SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Embassy in Iran hosted the 2021 coursework completion ceremony for students at the King Sejong Institute, a state-run Korean language education center. Twenty-six students from the advanced course participated in the offline ceremony. They are Korean language ‘experts’ that have completed the entire eight-semester course on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran, on humanitarian grounds, to help address its vaccine shortage, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Monday. The shipment of the vaccines will begin later in the day for arrival in Iran on Wednesday to support the Middle Eastern nation’s [...]
TORONTO, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Association of the Families of Flight PS752 Victims (the Association) welcomes the Government of Canada’s Forensic Examination and Assessment report on the downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752, released today. That report exposes the Iranian regime’s disregard for human life, failure to disclose the truth and pursue [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Iran released a South Korean oil tanker and its captain, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, about three months after they were seized over alleged oil pollution. The ship, with its captain and 12 other crew members aboard, left the port near Bandar Abbas on the southern coast, at around [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Iran has agreed to release all sailors of a seized South Korean oil tanker except for the captain for its management, the foreign ministry confirmed Tuesday, capping weeks of tough negotiations between the two countries. The MT Hankuk Chemi, along with its 20 sailors, including five Koreans, has been [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has moved its anti-piracy naval unit operating near the Strait of Hormuz away from the waterway to foster a positive mood ahead of negotiations with Iran over a seized oil tanker and its sailors, a diplomatic source said Monday. The retreat of the Cheonghae Unit came before [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Iran’s abrupt seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker this week appears aimed at pressuring Seoul to unlock its financial assets frozen under U.S. sanctions amid its worsening economic woes and the COVID-19 scourge, analysts said Tuesday. The Islamic Republic might also intend to send a warning to South [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s anti-piracy unit began operations in waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday to respond to heightened tensions after Iran’s seizure of a South Korean oil tanker, officials said. On Tuesday, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps seized the tanker, MT Hankuk Chemi, due to what Teheran claims to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Iran have agreed to launch a working group on expanding humanitarian trade as part of efforts to maintain bilateral partnership within the scope of a U.S.-approved sanctions exemption, a source close to the matter said Sunday. The director general-level consultation aims to discuss on a regular [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched an inter-agency team Friday to help expand its humanitarian trade with Iran that had been restricted by U.S. sanctions against Tehran, the foreign ministry said. Lee Seong-ho, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, presided over the inaugural session of the team consisting of officials from the [...]