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US. N. Korea's war of words drawing fire

The international community is increasingly calling for both the United States and North Korea to refrain from threatening each other as their war of words escalate tension. North Korea claimed Thursday that it was examining a plan to fire four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) into waters near the U.S. territory of Guam. The North’s state media said the...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-10 16:45

Trump urged to stop 'bombastic rhetoric'

Korean text damages Japanese heritage-listed temple

Korean text has been carved into the wall of a UNESCO heritage-listed Japanese temple. Police said cleaners found the damage in the Todai-ji Buddhist temple complex in Nara Prefecture on Tuesday, NHK reported.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-10 13:32

Southeast Asian countries turning backs on N. Korea

Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific countries are “arm-in-arm” in pressing North Korea harder, as seen from the statement released at the end of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), analysts said Wednesday. The experts speculated the ASEAN nations especially played a role in pushing internationally isolated Pyongyang to observe U.N. resolutions in the ARF Chairman’s Statement.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-09 16:51

Korea protests against Japan over Dokdo

The defense and foreign ministries both summoned ranking officials from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, in protest of Tokyo’s renewed territorial claims over Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo in its annual defense white paper released Tuesday. The defense white paper included Dokdo, claimed by Tokyo as Takeshima, as a part of Japanese territory for 13 consecutive years.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-08 16:34

S. Korea recommends two Austrian 'angels' for Nobel Peace Prize

The government plans to recommend two nurses from Austria as candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for their more than 40 years of dedication to leprosy patients on a remote southern island. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Monday he will form a committee to push for the nomination of Sister Marianne Stoeger, 81, and Sister Margaritha Pissarek, 80. Lee recommended to the presid...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-08 13:56

'Japan did not perceive Dokdo as its land'

A scholar recently unveiled maps of a government-approved Japanese textbook which show that Japan did not perceive Dokdo as its territory in the 19th century. The findings will give weight to Korea’s ownership of the islets off the country’s east coast, which Japan claims as its own, referring to them as Takeshima Islands.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-07 17:23

LKP pushes redeployment of tactical US nuclear weapons

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) said Monday it will push for the redeployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea as part of measures to counter North Korea’s nuclear threats. “Now seems to be the best time for the United States and South Korea to discuss the redeployment of tactical nuclear weapons,” LKP Chairman Hong Joon-pyo said during a party meeting. “The U.N. Security Council has imposed additional sanctions on Pyongyang, but I’m skeptical of their effects. The government should be proactive to maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula.” LKP lawmaker Lee Cheol-w...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-07 16:44

Allies ready for follow-up N. Korea steps

The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan discussed possible follow-up measures to new U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions against North Korea, Monday. This was the first joint meeting among Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono since the UNSC unanimously passed Resolution 2371, Sa...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-07 16:23

Moon Jae-in's peace overture gets little feedback

North Korea’s test-launches of two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in July and South Korea’s plan to more effectively cope with missile threats are hampering President Moon Jae-in’s recent peace overture made in Berlin. The Moon government decided to set up the remaining four launchers of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in South Korea,...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-07 16:08

Seoul, Washington agree on early revision of missile guidlines

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States agreed to start early negotiations on revising a bilateral missile guidelines agreement to better cope with North Korea’s missile threats, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Sunday. The agreement comes after Washington accepted Seoul’s call in late July to rewrite the guidelines to extend the maximum al...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-06 16:58

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