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Wed, November 13, 2019 | 16:21

Huneed to develop telecommunication equipment for aircrafts

Huneed Technologies, an aerospace and defense parts manufacturer in Korea, is making inroads into the civil aircraft market by signing partnerships with the world's leading lighting and aircraft fuselage makers, the Korean company said Monday. Under the strategic alliance, Huneed will team up with Latecoere, a French airplane parts manufacturer, and Signify, the world's leadi...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-11-04 15:02

Moon, Abe hold 11-min summit in Bangkok; agree to resolve conflict through dialogue

Moon, Abe hold 11-min summit in Bangkok; agree to resolve conflict through dialogue

President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a brief one-on-one "conversation" in Bangkok on Monday, Cheong Wa Dae announced. They sat down together for 11 minutes on the sidelines of the ASEAN Plus Three summit at IMPACT Forum in the Thai capital. Moon and Abe had the separate meeting in a "very friendly and serious" mood, Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Mi...

2019-11-04 12:54

Constitutional Court rejects petition on GSOMIA

Constitutional Court rejects petition on GSOMIA

The Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition against the Moon Jae-in government's decision to terminate a bilateral military information-sharing pact with Japan, judicial officials said Monday. A group of conservative lawyers and retired military generals filed a constitutional petition on Oct. 15, arguing the government's move not to renew the General Security of Milita...

2019-11-04 11:03

Moon, Abe agree to resolve conflict through dialogue

Lawmakers fail to find breakthrough in Seoul-Tokyo political row

Lawmakers fail to find breakthrough in Seoul-Tokyo political row

Lawmakers here have failed to find a breakthrough in diplomatic friction between Seoul and Tokyo, as both sides still display wide discrepancies in their views on the issue of compensation for wartime forced labor victims. National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang had a hectic schedule planned for his four-day trip to Japan, which started Sunday, but he decided to cancel most m...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-11-03 17:21

[ANNIVERSARY] Head of Korea-Japan lawmakers union stresses dialogue

Support for 'peace process' sought at ASEAN+3 event

Support for 'peace process' sought at ASEAN+3 event

President Moon Jae-in embarked on three-day trip to Thailand, Sunday, to take part in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.

Do Je-hae | 2019-11-03 17:02

US seeks wider influence in East Asia with Indo-Pacific drive

US seeks wider influence in East Asia with Indo-Pacific drive

The United States is seeking to widen its security influence in East Asia with the country's signature Indo-Pacific foreign policy, in a move to solidify American regional hegemony despite recent challenges from China. After talks with South Korea's Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Yoon Soon-gu, David R. Stilwell, the U.S. assistant secretary for East Asia and the Pacifi...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-11-03 16:44

[ANNIVERSARY] Head of Korea-Japan lawmakers union stresses dialogue

[ANNIVERSARY] Head of Korea-Japan lawmakers union stresses dialogue

The National Assembly's role in facilitating dialogue between Korea and Japan has gained special importance amid the two countries' continued rigid positions regarding a Korean Supreme Court ruling on forced labor. This is at the root of a prolonged conflict that has spilled over into other key areas for bilateral cooperation, such as trade and security. Rep. Kang Chang-il of...

Park Ji-won | 2019-11-03 14:19

Lawmakers fail to find breakthrough in Seoul-Tokyo political row

Parliamentary speaker cancels meeting with Japanese lawmakers

Parliamentary speaker cancels meeting with Japanese lawmakers

South Korea's parliament said Saturday that its speaker has called off a scheduled meeting with Japanese lawmakers during his trip to Tokyo in the latest sign of tensions between the neighbors.

2019-11-02 22:55

Tighter press control at the prosecutors' office causes stir

Tighter press control at the prosecutors' office causes stir

Local media are up in arms over a new set of guidelines issued by the Ministry of Justice to prosecutors' offices nationwide aimed at keeping tighter control of information given to the press. Among them one orders the offices to deny information access to journalists who report “fake news.”

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-11-01 17:07

'Inter-Korean ties not in good shape'

'Inter-Korean ties not in good shape'

Relations between the two Koreas are “not in good shape,” Chung Eui-yong, chief of the presidential National Security Office (NSO), said Friday. “Since May, North Korea has conducted 12 tests of short-range and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). It's true that relations between the two Koreas are not in good shape,” the NSO chief said at the start of this year's N...

Kim Yoo-chul | 2019-11-01 16:46

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