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[INTERVIEW] Korea must learn lessons from USKI disaster

South Korea should learn lessons from the recent fiasco involving the Washington, D.C.-based U.S.-Korea Institute (USKI) to overhaul its public diplomacy, a prominent Korean-American activist said Tuesday. Kim Dong-suk, executive committee chairman of Korean American Civic Empowerment, called the USKI case demonstrates the plight of the country's public diplomacy, especially ...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-17 16:33

Korean naval destroyer arrives in Ghana to help rescue kidnapped nationals

The South Koreans were abducted in western Africa on March 26 by unidentified forces while working on a fishing ship. Negotiations are reportedly underway for their release.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-15 17:37

Seoul's handling of US think tank 'appalling'

In response to recent government comments, the US-Korea Institute (USKI) has strongly criticized the administration for its underhanded attempt to gain control over the Washington-based private think tank. In a statement sent to The Korea Times, Friday, Jae H. Ku, director of the USKI at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said that the governme...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-13 17:26

'USKI presented no proper records'

Two Koreans found dead in Hanoi

Two Koreans have been found dead in Vietnam, according to local media Thursday. The bodies of the man and woman were found in a room on the 17th floor of the Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower in Hanoi at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-13 12:23

'USKI presented no proper records'

The Korean government decided to cut funding for the U.S.-Korea Institute (USKI) because it neglected a bipartisan request from the National Assembly to provide proper records on how it has used funds from Korea, National Assembly sources said Thursday.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-12 16:53

Seoul's handling of US think tank 'appalling'

Germany strike impact limited on travelers

A public sector strike in Germany has spread to the country's airports causing Lufthansa, the country's largest carrier, to cancel hundreds of flights, although Korean passengers are not expected to be affected according to industry sources. Lufthansa's Korean office said so far only one flight, from Incheon to Frankfurt, had been cancelled.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-11 17:53

Seoul told US think tank to fire 2 officials

The government pressured the US-Korea Institute (USKI) to fire two top-ranking officials and follow operational guidelines seeking to take control of the Washington-based private think tank, a USKI source said, Wednesday. The source said that after the institute, well known for the website 38 North that specializes in Korean Peninsula issues, resisted the demand, the governme...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-11 13:25

Moon's mentor vows to overcome USKI fiasco

South Korean gov't at odds with US think tank

Tension is mounting between the Korean government and the U.S.-Korea Institute (USKI), a think tank at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), after the government announced it would cut off its funding for the Washington, D.C.-based institute beginning in June. Since its foundation in 2006, the think tank, which runs 38 North specializing on North Kore...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-08 16:57

Korea to raise THAAD issue with China

Korea and China will hold high-level economic talks for the first time in two years, amid budding signs of a diplomatic thaw, according to the foreign ministry, Sunday. Whether Beijing will effectively lift its economic retaliation against Seoul over the latter's deployment of a U.S. missile defense system here is likely to be high on the meeting agenda. “The two governments ...

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-08 16:28

South Korea, Latvia sign preliminary agreement on opening direct air route

South Korea's transport ministry said Sunday it signed a preliminary agreement with its Latvian counterpart to open a direct air route between the two countries. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it has agreed with Latvia to operate flights that connect the two countries three times a week.

Foreign Affairs | 2018-04-08 15:48

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