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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

Moon seeks to rekindle nuclear talks at Tokyo Olympics

President Moon Jae-in attends the East Asia Summit, held virtually, at Cheong Wa Dae, Saturday. / Joint press corpsBy Kang Seung-woo President Moon Jae-in hinted Saturday that South Korea will seek to revive stalled denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea at next year's Tokyo Olympics. The negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament have been deadlocked since the February 2019 Hanoi summit between Washington and Pyongyang failed to reach a deal. Seoul has recently been floating the Olympics-linked idea based on its successful track record of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in 2018, in which the reclusive state participated, thereby leading to both improved inter-Korean and U.S.-North relations.“As the PyeongChang Winter Games were the peace Olympics, if the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics pass without safety and coronavirus concerns, it will give the world greater hope for overcoming the coronavirus and bringing peace to the region,” Moon said during a virtual East Asia Summit (EAS). The EAS was also participa

Nov 15, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Moon seeks to rekindle nuclear talks at Tokyo Olympics
  • Resolution at US House to facilitate defense cost-sharing deal
Foreign Affairs

Korea advised to take 'measured' approach to Biden

President Moon Jae-in holds his first telephone talks with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden at Cheong Wa Dae, Thursday. / Joint press corpsBiden reaffirms security commitment to South Korea By Kang Seung-wooThe government's attempt to reach out to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and his aides needs to be made carefully, according to diplomatic experts, Thursday, even though such a gesture is not at all improper.Since the former vice president was projected to secure the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House late last week, the administration and politicians have hurried to meet or communicate with those linked to his camp. In line with the move, President Moon Jae-in had a phone conversation with Biden, Thursday; and during the 14-minute talks they agreed to work closely together to resolve the North Korea nuclear issue.“Moon asked Biden to communicate closely for a forward-looking development of the alliance, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of lasting peace,” presidential spokesman Kang Min-seok said.Biden reaffirmed the U.S. s

Nov 12, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Korea advised to take 'measured' approach to Biden
  • Moon congratulates US congressional leaders, asks for alliance support
Health

Double check on COVID-19

A passengers is ready to submit two certificates proving he has tested negative for COVID-19 twice before leaving for China from Incheon International Airport, Wednesday. Starting that day, China-bound travelers must submit two negative coronavirus test results according to the country's strengthened antivirus regulations. / Yonhap

Nov 11, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Foreign Affairs

Moon expected to discuss North Korea, alliance with Biden

By Kang Seung-wooPresident Moon Jae-in is expected to discuss pending bilateral issues, including North Korea, with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in their first phone conversation, which could be held as early as Thursday, according to Cheong Wa Dae. President Moon Jae-in plans to talk with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as early as Thursday. / Korea Times fileHowever, diplomatic experts are concerned that the government seems to be in quite a hurry, which may negatively affect the national interest.The presidential office said Wednesday that it was “coordinating a time for Moon and Biden to have a phone call tomorrow.” On Sunday, Moon sent a congratulatory message to Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, expressing expectations for joint efforts to develop Seoul-Washington ties.“The phone conversation will be mainly about congratulating Biden on his election,” said Park Won-gon, a professor of international politics at Handong Global University. “After that, they are likely to talk about pending issues between the two countries such as North Ko

Nov 11, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Moon expected to discuss North Korea, alliance with Biden
  • Korean PM regards Biden's victory as Americans' choice of national repair, unity
Defense

Airman creates pictograms to promote Air Force

By Kang Seung-wooThe public may get more familiar with terms used by the Air Force thanks to pictograms created by one of its members, SSgt. Kim Hyeon-jun. SSgt. Kim Hyeon-jun / Courtesy of ROK Air ForcePictograms, also known as pictographs, are ideograms that convey meanings through their pictorial resemblance to physical objects.“While promoting the Air Force, I needed images to more effectively visualize it,” Kim, who works at the Office of Public Affairs, said in an interview with The Korea Times.“It was a pity that people only talked about fighters or pilots when it comes to the Air Force, even though we have more than that. Believing that if we had pictograms that were more accessible to the public, they could learn more about the Air Force, I decided to create them.”Kim, a design major at Hongik University, began making pictograms in June, with the process taking four months; and the Air Force has been distributing them free of charge on its official blog since October.A total of 440 pictograms are divided into 26 categories ranging from aircraft and we

Nov 11, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Airman creates pictograms to promote Air Force
Society

Enjoying autumn foliage

Visitors walk along the Metasequoia-lined road under autumn foliage in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. The 8.5-kilometer-long boulevard is one of Korea's 100 most beautiful paths selected by the government. / Yonhap

Nov 10, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Enjoying autumn foliage
Defense

Honoring fallen heroes

Billboards in New York's Times Square, Monday (local time), commemorate United Nations forces who fought alongside South Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, as part of the Korean War Commemoration Committee's efforts to mark the 70th anniversary of the war's outbreak. / Courtesy of Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

Nov 10, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Honoring fallen heroes
Foreign Affairs

Biden unlikely to seek mediating role in Korea-Japan row

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden / Korea Times fileBy Kang Seung-wooDespite growing speculation that the United States may play a mediating role in the ongoing dispute between Korea and Japan under the Joe Biden administration, diplomatic experts suspect that the new American president's brokering efforts will not be as active as some expect.Tensions between Korea and Japan have shown no signs of abating, sparked by the latter's imposition of export controls on three key materials critical for the semiconductor and display industries here in apparent retaliation for a ruling by Korea's Supreme Court ordering Japanese companies to compensate Koreans who were forced to work for them before and during World War II. Efforts to address the conflict between the U.S.' crucial allies in Asia were absent under the Donald Trump administration's foreign policy which showed a disdain for traditional alliances, but the president-elect's pledge to restore these is raising expectations that he could attempt to improve ties between the two countries to achieve a stronger tril

Nov 10, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Biden unlikely to seek mediating role in Korea-Japan row
Foreign Affairs

Seoul's mediator role to become more important

By Kang Seung-wooWith former Vice President Joe Biden elected the 46th president of the United States, it remains to be seen how South Korea can do its part as a mediator between North Korea and the U.S. in denuclearization talks.On Saturday (local time), the Democrat unseated incumbent President Donald Trump after crossing the winning threshold of 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.There has been speculation that if Biden wins, President Moon Jae-in would see his role of mediating or facilitating nuclear negotiations between the North and the U.S. diminish given that Biden prefers a bottom-up approach with the Stalinist country, unlike President Donald Trump's unorthodox top-down diplomacy that seeks to strike a nuclear deal in a swift and comprehensive manner. Recently, Biden said he will keep pressing the North toward denuclearization through “principled diplomacy.”Consequently, Moon's Korean Peninsula peace process is expected to hit a snag. American diplomatic experts advise that Seou

Nov 6, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Seoul's mediator role to become more important
Foreign Affairs

Biden could restore broken alliance with Korea

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday. / AFP-YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooA change of administration from Donald Trump to Joe Biden means that South Korea, a crucial Asian ally of the United States, will finally get the respect it deserves but has been sorely missing for the last four years under Trump, according to diplomatic experts, Thursday.The two nations may quickly wrap up deadlocked negotiations on pending bilateral issues, including the defense cost-sharing deal for the stationing of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), while Seoul could shake off the burden inflicted by the power struggle between the U.S. and China. However, when it comes to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, it will take more time before the new administration become fully committed to the issue, which may see Pyongyang engaging in military provocations to once again elevate tension on the Korean Peninsula.Biden was projected to have secured at least 253 electoral votes, just 17 short of the 270 needed to win the White House as of 5 p.m.“Biden wi

Nov 5, 2020By Kang Seung-woo
Biden could restore broken alliance with Korea
  • 'Biden may order review of policy on North Korea'
  • Biden to ease tensions over defense cost-sharing talks
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