae-in reiterated his determination to peacefully end North Korea’s nuclear ambitions Wednesday, saying the communist state is walking on the ice, but a peaceful solution is still possible. “The South-North Korean relations are still not so good. The tension between the South and the North is at its peak, and so it is a very cautious situation as if we are walking on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States have not discussed any military options, including a naval blockade, against North Korea, an official from South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. The remarks came hours after President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held their second telephone conversation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Blue House welcomed Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who is on a state visit to South Korea, with a vegetarian state dinner on Wednesday, catering to the Southeast Asian leader’s Buddhist beliefs. It was reported that the Blue House carefully selected vegetarian dishes for the state dinner yesterday between [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook on Tuesday will present traditional Korean stone bowls and brass spoons and chopsticks as gifts to visiting U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump after a state dinner, the presidential office said. Moon will host a state [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Biziwire) – The presidential office will request Friday that the prosecution investigate the alleged manipulation of official documents by former leader Park Geun-hye’s aides to lessen her responsibility for the government’s mishandling of the deadly sinking of a passenger ship three years ago, a Cheong Wa Dae official said. The official, [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set for a series of bilateral talks with other global leaders in New York on Tuesday, following his participation in the opening of the U.N. General Assembly. The new South Korean leader will begin the second day of his four-day visit here with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday acknowledged the possibility of a need to purchase advanced U.S. weapons systems in the future as part of efforts to enhance its deterrence against North Korean provocations but dismissed any immediate plan to spend “many billions of dollars” as suggested by Washington. In a short [...]