SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is in talks with China and Japan to hold a long-stalled trilateral summit of their leaders around May 26-27, a news report said Wednesday. The three countries have entered into final consultations about holding the three-way summit in South Korea late next month, according to the Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is in talks with China and Japan to set a specific date to host a long-stalled trilateral summit next month, a foreign ministry official said Friday. “We are currently discussing the date of the summit in Seoul, and we will let you know the specific date as [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hollys, the coffee business unit of South Korea’s KG Group, said Monday it will open its first overseas outlet in Japan in the first half as part of its expansion strategy. Hollys plans to set up a business entity in the neighboring country to open the outlet at the [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States on Monday reiterated the importance of dialogue with North Korea, after Pyongyang claimed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his intention for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of the North Korean leader, said that Kishida recently made [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of survivors of forced labor during Japan’s colonial rule over Korea is dwindling rapidly. Recent reports reveal a stark decrease in the number of survivors, with the figure falling below 1,000 for the first time. According to the Civic Group for the Mobilization of Forced Labor under Japanese [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. diplomat on Monday highlighted America’s commitment to working in tandem with South Korea and Japan to address growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, which he said serves only to prolong Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Speaking at a forum, Robert Koepcke, deputy assistant secretary of state [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is “open-minded” about the idea of Japan participating in a currently bilateral nuclear deterrence dialogue between Seoul and Washington, a former South Korean national security advisor said Monday. Kim Sung-han, who served as President Yoon Suk Yeol’s top security advisor from 2022-2023, made the remarks, noting that [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A White House official on Monday highlighted strengthened trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan among key achievements of the Joe Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy unveiled two years ago. During a press briefing, John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, catalogued key examples of progress in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The aggregate spending of South Koreans in Japan skyrocketed to a staggering 13 trillion won last year, as travel to Japan surged in popularity. This trend is attributed to the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and a weak Japanese yen, which has reduced the cost of spending in Japan. Travel [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s beer imports from Japan soared last year to regain its leading position in the country’s import beer market after five years, according to the customs office Wednesday. The resurgence of Japanese beer products appears to have benefited from the release of a viral video showing a worker [...]