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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.

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...

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...

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 ...

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.

2018-04-08 15:48

Korean tourist drowns in Vietnam

A Korean tourist has drowned in southern Vietnam, according to the Consulate General of Korea in Ho Chi Minh City Saturday. The man, 58, surnamed Moon, was found on Friday at the bottom of a lake in Mui Ne, a coastal fishing town in the south-central Binh Thuan Province.

2018-04-08 12:46

Turkish TV fined for false report about Korean president

Show TV has been fined for a major mistake in its news report. / Captured from Show TV By Jung Min-hoA Turkish broadcaster has been fined for using Korean President Moon Jae-in's image falsely as a murder suspect in February.According to the Korea Communicat...

2018-04-05 13:53

Korean gov't demands Turkish TV apologize for false report

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.

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.

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...

2018-04-01 11:27

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