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Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.

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North Korea

End-of-war declaration will lose luster in trilateral FM talks: experts

Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea's special representative for Korean peninsula peace and security affairs, speaks to reporters after arriving at an airport in Honolulu, Wednesday (local time). YonhapSeoul, Washington, Tokyo unlikely to come up with effective measures against Pyongyang's saber-rattling By Kang Seung-wooThe Moon Jae-in administration's last-ditch effort to revive its push for declaring an end to the Korean War on the occasion of upcoming trilateral foreign ministerial talks with the United States and Japan is not likely to be realized due to bad timing and the nature of the meeting, according to diplomatic observers.Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong is scheduled to hold a meeting with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts Antony Blinken and Yoshimasa Hayashi in Hawaii, Saturday (local time), during which the top diplomats are anticipated to mainly discuss how to effectively deal with North Korea's increased saber-rattling, as illustrated by its seven rounds of missile tests, in total, in January. However, Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, implied before his departure fo

Feb 11, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
End-of-war declaration will lose luster in trilateral FM talks: experts
Foreign Affairs

Asan Institute honorary chairman donates funds to honor Kissinger

Chung Mong-joon, right, honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger / Courtesy of Asan Institute for Policy StudiesBy Kang Seung-woo Chung Mong-joon, the honorary chairman of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, has made a donation to honor the work of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. politician and scholar who had a significant influence on international relations.Funds totaling $1 million (1.19 billion won) have been provided, half of which are to be given to the Center for Strategy and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., and the other half to the Henry Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). As an influential realist scholar in international relations, Kissinger served as national security adviser and secretary of state to U.S. President Richard Nixon, as well as secretary of state for the Gerald Ford administration. Kissinger offered the insight that even though many foreign policy decisions are choices between evils, leader

Feb 9, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Asan Institute honorary chairman donates funds to honor Kissinger
Foreign Affairs

KOICA restores 4,311-hectare forest in Guatemala damaged by logging

Korean Ambassador to Guatemala Jang Ha-yeon, right, provides an explanation about the seedlings cultivated by KOICA's project to Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food of Guatemala Jose Angel Lopez, center, and the head of the farmers' association, Lionel Delgado, at a meeting to share the interim results of KOICA's climate change response project in Coban, Guatemala, Feb. 2. Courtesy of KOICABy Kang Seung-wooKorea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has restored a 4,311-hectare forest, about 15 times the area of Seoul's financial district Yeouido, in central and northern Guatemala as part of a project to strengthen the region's adaptability to climate change and eventually reduce local greenhouse gases by a total of 44,196 metric tons, according to the state-run overseas aid agency, Wednesday.KOICA's Guatemala office announced the outcomes and estimates at a meeting to share the interim results of the project ― which lasts from 2018 to 2023 ― in Coban, Guatemala on Feb. 2. Titled, “Addressing climate change through climate smart interventions in forest and farm syste

Feb 9, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
KOICA restores 4,311-hectare forest in Guatemala damaged by logging
North Korea

North Korea 'behaves' for China during Beijing Games

A session of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly is held in Pyongyang, Sunday and Monday, in this photo, provided by the Korean Central News Agency. YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un's absence from the country's key parliamentary meeting ― as well as the lack of public message for South Korea or the United States ― is raising speculation that the reclusive country is refraining from its saber-rattling mainly due to the ongoing Beijing Winter Olympics.According to its state-run Korean Central News Agency, the totalitarian state held the sixth session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) in Pyongyang, Sunday and Monday without Kim's attendance. The SPA is the highest organ of power under the North Korean Constitution, although it rubber-stamps decisions of the ruling Workers' Party.The meeting came on the heels of seven missile tests, in total, in January, including the launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile. In addition, the country has threatened to lift its self-imposed moratorium on nuclear and ballistic missile tests in protest against Wa

Feb 8, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
North Korea 'behaves' for China during Beijing Games
Politics

Presidential candidates revisit Roh Moo-hyun to woo his supporters

Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, speaks during a party meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, Monday. YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooOne after another, presidential candidates have invoked the late President Roh Moo-hyun in their campaign speeches, in an attempt to win over his supporters who are well-known for their strong solidarity even a decade after their beloved leader's sudden death.Roh, a human rights lawyer-turned-politician, was elected president in 2002 and his tenure continued until 2008. The late president was one of the rare politicians to possess a legion of diehard supporters who even created a fan club, dubbed "Rohsamo" ― which literally means people who love Roh. Former President Roh Moo-hyun / Korea Times photoIn each and every election, candidates ― particularly among the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) ― try to court Roh's supporters and this election has been no exception.Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, is the latest politician who vowed to succeed Roh's legacy.

Feb 7, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Presidential candidates revisit Roh Moo-hyun to woo his supporters
  • Persuading voters: Lee concise, detail-oriented; Yoon emphatic
Foreign Affairs

Japan's world heritage bid for Sado mine tests Korea's diplomacy

The Sado gold mine / Korea Times photoForeign Minister strongly protests Tokyo's UNESCO bid By Kang Seung-wooSouth Korea has once again found itself in need of mobilizing all of its diplomatic ability to bring Japan's flawed perception of history to light as Tokyo seeks to add a controversial wartime site to next year's United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list. The issue will inevitably add fuel to already-strained ties between the neighboring countries. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida / AFP-YonhapOn Tuesday, the Japanese government submitted a letter of recommendation for a gold mine on Sado Island to UNESCO following approval from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week despite strong protests from Korea. The Sado mine was one of the world's largest producers of gold in the 17th century, but was turned into a facility to produce war-related materials during World War II. It was closed down in 1989. According to historical documents, as many as 2,000 Koreans were forced to labor in the mine.If all goes as scheduled, UNESCO wil

Feb 3, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Japan's world heritage bid for Sado mine tests Korea's diplomacy
Politics

KOICA president elected as co-chair of global task force against violence

KOICA President Sohn Hyuk-sang / Courtesy of KOICABy Kang Seung-wooKorea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) President Sohn Hyuk-sang has been elected as co-chair of the Halving Global Violence Task Force, comprised of multi-national high-level leadership, according to the state-run overseas aid agency. According to KOICA, the co-chairs of the task force include ministers of Costa Rica, Liberia, and South Africa, and the director general of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The task force, with the aim of reducing global violence by 50 percent by 2030, was launched in 2020 by the Pathfinders ― a group of 39 United Nations member states, international organizations, global partnerships, civil society and the private sector which are committed to accelerating the delivery and implementation of the sustainable development goal (SDG) targets for peace, justice, and inclusion. The task force, comprised of heads of international cooperation agencies, ministerial level member state representatives, and others, serves to unite organizations and stakeholders against the

Feb 2, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
KOICA president elected as co-chair of global task force against violence
Foreign Affairs

Goldberg pick, harbinger of US' hawkish North Korea policy?

North Korea fires two suspected ballistic missiles By Kang Seung-wooU.S. President Joe Biden nominated a former sanctions enforcer to be his first ambassador to South Korea, but it is too early to predict if the United States will return to a hardline stance against North Korea, according to diplomatic observers. Philip Goldberg / Courtesy of U.S. Department of StateAccording to diplomatic sources, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Philip Goldberg has been tapped to head the U.S. Embassy in Seoul and the South Korean government is now said to be in the process of granting an agrement, which refers to a state approval of accepting a member of a diplomatic mission from a foreign country. Since the last U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Harry Harris, resigned and left the country on Jan. 20, 2021, the post has remained unfilled, with U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Korea Christopher Del Corso currently serving as acting ambassador. News of Goldberg's nomination have fueled speculation in South Korea that the U.S. government will adopt a hardline policy toward Pyongyang, which has refused to return to

Jan 27, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Goldberg pick, harbinger of US' hawkish North Korea policy?
  • North Korea confirms test-firing of long-range cruise, surface-to-surface missiles
North Korea

North Korea remains silent on cruise missile test

This combined photo, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Sept. 13, 2021, shows a long-range cruise missile being fired, as Pyongyang test-fired new long-range cruise missiles on Sept. 11 and 12. YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooThe absence of coverage of North Korea's cruise missile launch by its state media is largely due to its lower strategic importance than that of ballistic missiles, according to Pyongyang watchers. However, others also assume that the test may have ended in failure.According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), North Korea launched two cruise missiles, Tuesday, marking its fifth show of force for 2022, following its firing of ballistic missiles on Jan. 5, 11, 14 and 17. Traditionally, North Korea has broken the news of its missile launches the following day through the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) or the Rodong Sinmun, a North Korean newspaper and mouthpiece of the ruling Workers' Party, but neither of them covered the incident, sparking speculation here. “The North Korean military is currently holding winter dri

Jan 26, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
North Korea remains silent on cruise missile test
Politics

Ahn Cheol-soo fires shot at Yoon Suk-yeol

By Kang Seung-wooAhn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, denounced Yoon Suk-yeol of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP), Tuesday, calling him an unprepared candidate who has been benefiting from the Moon Jae-in administration's incompetence in state affairs. Ahn Cheol-soo, the presidential candidate of the minor opposition People's Party, speaks during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapThe former software tycoon also said it was premature to say whether the approval ratings will stay unchanged until election day, adding that the real trend could begin after the Lunar New Year long weekend.“When it comes to how voters cast their votes in the election, it is important that they consider whether a candidate can surely deliver on their support for a change of government,” Ahn said during a press conference at the National Assembly in Seoul.“An unprepared change of government could lead the nation to experience the same failures of previous unsuccessful administrations.”Ahn a

Jan 25, 2022By Kang Seung-woo
Ahn Cheol-soo fires shot at Yoon Suk-yeol
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