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Tue, January 22, 2019 | 04:54

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PM stays silent over Seoul-Japan relations

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon stayed silent Thursday over the strained relations between South Korea and Japan likely implying that the government is maintaining a firm stance against Japan. Lee declined to comment on the deteriorating relations between Seoul and Tokyo but said, “Keeping silent is a reaction.”

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-18 17:23

Appeals court upholds Fujikoshi labor victims' compensation claims

A Seoul appellate court on Friday upheld damages claims by another group of South Koreans forced into wartime labor and ordered a Japanese firm to compensate them. The Seoul High Court retained the lower court's ruling that ordered the Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to pay 80 million won to 100 million won (US$71,300-$89,000) to 27 surviving victims and families of those who have died.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-18 12:02

Korean firms in India expresses concern over trade regulations

South Korean companies operating in India have cited various trade barriers, including tariffs, as major hurdles of doing business there, industry sources said Friday. During the conference hosted by Seoul's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in Ahmedabad, the economic hub of the Indian state of Gujarat, firms operating on the subcontinent claimed that there should be an ...

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-18 10:33

Autopsies set for two Koreans who died in Cambodia

Korea will perform autopsies on two Korean students who died in Cambodia last week after doctors there failed to determine the cause of their deaths. According to the Konyang University Monday, the National Forensic Service will carry out autopsies on the bodies when they are brought home from Phnom Penh.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-14 13:58

Reopening Gaeseong park linked to nuclear talks

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Friday that holding talks on reopening the Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea, should be discussed in conjunction with progress in denuclearization talks with the United States.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-11 17:12

Mystery surrounds deaths of two Korean students in Cambodia

Two Korean university students have died of an unknown cause while doing volunteer work in Cambodia, school officials said Thursday. According to the Konyang University, the students were hospitalized in Phnom Penh Tuesday after suffering acute stomach pains.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-10 15:48

Comfort women's rally marks 27th anniversary

A weekly civic rally calling for the Japanese government to give an official apology and compensation to the Korean victims of the Japanese army's World War II sexual enslavement marked its 27th anniversary Wednesday.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-09 16:06

Korea freezes Japan company assets over forced labor spat

A South Korean district court said Wednesday it has decided to freeze the local assets of a Japanese company involved in compensation disputes for wartime Korean laborers. Last October, South Korea's top court ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay 100 million won ($88,000) each to four plaintiffs forced to work for the company when Japan colonized the Korean Peni...

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-09 12:54

South Korean firms vying to win maintenance work for UAE nuclear reactors

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and other South Korean companies are vying to win a long-term maintenance deal for the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, industry sources said Wednesday.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-09 10:43

Gov't to bring back trash from Philippines

The government is set to bring back illegally shipped plastic trash from the Philippines, the environment ministry said, Friday.

Foreign Affairs | 2019-01-04 17:42

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