SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans appeared to be nearly equally divided Saturday with activists from both conservative and progressive groups staging massive rallies to either welcome or oppose U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to Seoul. Trump arrived in Seoul earlier in the day following his trip to Osaka, Japan, to take part [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have been put on high alert nationwide one day ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s two-day visit as a number of rallies for and against the visit are scheduled, the National Police Agency said Friday. “We put police in Seoul at the highest level of alert at 9:00 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Severe traffic congestion is expected on major roads in downtown Seoul over the weekend as conservative and progressive civic groups are planning a series of massive rallies and marches for and against U.S. President Trump’s visit to South Korea, police here said Thursday. Trump is scheduled to arrive in [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — “President Trump! You mentioned the body of water between the Korean peninsula and Japan as the ‘Sea of Japan’, but it is correct to call it the ‘East Sea.’” Seo Kyung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, said on his Instagram account on Wednesday that he posted such a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Durty Donald’ and ‘Kim Jong Yum’ are the names of hamburgers invented by a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam where the 2019 North Korea-United States Summit will be held between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un. The restaurant, ‘Durty Bird’, came up with the witty burger [...]
SEOUL/HANOI, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un flew to Singapore on a rented Air China plane, instead of his aged official jet, last June for his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. What he will use to travel to Vietnam’s Hanoi for a second meeting with Trump is a point [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Six in 10 South Koreans expect some substantial outcome from the second summit between North Korea and the United States, slated for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam, a poll showed Monday. In the survey of 501 South Korean adults nationwide conducted by pollster Realmeter last Friday, 62.5 percent issued an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will sign a preliminary deal this weekend on splitting the costs of their military alliance, a diplomatic source in Seoul said Friday. A signing ceremony will be held in Seoul on Sunday, led by their top negotiators, Chang Won-sam and Timothy Betts, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States have postponed the announcement of plans for their combined springtime military exercises until after the second summit between Washington and Pyongyang slated for late this month, a government source said Friday. If the allies press ahead with their annual training programs, ongoing preparations [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. embassy in Seoul said Wednesday that it is issuing visas and conducting other consular affairs normally despite a partial government shutdown that started last week. “We plan to continue our work related to passport and visa issuance as long as the situation permits,” an embassy official said. [...]