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Moon holds bilateral talks with Indian, Indonesian, French leaders

President Moon Jae-in greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the start of their summit on the sidelines of this year's G20 summit held in the western Japanese city of Osaka, Friday. YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulOSAKA, Japan ― South Korean President Moon Jae-in met his Indian, Indonesian and French counterparts on the first day of this year's G20 summit in this western Japanese city, Friday, and discussed various bilateral and global issues with each of them.President Moon held a 26-minute summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congratulating Prime Minister Modi on his landslide victory in a recent general election, President Moon said, “Based on strong mutual trust, South Korea is further strengthening the special strategic partnership with India on multiple fronts, which is just excellent.”Prime Minister Modi thanked President Moon for congratulating him immediately after his election victory in May this year.The leaders agreed to accelerate efforts in energy-related sectors and to create “synergy by finding common ground” between Seoul's New Souther

Jun 28, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon holds bilateral talks with Indian, Indonesian, French leaders
  • Moon can mediate between Kim Jong-un and Abe

Moon can mediate between Kim Jong-un and Abe

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, is welcomed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his arrival for a welcome and family photo session at G-20 leaders summit in Osaka, western Japan, Friday, June 28. AP-YonhapBy Kim Yoo-chulOSAKA, Japan _ President Moon Jae-in can play a role in arranging a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “at some point,” Moon's aides and diplomatic sources said Friday.Their remarks came during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit where U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would support the idea of Abe meeting Kim.“Moon could arrange a summit between Kim and Abe in cooperation with the United States and China, as Abe has long been trying to meet the North Korean leader,” a presidential aide told The Korea Times.“Cheong Wa Dae believes that the normalization of ties between North Korea and Japan is required to advance nuclear diplomacy. In accordance with this, President Moon can play a role in brokering an Abe-Kim summit to help them resolve some outstandi

Jun 28, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Moon can mediate between Kim Jong-un and Abe
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  • Moon holds bilateral talks with Indian, Indonesian, French leaders
  • Trump hints at meeting Kim at DMZ

Nuclear envoys seek progress in North Korea denuclearization

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun speaks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon, special representative for peace and security affairs on the Korean peninsula, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, Friday. YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungTop nuclear envoys from South Korea and the United States on Friday discussed measures to achieve “substantive progress” on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula before a summit between leaders of the allies this weekend.On Friday morning, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held lengthy talks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon. Biegun was in Seoul to arrange agendas for the summit between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump.“We have witnessed a lot of diplomatic interactions and activities on and around the Korean Peninsula recently, and we can discuss ways and means on how to translate them into substantive progress on denuclearization and peace on the peninsula,” Lee said in an opening remark before the closed-door meetin

Jun 28, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Nuclear envoys seek progress in North Korea denuclearization

North Korea vessel suspected of illegal coal transfer in Vietnam

A screen capture from the home page of the London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) that unveiled a report claiming a North Korean vessel was caught engaging in an illegal ship-to-ship transfer of coal in waters off the coast of Vietnam. Screen capture from RUSIBy Lee Min-hyungA North Korean vessel is suspected of engaging in an illegal coal trade in waters off the coast of Vietnam last month, according to a London-based security think tank.The ship, the Tae Yang, was presumed to have taken part in a ship-to-ship transfer of North Korean coal worth $1.6 million (1.85 billion won), Radio Free Asia (RFA) quoted Friday a report from the Royal United Services Institute as saying.“Tae Yang could have been carrying a cargo that could be worth approximately $1.6 million,” RFA quoted the report as saying. “The case of the Tae Yang exemplifies some of the challenges authorities face in monitoring compliance with United Nations sanctions on North Korea.”The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Pyongyang bans exportation and importation of North Korean c

Jun 28, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
North Korea vessel suspected of illegal coal transfer in Vietnam

Seoul City requests police keep out far-right party's tents

Supporters of the far-right minor opposition Our Republican Party gathers at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul after erecting their tents, Tuesday. / YonhapBy Kim Jae-heunThe Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it has requested police to protect facilities at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul in its effort to clear out the tents set up by the Our Republican Party and prevent its members from erecting more. If police accept the local government’s request, they will provide security for the whole area, not only to prevent tents from being set up by the party. “After Seoul City removed the tents, party members re-erected them. Also, they hold rallies at weekends so we cannot confirm exactly when the whole situation in the square will be back to normal,” a local government official said. Observes note that this is Seoul City’s last option to prevent the far-right party from continuously setting up tents. It had reportedly considered applying for a court injunction to ban the party from erecting the tents, but dropped the plan due to its perceived ine

Jun 27, 2019By Kim Jae-heun
Seoul City requests police keep out far-right party's tents

Kim Jong-un remains committed to denuclearization: Xi Jinping

President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of their summit at the Westin Hotel, Osaka, Japan, Thursday evening, a day ahead of the official G20 summit. YonhapXi Jinping asks President Moon to resolve THAAD issueBy Kim Yoo-chulOSAKA ― North Korean leader Kim Jong-un remains “strongly committed” to denuclearization and dialogue with the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Thursday.At the summit held on the eve of the G20 summit, the Chinese leader delivered Kim's wishes to return to the nuclear dialogue “as early as possible,” citing his recent meeting with Kim in Pyongyang.Kim is hoping to see improvements of “external conditions” as Pyongyang is trying to concentrate on economic development that affects its people's livelihood, Xi said.“Xi said Kim's repeated willingness to denuclearization hasn't changed. As North Korea initiated a new strategic line of economic development and improving people's livelihoods, the North Korean leader

Jun 27, 2019By Kim Yoo-chul
Kim Jong-un remains committed to denuclearization: Xi Jinping
  • Exercises in summitry
  • Trump will not meet Kim Jong-un during South Korea trip this weekend
  • Pyongyang criticizes Moon over speech in Sweden
  • Exchange of letter can move US-North Korea talks forward: Seoul government

Exchange of letter can move US-North Korea talks forward: Seoul government

By Park Ji-wonThe Ministry of Unification said Thursday that a new momentum for the resumption of talks between North Korea and the U.S. was created by letters exchanged between leaders of the countries.In a report regarding the North's overseas activities, the ministry said, “North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed positive signs by expressing 'satisfaction' over the letter he received from U.S. President Trump. The U.S. has shown a positive stance for resuming talks between the two countries.”“The exchange of letters between the leaders of Pyongyang and Washington has created a new momentum amid stalled talks between the two,” a ministry official said.Citing a statement by an officer of the North Korean foreign ministry which criticized the remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the unification ministry's report expressed optimism that despite this, direct communication between the two leaders is working so far.Another unification ministry official stressed that Seoul's stance over the implementation of inter-Korean agreements remain unchanged.

Jun 27, 2019By Park Ji-won
  • Trump will not meet Kim Jong-un during South Korea trip this weekend
  • Kim Jong-un remains committed to denuclearization: Xi Jinping

LKP 'underwear' dancing causes stir

Some members of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) show Korean letters written on their underwear while others dance during a party event titled “Woman Festa,” which was held to promote women's political participation at the K Seoul Hotel, Wednesday. YonhapBy Park Ji-wonA controversy is swirling over a dance performance by some female members of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) during a party event — they pulled their pants down at one point to show a message written on their underwear.The message they wanted to deliver was “LKP victory.” However, rival parties and some LKP lawmakers say this shows the party’s lack of sensitivity to women-related issues.The party held the event, titled “Woman Festa,” at a hotel in Seoul on Wednesday night to discuss women’s roles in politics. Some 1,600 members including LKP Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn and floor leader Rep. Na Kyung-won participated in the event.The controversial performance, conducted by female members from the party’s South Gyeongsang Province branch, wa

Jun 27, 2019By Park Ji-won
LKP 'underwear' dancing causes stir

Pyongyang criticizes Moon over speech in Sweden

By Lee Min-hyungNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-unNorth Korea appears to have criticized President Moon Jae-in for his recent speech in Sweden, saying that an “official” tried to blame the North for the nuclear impasse on the Korean Peninsula. “A South Korean official misled the public during his recent trip to Northern Europe by talking as though the North is to blame for the ongoing deadlock in relations between Pyongyang and Washington,” the North's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri said Thursday.The official is assumed to be President Moon in consideration of his recent trip to Finland, Sweden and Norway.The North's denouncement is likely to be aimed at Moon's speech at the Swedish parliament on June 14 when he urged the North to show its strong willingness to build a peace system on the peninsula by completely dismantling its nuclear facilities.The propaganda outlet went on to argue the key reason behind the ongoing nuclear stalemate here is due to Washington's “unwavering hostility” toward the North.Pyongyang also stepped up criticism of the Sout

Jun 27, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Pyongyang criticizes Moon over speech in Sweden
  • Trump will not meet Kim Jong-un during South Korea trip this weekend
  • Kim Jong-un remains committed to denuclearization: Xi Jinping

Trump will not meet Kim Jong-un during South Korea trip this weekend

U.S. President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One as he departs Washington for travel to the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., June 26. Reuters-YonhapBy Lee Min-hyungU.S. President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during his possible visit to the demilitarized zone in the inter-Korean border area this weekend.Trump will take a two-day trip to South Korea from Saturday, following his trip to Japan for the G20 summit in Osaka.Even if no face-to-face meetings are expected in the near future between Trump and Kim, the U.S. leader opened the possibility for communication with the North's young leader in a different format.“I'll be meeting with a lot of other people, not by him,” Trump told reporters before boarding Marine One at the White House. “But I may be speaking to him in a different form.”Rumors have said that Trump might hold a surprise meeting with Kim near the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjeom. The reports came amid thawing relations between Washington and Pyongyang following

Jun 27, 2019By Lee Min-hyung
Trump will not meet Kim Jong-un during South Korea trip this weekend
  • Exercises in summitry
  • Pyongyang criticizes Moon over speech in Sweden
  • Exchange of letter can move US-North Korea talks forward: Seoul government
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