WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan established a trilateral communication hotline, a senior Seoul official said Monday, in another sign of progress in their three-way security cooperation amid North Korea’s evolving military threats and China’s increasing assertiveness. The establishment of the hotline came after President Yoon Suk Yeol [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States are set to meet in Indonesia on Monday to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile developments, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Kim Gunn, the special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will hold a bilateral meeting with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Monday condemned Japan’s move to accelerate its planned acquisition of Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States as an “arrogant choice,” warning that it will heighten regional tensions. Earlier this month, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said Tokyo aims to purchase the missiles as early as [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan held vice-ministerial talks in Seoul on Thursday, the first such talks in nine years amid warming bilateral relations, as Japan was set to begin a second round of radioactive water discharge into the ocean. First Vice Foreign Minister Chang Ho-jin met his Japanese counterpart, Masataka [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, China and Japan held a high-level meeting Tuesday to discuss three-way cooperation and explore the possibility of resuming the long-stalled summit of their leaders. The trilateral senior officials’ meeting held in Seoul brought together South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung-won; Takehiro Funakoshi, Japan’s senior deputy foreign [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, China and Japan are set to hold a series of meetings in Seoul on Monday to discuss resuming the long-stalled summit of their leaders. The deputy director-general meetings come a day before high-level talks among South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung-won, Takehiro Funakoshi, Japan’s senior deputy [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the places South Koreans travel to, Japan is the most popular destination when it comes to renting cars from TMAP. According to the “TMAP Trend Diary Car Rental Edition,” which analyzed TMAP car rental data from January to July this year, Fukuoka, Japan, was the top choice for TMAP [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government is beefing up PR activities, including the allocation of several billion won in funding, to strengthen its claims to sovereignty over disputed territories with neighboring countries, including Dokdo. The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Saturday that the Japanese government has allocated a budget of about 300 million yen [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics giant Amorepacific Corp. said Thursday it has officially launched its luxury makeup brand Hera in Japan as part of its efforts to expand the brand’s global business. Hera entered the Tokyo and Osaka branches of Japan’s biggest beauty platform, @COSME, on Friday after opening a pop-up [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 7 out of every 10 South Koreans are opposed to Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a public opinion poll showed Friday. The survey conducted on 1,000 South Korean adults on Tuesday and Wednesday by Research View showed 72.4 percent [...]