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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 00:18

Seoul tapped to chair international medical device regulator

South Korea has been tapped to chair an international medical device regulatory organization that could help it play a role in setting industry standards going forward, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday.

2019-04-18 11:43

Moon heads to Turkmenistan for start of 3-nation tour

President Moon Jae-in embarked on a trip Tuesday to make state visits to three Central Asian nations, including Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

2019-04-16 14:29

Foreign ministry seeks expansion countering Pyongyang, ASEAN

South Korea's foreign ministry is pushing to expand a team in charge of enforcing U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea to create a new division, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.

2019-04-16 11:57

Liberian man struggles to find foothold in father's country

Suh Kwan-woo, 31, is running out of time. Before his temporary asylum-seeker visa ends, he needs to find his Korean father, a man called Kang Nak-ki who worked for Daewoo Engineering & Construction in Liberia in the late 1980s.

2019-04-12 15:18

Korean worker killed in Nigeria gun attack: ministry

A South Korean worker in Nigeria died earlier this week, days after suffering a gunshot from a local security guard, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. The 49-year-old employee at a South Korean firm in the largest Nigerian city of Lagos was seriously wounded when the private security guard shot him Monday (local time).

2019-04-12 13:08

Seoul welcomes WTO's ruling on Fukushima seafood ban

South Korea on Friday welcomed the World Trade Organization's decision to rule in favor of Seoul's import restrictions on Japanese seafood in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and said it would keep the ban in place going forward. The WTO appellate body overturned several points of the 2018 verdict earlier in the day, saying the Seoul government's measures are n...

2019-04-12 10:54

Japan delays construction of new embassy building

Seoul has revoked permission for Japan to construct a new embassy building in the city, as the latter delayed construction without notification. According to Jongno-gu Office in central Seoul, the construction permission has been canceled as of March 4, about four years after the office granted permission for the project in 2015.

2019-04-10 17:10

Seoul cancels construction permit for new Japanese Embassy building

The construction permit for a new Japanese embassy building in central Seoul has been revoked due to construction delays, municipal officials said Wednesday. Seoul's Jongno Ward Office said it notified the Japanese Embassy on March 4 of the cancellation of the building permit issued in 2015.

2019-04-10 11:25

Korean prosecutor elected head of global prosecutors association

A senior South Korean prosecutor has been elected to lead an international body of prosecutors set up to strengthen transnational cooperation in prosecution investigations, Seoul's prosecution office said Tuesday.

2019-04-09 14:48

President Moon to meet Trump ahead of apparent talks with Pyongyang

President Moon Jae-in will visit the United States this week for talks with President Donald Trump that will focus on ways to restart denuclearization negotiations with North Korea, officials from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. Moon will head to Washington on Wednesday for his two-day visit. He and Trump will meet Thursday (U.S. time).

2019-04-09 10:16

Moon to push 'sanctions easing' agenda to Trump

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