SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Saturday it does not recognize Russia’s recent annexation of Ukrainian territory as legitimate while strongly condemning Moscow’s invasion of the eastern European country. On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to annex four regions in Ukraine, following referendums in the territory late last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukraine, which has been devastated by the Russian invasion, plans to add to its school textbooks the South Korean economic model dubbed the Miracle on the Han River, which refers to the country’s rapid economic growth after the 1950-53 Korean War. According to the South Korean Embassy in Ukraine, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO International Corp., a South Korean commodities trader, said Monday its shipment of Ukrainian corn departed from a port in the war-torn country and will arrive home later this month. A vessel carrying 61,000 tons of corn left Pivdennyi Port in Ukraine on Aug. 16 and is on its [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska made an emphatic appeal Thursday for unflagging global solidarity behind her country’s struggle against Russia’s aggression, stressing the “democratic values of the entire world” are at stake in the prolonged conflict. In an exclusive written interview with Yonhap News Agency, the first of its [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has formally recognized the independence of two pro-Russian separatist “people’s republics” in eastern Ukraine, becoming the world’s third nation to do so, according to the North’s state media Thursday. The North’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui sent letters to her counterparts in the Donetsk People’s Republic and the [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans believe the government should only provide non-military aid to Ukraine, a survey showed Friday. In the survey of 1,000 people aged 18 or above conducted by Gallup Korea from Tuesday to Thursday, 72 percent said the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol should only [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry said Saturday it is ascertaining the veracity of the Russian defense ministry’s data that showed four of its nationals who volunteered to fight alongside Ukrainian forces have died. “We are aware of Russia’s defense ministry’s data,” an official with the foreign ministry said. “We have [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday expressed full support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country’s state media reported, despite international condemnation for his invasion of Ukraine. The Russian people have “achieved great successes in accomplishing the just cause of defending the dignity and security of their country [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea pledged to provide US$1.2 million in additional aid to Ukraine to support safe operations of nuclear power plants of the war-ravaged country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. South Korean representatives announced the plan during a board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, Austria, [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO International Corp., a South Korean grain trader, said Thursday it has been working to transport 2,000 tons of wheat from its terminal in Ukraine in a partial resumption of its grain exports since Russia’s invasion of the major grain producer. The trading arm of South Korean steel giant [...]