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Wed, July 17, 2019 | 06:13

Moon to discuss trade pact with Israeli president

President Moon Jae-in plans to discuss signing a possible free trade agreement (FTA) with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during his planned summit with Rivlin at Cheong Wa Dae, July 15, Moon's office said, Tuesday.

2019-07-09 17:09

Trade feud with Japan feared to hurt Korea's growth

Concern is growing over the effect Japan's recent imposition of targeted export curbs will have on the Korean economy, with some analysts forecasting they will drag the GDP growth rate below 2 percent. The impact could be even greater if the restrictions, currently on key source material for semiconductors and displays, are expanded to other sectors, as Tokyo has warned.

2019-07-09 16:41

PM calls for additional budget to counteract Japan's retaliation

Japan rejects Korea's offer to hold talks to resolve export curbs

Japan on Tuesday rejected South Korea's call for negotiations to resolve a row over Tokyo's export restrictions against the South, saying it has no intention of lifting the curbs and the issue is not a matter of talks. Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko made the remark after a Cabinet meeting, a day after South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged Japan to retract the restrictions o...

2019-07-09 14:21

US stresses cooperation amid escalating row between Korea, Japan

US stresses cooperation amid escalating row between Korea, Japan

The United States on Monday expressed its continued commitment to strengthening ties with South Korea and Japan amid an escalating row between the Asian nations. Tensions between Seoul and Tokyo have spiked since the Japanese government last week announced tightened controls on exports of high-tech materials to the neighboring country.

2019-07-09 10:26

Japan rejects Korea's offer to hold talks to resolve export curbs

One missing in Hungary boat sinking after another body confirmed to be S. Korean

The latest victim, a woman in her 60s, was discovered 66 kilometers downstream from the sinking site on Friday (Budapest time), bringing the total number of Koreans confirmed dead in the May 29 sinking to 25, with one still missing, a joint South Korean and Hungarian team said.

2019-07-06 23:09

Korea struggles to cope with Japan's economic retaliation

The government's envisioned strategy to fight back against Japan's economic retaliation is drawing skepticism, because it is unlikely to take effect immediately while only hurting Korean enterprises. Analysts said Friday the government should drop its tit-for-tat plan and instead settle what caused the retaliation - the Korean Supreme Court's 2018 ruling on wartime forced lab...

2019-07-05 16:47

Japan-funded wartime sex slavery victim's foundation dissolved

Hope for war remains repatriation rises again after Trump-Kim DMZ summit

Hope is rising that the suspended effort between North Korea and the United States to retrieve war remains of American soldiers missing from the Korean War may resume soon, after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un agreed to restart their nuclear dialogue.

2019-07-02 17:20

Foreign minister vows continued support for victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha promised Tuesday continued government support for Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery in healing their pain and suffering, saying that past government efforts were not enough. "Previous efforts on this issue had been grossly lacking. ... The Korean government will continue to heed their voices and do as much as we can in restoring ...

2019-07-02 14:01

Korea-Japan relations heading to new low after Japan's retaliatory step

The long-fraught ties between South Korea and Japan are plunging to a new low, as their intractable historical issues are bleeding into the economic domain, with voices for reconciliation drowned out by domestic politics, nationalism and mutual distrust. On Monday, Tokyo blindsided Seoul by announcing that it would tighten restrictions on several key chemical exports to South...

2019-07-02 13:36

Korea, Japan heading toward trade war

S. Korea to file WTO complaint over Japan's export restriction

The South Korean government said Monday it will file a complaint to the World Trade Organization and diversify import sources as Japan moved to tighten restrictions on exports of key materials used to produce chips and displays.

2019-07-01 16:41

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