SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will participate in a working group tasked with implementing a peace plan proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a presidential official said Wednesday. The decision came while National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong was visiting Saudi Arabia last weekend to take part in multinational peace talks concerning Ukraine. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has decided to allow up to 30 businesspeople to visit Ukraine each time for potential projects for reconstruction and recovery under special travel exceptions, officials and industry sources familiar with the matter said Sunday. Seoul has expressed its intent to actively participate in helping to rebuild the [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to allow businesspeople to enter Ukraine for reconstruction projects by making exceptions to the travel ban on the war-torn country, officials said Sunday. The decision was part of measures that the government is taking after President Yoon Suk Yeol made a surprise visit to Ukraine earlier [...]
WARSAW, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will supply Ukraine with more mine detectors and demining equipment as part of its assistance package for the war-torn nation, a presidential official said Sunday. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday and agreed to provide the country [...]
WARSAW, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Saturday he agreed to provide Ukraine with a package of security, humanitarian and reconstruction assistance in talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a surprise visit to the war-torn country. Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee arrived in Ukraine earlier in [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has dispatched a military transport aircraft to send additional military supplies to Ukraine, a defense official here said Monday. The defense ministry made the decision to provide the supplies at Kyiv’s request, the official said, noting that Seoul has offered humanitarian and military logistics support to help [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Russian claim that South Korea was sending military support to Ukraine has been proven false. The Russian Embassy in North Korea recently shared a photo on its social media account showing howitzer shells labeled “155mm howitzer TNT.” They alleged that South Korean weapons were being used to harm [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has said South Korea could provide aid beyond humanitarian or financial support if Ukraine comes under a large-scale attack against civilians, according to an interview published Wednesday. Yoon made the remark in the interview with Reuters ahead of an upcoming state visit to the United [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) —South Korea has reportedly agreed to provide the United States with artillery shells on a “loan” basis in support of Ukraine, according to government and defense industry sources. The move is seen as a way for South Korea to show its support for Ukraine and assist its ally, the United [...]
GIMHAE, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gimhae in South Gyeongsang Province is considering offering South Korean citizenship to a talented teenage boxer from Ukraine, who came to South Korea after fleeing from the war. 18-year-old Em Anatoly is an up-and-coming Ukrainian boxer who has won many international competitions. Anatoly came to South [...]