SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit will turn the quiet, temple-dotted city of Gyeongju into a theater of global power politics. South Korea, long wedged between the gravitational pulls of Washington and Beijing, suddenly finds itself not as an observer, but as host—and potential broker—of an uneasy regional order. For [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Rival groups of protesters clashed in front of the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to the parliament. About 8,600 activists from liberal and conservative groups gathered near the Assembly around 10 a.m., one hour before his speech. Police bolstered security by dispatching 18,000 officers and setting up artificial walls with police vehicles between [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 80 percent of South Koreans support a resumption of long-suspended inter-Korean dialogue, a survey by a presidential advisory panel showed Thursday, indicating strong backing for the policy line of new President Moon Jae-in. In the survey by the National Unification Advisory Council, 76.9 percent of respondents said South Korea should [...]