WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States has told South Korea that it is looking forward to cooperating with Seoul’s acting president in the wake of the recent parliamentary impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Sunday that Avril Haines, White House deputy national security adviser, delivered the [...]
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, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is keeping close tabs on the strong-worded media response from China and its possible retaliatory measures against Seoul’s plan to deploy a United States missile defense system on the peninsula, a top diplomat said Friday. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, however, emphasized that it is important to work [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Criticisms abound on the lack of South Korea’s diplomacy as the United States and Japan hurry to enhance their bilateral alliance and Seoul shuns Tokyo over history disputes. South Korea has for decades maintained close three-way security ties not only with its ally, the U.S., but with Japan, South [...]
“The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Silk Road Fund initiated by China are also very important, and they will follow internationally accepted rules in their operations” “These initiatives will provide capital and strong support to developments of major projects, such as infrastructure and connectivity in Asia.” “As you know, many countries have expressed their [...]