SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung on Monday met with visiting U.S. senators to exchange opinions about bilateral alliances and economic cooperation, his office said, ahead of his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Lee held talks with Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) at his office before his [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior diplomats of South Korea and Britain on Monday agreed to speed up negotiations to upgrade a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) as part of efforts to expand trade and investment, the foreign ministry said. Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina and Catherine West, parliamentary under secretary of state [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held a phone conversation with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, to discuss cooperation and current affairs, including the situation in Gaza, the ministry said Thursday. The two top diplomats exchanged views on bilateral relations and the political situation in the Middle East, and affirmed their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed to further strengthen the two countries’ cooperation as they held phone talks Wednesday, Lee’s office said. In their first phone call since Lee’s inauguration in June, the two leaders noted bilateral cooperation has expanded beyond the traditional [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – President Lee Jae Myung held phone talks with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Monday and discussed ways to step up their bilateral cooperation in semiconductors and other areas, his office said. During their first phone talks, Schoof congratulated Lee on his inauguration and expressed hope that the friendly [...]
SEOUL/WASHINGTON, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Vice foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold trilateral talks this week to discuss ways of further enhancing cooperation on North Korean issues and economic security, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed Friday their “resolute” commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea, as they held their first high-level diplomatic talks since the launch of the Lee Jae Myung government. The 40-minute talks took place among First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo, [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Han Duck-soo spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, his office said, marking their first talks since South Korea was thrust into political turmoil triggered by former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law debacle. The 28-minute phone talks came four days after South Korea’s [...]
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, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual negotiations to set South Korea’s minimum wage have never been easy. But this year, talks are expected to be more complicated, as the country is facing unprecedented economic headwinds from the new coronavirus that has cut growth and jobs. On Thursday, members of the Minimum Wage Commission [...]