SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to deal with geopolitical crises under the framework of trilateral cooperation with the United States in their first phone talks Monday, the presidential office said. During the 25-minute conversation, Lee and Ishiba also reaffirmed the importance of bilateral ties [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung said Wednesday that he would take note of the importance of policy coherence in relations with Japan. Lee, who was sworn into office earlier in the day, made the remarks when asked whether he would uphold the previous government’s approach on the wartime forced labor compensation [...]
SEOUL, April 25, (Korea Bizwire) — In a notable shift from past consumer sentiment, Japanese fashion is enjoying a revival in South Korea, while Korean labels are making bold inroads into Japan’s polarized fashion market, redefining regional retail dynamics. Once dampened by the 2019 “No Japan” movement, Korean interest in Japanese fashion is resurging, particularly [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Nongshim Co., South Korea’s leading instant noodle maker, said Tuesday it plans to globally sell key chains featuring miniature replicas of the company’s ramyeon packaging, produced in collaboration with Japan’s leading toy company Bandai Co. Since 2022, Nongshim has partnered with Bandai to sell key chains modeled after its [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to export 22 tons of rice to Japan, the largest volume in 35 years, following a surge in rice prices in the neighboring country, a trade company said Monday. The Japan office of South Korea’s NH Trading Co. imported 2 tons of Korean rice products last [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it has delivered five electric buses to the transportation unit of Japan’s Iwasaki Group, marking its first commercial electric bus delivery in the neighboring country. The South Korean automaker held a delivery ceremony for the Elec City Town buses with Iwasaki Group in Yakushima, [...]
BRUSSELS, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan met for talks in Brussels on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping global tariffs. The talks between Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, and his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Marco Rubio and Takeshi Iwaya, respectively, took [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Monday urged Japan to investigate and apologize to Korean victims killed in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in 1945, near the end of World War II, a day before Japan is set to mourn the victims of the devastating air raid. The demand was issued by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold talks in Munich later this week, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, in what will be their first such trilateral meeting since the launch of the second Donald Trump administration. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul will have the [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, China and Japan are close to finalizing the arrangements to hold a trilateral meeting of their top diplomats late next month, a report said Thursday. The meeting, set to be held in Tokyo, is most likely to take place March 22, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun daily reported, citing [...]