SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States are continuing last-minute trade negotiations on areas including semiconductors, batteries and biotechnology on top of in-depth discussions on shipbuilding cooperation, the presidential office said Wednesday. Kim Yong-bum, the presidential chief of staff for policy, made the remarks as top Seoul officials are visiting [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said Thursday he has met with senior officials of the Donald Trump administration during his recent visit to the United States to support ongoing trade negotiations as the tariff deadline looms. In a press notice, Wi said he accompanied Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo for [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will take into account details of a recent trade deal reached between the United States and Japan in a bid to use it as a possible reference for Seoul’s trade negotiations with Washington, the presidential office said Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday (local time) that [...]
TOKYO/SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Senior diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to advancing trilateral cooperation, as the three sides held talks in Tokyo on Friday. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo was joined by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and their Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, [...]
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 [...]
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States held talks this week in Seoul to discuss ways to “modernize” the bilateral alliance in a “mutually beneficial” manner and strengthen it into a “future-oriented” and “comprehensive strategic” one, the two sides said Friday. The consultations on Thursday and Friday came as U.S. [...]
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, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has asked for greater access to the South Korean market for the agriculture, automotive, digital and services sectors during recent bilateral trade consultations, Seoul’s top trade negotiator said Friday. “In the areas of tariffs and non-tariff measures, the U.S. has urged South Korea to grant improved [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan held combined air drills Wednesday in an effort to strengthen their trilateral security cooperation against North Korean threats, the South’s Air Force said. It marked the first joint air exercise among the three countries since President Lee Jae Myung took office earlier [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to deal with geopolitical crises under the framework of trilateral cooperation with the United States in their first phone talks Monday, the presidential office said. During the 25-minute conversation, Lee and Ishiba also reaffirmed the importance of bilateral ties [...]