SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday condemned the arrival of a U.S. B-52 bomber in South Korea, threatening that U.S. strategic assets deployed on the Korean Peninsula will become the “first targets of destruction.” Pyongyang’s criticism came in response to the landing of the nuclear-capable bomber, a key U.S. strategic asset, at an [...]
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, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Industry Minister Bang Moon-kyu met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves in Seoul on Friday and asked for addressing concerns among domestic chipmakers regarding Washington’s semiconductor export controls on China, his office said. In October last year, the U.S. announced a set of rules that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s chip industry, heavily dependent on China for production and exports, faces a dilemma due to the United States government’s policy of promoting sanctions against Beijing, a report showed Thursday. The global chip supply network is projected to undergo reorganization between 2025 and 2030, aligning with the anticipated [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly nine out of every 10 South Koreans hold a favorable view of the United States, the second highest rating among 17 countries surveyed, a poll showed Monday. It also showed more than 80 percent of South Koreans think the U.S. is a reliable partner. In the poll conducted [...]
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States’ approval rating in South Korea jumped at one of the steepest rates among Asian countries in 2021, a poll showed Friday. The approval rating of U.S. leadership in South Korea climbed to 59 percent last year from 30 percent a year earlier, according to Gallup. The increase [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol ramped up diplomacy with South Korea’s most important neighbors on Friday, the first full day since his election, vowing to rebuild the alliance with the United States while developing relations with China. Yoon also spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and stressed the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As the so-called Korean Wave, coupled with an interest in health, continues to grow in the U.S., Korean home meal replacement (HMR) products and sauces are gaining popularity. The state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) said that South Korea’s food exports to the U.S. last year were [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean merchandise is attracting U.S. customers at America’s largest shopping mall in the Northeast region of the country. The state-run Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) hosted the K-Lifestyle event at American Dream mall in New Jersey, the United States, on Friday to assist Korean firms export consumer goods to [...]