SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan held high-level economic talks in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss cooperation in supply chains and advanced technologies, the presidential office said. Song Ki-ho, presidential secretary for economic security, and Takeshi Soda, Cabinet councilor of Japan’s National Security Secretariat, led their respective delegations at the fourth [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan on Monday agreed to strengthen security cooperation and explore the possibility of cooperation in high-tech sectors, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and drones, the defense ministry said. Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back and his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani, reached the consensus as [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Government and industry experts from South Korea, the United States and Japan met in Seoul and Tokyo this week to discuss quantum industrial security, the State Department said Friday, as the countries are deepening cooperation in securing critical technologies. They held a trilateral workshop on the topic in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ sentiment toward Japan has warmed significantly, reaching levels not seen since the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, according to a new Gallup Korea poll released Thursday, marking the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule. In the nationwide survey conducted August 12–14 [...]
Activists demand that Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pay tribute at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during a rally at the shrine on Aug. 15, 2025, on the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. (Image courtesy of Yonhap) SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea expressed deep regret Friday after Japanese Prime Minister [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The defense chiefs of South Korea and Japan held phone talks Thursday and agreed to continue with their bilateral security cooperation, as well as trilateral cooperation also involving the United States, the South’s defense ministry said. Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back and his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani, reached a consensus [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung met Wednesday with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to discuss ways to further develop bilateral relations between the two nations, the presidential office said. Suga headed a delegation from the Japan-South Korea Parliamentarians’ Association, marking the highest-level Japanese political figure’s first visit to Seoul [...]
TOKYO, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday, during which the Japanese leader reaffirmed his intent to maintain and further develop good relations with Seoul. Ishiba made the remarks during his 15-minute meeting with Cho at the prime minister’s residence earlier in [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung has sent a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to express his gratitude for his participation in an event commemorating the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties, a presidential official said Tuesday. Ishiba attended the ceremony hosted by the South Korean [...]
TOKYO/SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Senior diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to advancing trilateral cooperation, as the three sides held talks in Tokyo on Friday. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo was joined by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and their Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, [...]