SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, later this week, an official said Friday. Han will depart for China on Saturday to attend the opening ceremony, which is set to take place [...]
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. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry on Friday welcomed Saudi Arabia’s recent discussions with Yemen’s Houthi delegation amid efforts for a cease-fire to end the yearslong conflict in the region. “Our government welcomes the recent talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to resolve the Yemen issue, and recognizes the continuous efforts of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Russian Embassy in Seoul on Thursday expressed “deep regret” over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s speech condemning military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow at the United Nations and accused him of joining Washington’s “propaganda campaign.” During his keynote address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday (U.S. time), Yoon [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill calling for the expansion of sanctions against North Korea’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, a congressional website showed Wednesday. On Monday, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced the bill, entitled “To provide for the imposition of sanctions with [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is trying to stop North Korea’s potential arms support to Russia “wherever we can,” its top diplomat said Wednesday, as last week’s summit between the two isolated regimes deepened concerns about their military cooperation. Speaking in an interview with broadcaster NBC, Secretary of State Antony Blinken [...]
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol held a series of summits with world leaders in New York on Wednesday (local time) as part of his ongoing efforts to secure support for South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in Busan. Yoon, on the third day of his trip [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Foundation (KF) said Thursday it plans to hold an annual security forum with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington next week to discuss the South Korea-United States alliance and North Korea. The South Korea-U.S. Strategic Forum will kick off Monday (U.S. time) for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Russian Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday dismissed reports that Moscow and Pyongyang discussed military cooperation at last week’s bilateral summit. On Tuesday, Seoul’s foreign ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Andrey Kulik over Moscow’s alleged discussions of military cooperation with Pyongyang during the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned North Korea’s continued violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, but reiterated his commitment to diplomacy to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Biden made the remarks in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly as a recent summit between North [...]