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Mon, July 13, 2020 | 17:59
Seoul, Beijing boost push for cleaner air
Seoul, Beijing boost push for cleaner air
South Korea and China have strengthened efforts for a cleaner atmosphere, pouring billions of dollars into the initiative. Climate Change Strategy Division official Ahn Se-chang, from the South Korean ministry of environment, and Guo Jing, a global venture president from China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, cemented the deal via videoconferencing on Wednesday. The lat...
2020-06-25 14:38
Five Korean crew members kidnapped in waters off Benin
Five Korean crew members kidnapped in waters off Benin
Five South Korean nationals have been kidnapped by an unidentified armed group in waters off the western African country of Benin, officials said Thursday. The abduction happened at about 3:40 p.m. (Benin time) when the group attacked a 994-ton fishing vessel in waters about 111 kilometers south of the country's Cotonou Port, Seoul officials said. A total of 30 crewmen were a...
2020-06-25 09:49
Trump offered to fly Kim back to N. Korea from Vietnam: Bolton memoir
U.S. President Donald Trump offered to fly North Korean leader Kim Jong-un back to his country from the February 2019 Vietnam summit, but Kim laughed and declined, according to Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton.
2020-06-22 15:14
  • Cheong Wa Dae says much of Bolton's memoir on Korea 'distorted'
Trump threatened to pull troops if S. Korea didn't give $5 bln: Bolton memoir
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to pull American troops from South Korea if Seoul did not pay US$5 billion under a defense cost-sharing deal, his former National Security Adviser John Bolton said in his memoir.
2020-06-22 15:12
  • Cheong Wa Dae says much of Bolton's memoir on Korea 'distorted'
Moon to hold virtual summit with EU leaders on June 30
Moon to hold virtual summit with EU leaders on June 30
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a virtual summit with European Union leaders late this month mainly on the novel coronavirus and the Korean Peninsula issue, Moon's office announced Thursday. Moon is scheduled to have the session with EU Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the afternoon of June 30 (Seoul time)...
2020-06-18 15:29
Moon pressed to replace security, diplomatic team
Moon pressed to replace security, diplomatic team
Public outcry is rising over Cheong Wa Dae and the government's assessment of circumstances surrounding Pyongyang's hostile acts, the latest of which was demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office in Gaeseong on Tuesday.
2020-06-17 17:33
  • North Korea likely to cancel military accord as next step
Japan fails to recognize Korean victims of forced labor
Japan fails to recognize Korean victims of forced labor
Japan is still refusing to acknowledge its wartime atrocities, with its newly opened UNESCO facility linked to its use of forced labor during World War II failing to commemorate its victims.
2020-06-17 16:02
Korean woman target of racism in France: embassy
Korean woman target of racism in France: embassy
A Korean woman was a target of racism in the southern French city of Nice early this month, according to the Korean Embassy in France. An embassy representative told The Korea Times Monday that local police were investigating a case in which the woman in her 20s was allegedly harassed on a tram on June 6 by a man who repeatedly called her “Chinese” and blamed her for “bringin...
2020-06-17 14:03
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
  • US embassy in Seoul supports Black Lives Matter movement
  • US envoy to Seoul condemns looters taking advantage of peaceful Floyd protests
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