WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea established diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday, its mission to the United Nations said, in a surprise announcement that could pose a setback to North Korea that has long boasted brotherly ties with the Latin American country. In New York, the two countries’ representatives to the United [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has given no reaction yet to South Korea’s establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, but the surprise announcement is a blow to Pyongyang that has long boasted brotherly ties with the Caribbean nation. South Korea forged diplomatic ties with Cuba on Wednesday (New York time), making Cuba [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Cuba have recently held high-level consultations to discuss the strengthening of exchanges despite their lack of formal diplomatic ties, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry Tuesday. The meeting between Foreign Minister Park Jin and Cuba’s deputy foreign minister was held last month on the occasion of Park’svisit [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — In Cuba, a country that has yet to establish diplomatic relations with South Korea, local youth participated in the country’s first Korean speaking contest to talk about their dreams. Hosted by My Dream International Foundation, the contest took place at a local Korean cultural center in Havana last week. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Among the few countries that have yet to establish diplomatic ties with South Korea, Cuba hosted a Korean culture festival amid the growing popularity of K-pop and Korean dramas. The Korean Cultural Center in Mexico held the Korean Culture Promotion Festival in Havana on Friday (local time). The event, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea and Cuba reaffirmed their friendly ties as a senior North Korean official visited Havana to attend Fidel Castro’s memorial service, Pyongyang’s media said Tuesday. Choe Ryong-hae, a vice chairman of the ruling party’s central committee, met with Cuba’s leader Raul Castro on Saturday during his visit to [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Key ruling party members of North Korea and Cuba have held talks to discuss ways to further develop their friendly ties, Pyongyang’s state media said Wednesday. The talks were held in Cuba on Monday between the North Korean delegation led by Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Workers’ Party [...]