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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 00:26

Japan vows action if Korea hurts companies in trade row

Japan's foreign minister said Tokyo will take “necessary measures” against South Korea if interests of Japanese companies are harmed in an escalating trade dispute triggered by a controversial ruling on forced labor suffered by Koreans. The neighboring countries and U.S. allies are quarreling over South Korean Supreme Court decisions ordering Japanese companies to compensate ...

2019-07-20 12:36

North Korea calls Japan's export curbs politically motivated

Trump says he is willing to help resolve Korea-Japan dispute

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he is willing, if needed, to help resolve escalating tensions between South Korea and Japan. Speaking to the White House press corps in the Oval Office to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, Trump said President Moon Jae-in had asked if he could mediate. "It's like a full-time job getting involved betwe...

2019-07-20 09:10

Korea, North Macedonia establish diplomatic relations

Korea has formally established diplomatic relations with North Macedonia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Friday. Korea now has diplomatic ties with 191 of 194 countries.

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-07-19 17:32

Korea-Japan dispute spreads to security

The row between South Korea and Japan appears be extending to security, after National Security Office (NSO) chief Chung Eui-yong hinted at the possibility of reviewing the military information-sharing pact with Japan, Thursday.

Park Ji-won | 2019-07-19 16:59

Bolton to visit Tokyo, Seoul next week to mediate trade row

With U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton expected in South Korea next week after stopping in Japan, experts say the visit could indicate that the U.S. believes the trade feud between Seoul and Tokyo is serious.

Jung Da-min | 2019-07-19 16:58

Trump says he is willing to help resolve Korea-Japan dispute

Korea refuses Japan's call to form arbitration panel

Japan is likely to continue to pressure Seoul over a dispute on wartime forced labor, considering bringing it to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) following Seoul's apparent rejection of Japan's Thursday deadline calling for forming an arbitration panel including a third country.

Park Ji-won | 2019-07-18 17:43

Israeli president invites Korean Christians to Jerusalem

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin thanked South Korean Christians for “praying for the peace of Jerusalem” and invited them all to the holy city during his visit to Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Wednesday evening. In an unprecedented move, the Jewish leader visited the Christian church, with the world's largest congregation of more than half a million members, to bring “bl...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-07-18 15:21

Washington unwilling to actively mediate Seoul-Tokyo trade friction

The United States is unable to engage in the deepening trade feud between Korea and Japan, as Washington cannot pick a side with either of its major Asian allies, according to the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia.

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-07-17 17:10

US diplomat meets Seoul officials on Korea-Japan row

David Stilwell, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia policy, held a series of talks with top Seoul officials on Wednesday amid a rancorous export row between Seoul and Tokyo, and renewed friction with Pyongyang over the allies' planned military exercise.

2019-07-17 14:52

Trade war approaching critical point

Parties united in criticizing Japan's economic revenge

The leader of the main opposition party has joined the governing party in condemning Japan for its “unacceptable economic revenge,” demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stop it. Hwang Kyo-ahn, chairman of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) - a party that generally views Japan more favorably than the ruling Democratic Party of Korea - criticized the Japanese governme...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-07-16 15:43

Trade war approaching critical point

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