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Thu, October 1, 2020 | 17:44
Korea to urge UNESCO to make efforts for Japan to honor forced labor victims in info center
Korea to urge UNESCO to make efforts for Japan to honor forced labor victims in info center
South Korea plans to call on the United Nations cultural agency to make "multilateral efforts" to ensure Japan keeps its promise to honor victims of wartime forced labor in a new information center on its industrial revolution sites, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday. The ministry will send a letter to the U.N. Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ...
2020-06-16 15:36
US embassy takes down 'Black Lives Matter' banner after two days
US embassy takes down 'Black Lives Matter' banner after two days
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul took down a “Black Lives Matter” banner from its mission building Monday, only two days after the banner was unfurled in solidarity with “the fight against racial injustice and police brutality” in the United States. In a statement sent to The Korea Times Tuesday, an embassy spokeswoman said Ambassador Harry Harris removed the banner to avoid misappr...
2020-06-16 11:22
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S. Korea summons Japan envoy over broken promise on forced labor victims
S. Korea summons Japan envoy over broken promise on forced labor victims
Upon the 2015 designation, Tokyo said it would establish the information center to remember the victims, recognizing "Koreans and others who were brought against their will and forced to work under harsh conditions in the 1940s at some of the sites."
2020-06-15 16:06
US embassy in Seoul supports Black Lives Matter movement
US embassy in Seoul supports Black Lives Matter movement
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul has unfurled a “Black Lives Matter” banner in support of the fight against racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States. “The U.S. Embassy stands in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive change,” the embassy said on Facebook Saturday. “Our #BlackLivesMatter banner shows our support f...
2020-06-14 11:41
  • US embassy takes down 'Black Lives Matter' banner after two days
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Moon thanks Gabon, Nigeria, France for help in Korean hostage release
Moon thanks Gabon, Nigeria, France for help in Korean hostage release
President Moon Jae-in expressed his gratitude Wednesday to the governments of Gabon, Nigeria and France for cooperation in successful efforts to secure the release of a South Korean man kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Gabon in early May. On his social media account, Moon also commended hard work by South Korean civil servants and authorities charged with handling the ma...
2020-06-10 17:22
  • Pirates release Korean man they kidnapped off Gabon
Pirates release Korean man they kidnapped off Gabon
Pirates release Korean man they kidnapped off Gabon
A Korean citizen kidnapped off the coast of Gabon last month has been released unharmed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday that the man in his 50s, whose identity is being withheld, was among six crew members released Monday evening (Gabon time) by pirates.
2020-06-10 16:54
  • Moon thanks Gabon, Nigeria, France for help in Korean hostage release
US envoy to Seoul condemns looters taking advantage of peaceful Floyd protests
US envoy to Seoul condemns looters taking advantage of peaceful Floyd protests
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has condemned opportunistic looters who take advantage of peaceful protests against racism as a cover for their crimes in his country. “Most demonstrators across the United States today are formed in peaceful protests against racism, bigotry and hatred. I stand with them. I share the conviction that those beliefs have no place in ou...
2020-06-05 15:05
  • US embassy takes down 'Black Lives Matter' banner after two days
  • US embassy in Seoul supports Black Lives Matter movement
Korea-Japan ties back to turmoil
Korea-Japan ties back to turmoil
Fractious relations between Korea and Japan are likely to turn hostile as Seoul has taken countermeasures against Tokyo's export restrictions and refusal to comply with Korean court rulings regarding certain companies' use of Korean forced laborers, raising speculations that the Japanese government could respond with economic retaliation.
2020-06-04 17:04
FM voices regret over Japan's decision to maintain export curbs on Korea
FM voices regret over Japan's decision to maintain export curbs on Korea
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke by phone with her Japanese counterpart Wednesday and expressed "deep regret" that Japan keeps export restrictions imposed on South Korea in a row over wartime forced labor, her office said.
2020-06-03 16:05
G7 participation poses double-edged sword
G7 participation poses double-edged sword
President Moon Jae-in's acceptance of an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join this year's expanded G7 Summit is expected to go down in history as one of the nation's diplomatic achievements. Korea's attendance at the meeting of the seven largest advanced economies is seen as an opportunity to play a larger role on the international stage, which will further boo...
2020-06-02 17:02
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