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Slovak president to visit Korea next week

Slovak President Andrej Kiska will visit Korea from April 9 to 11 and have bilateral talks with President Moon Jae-in, Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. It will be the first official visit by a Slovak president. This year marks the 25th year of diplomatic ties between the two nations.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-03 16:18

Three Korean fishermen kidnapped

Pirates have kidnapped three Korean fishermen off Ghana, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sunday. It said President Moon Jae-in had ordered the Navy's nearby anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit to help secure the Koreans' release. The unit aboard Munmu the Great, a 4,500-ton KDX II destroyer, had been operating off Salalah Port in Oman. The ship is expected to arrive in the abduction area on April 16.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-01 17:16

South Korean warship heading to Ghana to save kidnapped sailors

South Korean warship heading to Ghana to save kidnapped sailors

South Korean warship Munmu the Great is heading to the sea off Ghana to save sailors kidnapped by pirates. / Korea Times file South Korea has deployed an anti-piracy warship to the sea off Ghana after three South Korean sailors were kidnapped by pirates, Seoul's foreign ministry said late Saturday. The 500-tonne Marine 711 with about 40 Ghanaian and three South Kore...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-01 11:27

'Korean Dream' selected as DIA reading list

The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) included the book “Korean Dream: A Vision for a Unified Korea,” written by Moon Hyun-jin, chairman of the Global Peace Foundation (GPF), on its reading list for this year. Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, director of the DIA, nominated 94 publications in three categories: leadership and professional development, history and global analysis. Moon's book is one of those recommended in global analysis section.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-30 15:46

Trump says could 'hold up' Korea trade deal for N.Korea issue

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to "hold up" a renegotiated free trade agreement with South Korea until he reaches a deal with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program. Calling the trade deal a "very strong card," Trump hinted it could be used as leverage to get Seoul to do more to denuclearize the North.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-30 09:24

Korea condemns Japan for claiming sovereignty over Dokdo in textbook guidelines

The government strongly denounced Japan, Friday, for claiming sovereignty over Dokdo in its guidelines for high school textbooks. Protesting the move, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned in Japanese Ambassador to Korea Yasumasa Nagamine. “The government strongly criticizes the Japanese government for confirming the guidelines that include an inappropriate argument about ...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-30 09:19

UAE expected to offer big energy deals

ABU DHABI - Korean companies may sign contracts for energy development projects worth $25 billion in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as the government there is planning to give priority to Korea in such areas, according to Cheong Wa Dae, Tuesday. The Middle Eastern country will also help Korea in its bid for a nuclear power plant project in Saudi Arabia.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-27 16:15

President Moon lauds Korean soldiers in UAE

K-pop concert held in UAE to mark Moon's visit

ABU DHABI - President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook took part in a cultural event at Abu Dhabi National Theatre, at which Korean artists and singers and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) orchestra performed, Monday. Co-organized by culture ministries of the two nations, the Korea-UAE Cultural Exchange Performance drew an audience of 1,500 including government officials,...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-27 03:56

Barakah plant to give South Korea opportunity for more development projects

ABU DHABI - President Moon Jae-in said Monday the nuclear power plant being built by Korean companies in Barakah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be a stable supply of energy for the country and become a next-generation growth engine for Korea. He said the successful construction will give Korea a better chance to win another bid for a nuclear plant project in Saudi Ara...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-26 18:08

Koreans in US 'proud' over ex-president's arrest

DALLAS - News of former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak's arrest over corruption charges made headlines in the U.S., less than a year after his successor was put in jail over a separate, massive corruption scandal. Do Koreans here feel embarrassed over their motherland's popular Blue House to jail house sequence? Not at all.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-03-26 10:14

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