SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has given no reaction yet to South Korea’s establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, but the surprise announcement is a blow to Pyongyang that has long boasted brotherly ties with the Caribbean nation. South Korea forged diplomatic ties with Cuba on Wednesday (New York time), making Cuba [...]
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) — 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, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total revenue, including tax gains, fell 77 trillion won (US$57.9 billion) on-year in 2023 due to economic challenges from home and abroad, government data showed Thursday. For fiscal 2023, the country’s total revenue amounted to 497 trillion won, falling from 573.9 trillion won tallied a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry on Tuesday unveiled its policy goals for this year, aiming to establish South Korea as a leading global cultural powerhouse and foster citizens’ happiness through cultural engagement. According to the plans announced by Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yu In-chon, the ministry will provide a record [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — With his voice hoarse and having the look of an emotionally exhausted man, South Korea head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said he was “very, very proud” of his team for rallying past Saudi Arabia at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in Qatar on Tuesday. Trailing 1-0 with the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Dubbing South Korea “the Ireland of Asia,” the top Irish envoy in Seoul voiced expectations for a deeper partnership as countries with striking parallels, from experiencing colonial grievances to making drastic economic leaps driven by resilient people. Ambassador Michelle Winthrop made the remarks in an interview with Yonhap News [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked fifth in the world in terms of military strength, while North Korea’s standing was at 36th, an annual military power index showed Friday. South Korea had a firepower score of 0.1416 to stand at fifth out of 145 countries, according to Global Firepower 2024. Its standing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Thursday it aims to launch a full-fledged space agency in May, with the nation seeking to join the ranks of advanced nations of spaceflight. The planned launch of the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA), which came as the National Assembly passed a set of bills [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The year 2023 was the warmest year of all time for South Korea as global warming heated up the Korean Peninsula to reach the average temperature of 13.7 C last year, the state weather agency said Wednesday. It marks the highest annual mean temperature since 1973, the year considered [...]