SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in reaffirmed his commitment to the alliance with the United States as the pillar for denuclearizing North Korea during his meeting with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday. The U.S. official arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to attend Friday’s opening of the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, located some 180 kilometers east [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States discussed ways to channel the reconciliatory mood created by North Korea’s participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics into resumption of talks aimed at “peacefully” resolving the nuclear stalemate, the foreign ministry said Monday. Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his U.S. counterpart, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will accelerate its “leading” efforts to create an environment for the resumption of talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea, the country’s top diplomat said Thursday. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said that her ministry will work hard to encourage China and Russia to use their leverage on the [...]
TOKYO, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – As the South Korean government continues its efforts to lower reliance on nuclear energy and focus on renewable energy, the Japanese media is paying attention to its neighbor’s denuclearization policy in memory of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. The headline that covered the front page of Tokyo [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Senior diplomats of South Korea and Canada agreed Tuesday to work together to denuclearize North Korea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said. North Korea’s nuclear development, inter-Korean affairs and bilateral collaboration on economic cooperation were also discussed in the talks between Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and Canadian [...]