SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea considers the White House’s recent comments about China’s interference in democracies, made after the presidential election, as a separate issue unrelated to the election itself, a Seoul official said Thursday. Following South Korea’s presidential election Tuesday, a White House official said that while “South Korea had a [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior White House official on Tuesday portrayed South Korean enterprises operating in the United States as helping foster a robust supply chain ecosystem and create decent jobs, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), made the point during a meeting with [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A White House official on Monday highlighted strengthened trilateral cooperation with South Korea and Japan among key achievements of the Joe Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy unveiled two years ago. During a press briefing, John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, catalogued key examples of progress in [...]
WASHINGTON, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean supergroup BTS highlighted the need to respect one another as they made their first visit to the White House on Tuesday for a rare meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden. The group also joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a daily press briefing before meeting [...]
WASHINGTON, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House next week to discuss ways to deal with rising anti-Asian hate crimes in the U.S., the White House said Thursday. “On Tuesday, May 31st, global K-pop phenomenon and Grammy-nominated musical group from the Republic [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — While the alleged development of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea is keeping the military on alert, Donald Trump’s allusions to a possible termination of the Korea – U.S. Free Trade Agreement is keeping the nation’s economy in a similar state. In the latest stream of news either decrying [...]
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump were set to hold bilateral talks Friday over a wide range of issues that will likely include ways to strengthen the countries’ alliance and their joints efforts to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons. The first bilateral summit between [...]
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States is looking at new “diplomatic, security and economic measures” to deal with the growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, the White House said Tuesday. “The United States in coordination with our allies is exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures in [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – With a deep knowledge of cybersecurity programs and capabilities, Michael Daniel will share his unique insights on this increasingly relevant issue at National Association of Corporate Directors’ (NACD’s) annual Board Leadership Conference on Oct. 12-14 in Washington, D.C. As the special assistant to the president and the cybersecurity [...]