SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remained ahead of other potential presidential hopefuls from the opposition parties, data showed Monday, underscoring his presence as an odds-on contender in next year’s presidential race. According to the survey conducted by local pollster Realmeter, Ban held an approval rating of 25 percent, up 0.9 [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United Nations Command sent in troops Friday to crack down on illegal Chinese fishing boats in neutral waters around the mouth of the Han River between the two Koreas. About 10 Chinese fishing boats that were operating at that time retreated to the Pyongyang-controlled northern [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Over 20 countries, including the United States and Russia, have submitted their detailed action plans on how they will enforce sanctions on North Korea following its nuclear test and a long-range missile launch earlier this year, sources said Friday. According to the sources, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, [...]
WASHINGTON, May 25 (Yonhap) – North Korea is expected to collapse “much sooner than many of us think” due to internal unrest, former U.S. Forces Korea commander Walter Sharp said. Sharp, who commanded USFK from 2008 to 2011, told a symposium in Hawaii on Tuesday that he recently guaranteed new USFK commander Gen. Vincent Brooks [...]
NEW YORK, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit his native South Korea for international conferences later this month, his spokesman announced Thursday, as speculation persists about the possibility of his running for president. Ban will visit the southern resort island of Jeju on May 25 for a regional multilateral dialogue for [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States agreed Tuesday to “actively” push for three-way consultations involving China over the implementation of new U.N. sanctions on North Korea and its denuclearization, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said. Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security [...]
SEOUL, Nov.12 (Korea Bizwire) – Traditional Korean foods that emphasize both taste and health have been introduced to members of the United Nations. The Korean Council for College Education (KCCE) hosted a dinner featuring traditional Korean food, dubbed ‘An Evening of Art and Korean Cuisine’. Sixty guests including ambassadors staying in New York and dignitaries [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korea-based United Nations climate fund has endorsed eight initial projects worth US$168 million to help developing countries deal with climate change, Seoul’s finance ministry said Sunday. In the 11th meeting of the board of directors in Livingston, Zambia, from Nov. 2-5, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) approved [...]