SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A government source said Thursday that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently held its first meeting dedicated to enforcing stronger discipline of Korean diplomats, after forming a task force dedicated to the undertaking. The move follows a scandal last year involving a South Korean diplomat stationed in Chile, in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A Britain-based senior North Korean diplomat directly flew to South Korea after expressing his wish to defect to the Seoul government, a source said Friday. Thae Yong-ho, who served as a minister at North Korea’s embassy in London, and his family arrived in South Korea late last month without [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Defense Minister Han Min-koo and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken held talks Wednesday as the allies are quickening moves to punish North Korea for its defiant nuclear test earlier this month. “Despite repeated warnings and worries by the international community, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government assured foreign diplomats here Monday that it is making every effort to bring the outbreak of a viral respiratory illness under control. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a briefing for foreign diplomats here on South Korea’s fight against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. “The strong [...]