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Trump aide's remarks confuse Seoul over N. Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump’s key adviser says he would be open to a potential deal in which the United States removed its troops from South Korea in exchange for China persuading North Korea to freeze its nuclear programs. White House chief strategist Steve Bannon also said there was no military option to counter North Korean threats. His statements are provoking controversy...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-18 17:05

Trump's strategist sacked for remarks threatening Seoul-Washington alliance

Japan asked to compensate Korean colonial-era victims

President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that inter-government agreements between Seoul and Tokyo did not settle issues of individual compensation to Koreans who were forced into sexual slavery and forced labor during the 1910-45 colonial rule. Moon’s statement is likely to deepen the diplomatic row between Korea and Japan, as Tokyo has repeatedly claimed that the dispute over former Korean sex slaves was resolved through a bilateral agreement reached in December 2015

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-17 16:52

Moon rules out possibility of war

'China snubbed THAAD talks with Korea, US'

President Moon Jae-in offered three-way talks with South Korea, the United States and China to find a solution to the conflict over the deployment of the U.S. missile shield in Korea during his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in early July, according to diplomatic sources, Wednesday. The sources said Xi, however, did not answer if he would agree on the three-way meeting.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-16 14:53

Japan protests comfort woman statues on bus

A high-level Japanese government official denounced a Korean bus company Tuesday for putting comfort woman statues on its five buses running in Seoul, urging the Korean government to take “appropriate measures.” “We are concerned this move could put a damper on efforts between Korea and Japan to develop a future-oriented relationship,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide s...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-15 16:47

Moon Jae-in urges Japan to face up to wartime past

President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday he will not overlook Japan’s wartime atrocities, although he put emphasis on “forward-looking” relations with Tokyo for regional peace and prosperity. In his speech to mark the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945, the President accused the Japanese government of an “inconsi...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-15 16:16

'Slave worker statue' likely to unnerve Japan

Civil activists are installing statues symbolizing hundreds of thousands of Koreans who were forced into slave labor during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule. The move is likely to trigger a fresh round of diplomatic tension between Korea and Japan amid their ongoing dispute over the statues of former Korean sex slaves for the Japanese military.

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 16:46

Sex slave victims continue struggle

At the 1,295th weekly Wednesday rally for "comfort women" held in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, Aug. 9, ahead of Liberation Day, three victims _ Kim Bok-dong, Gil Won-wok and Lee Yong-so _ joined around 1,500 participants gathered to call for the discarding of a controversial deal reached between Korea and Japan in 2015 and for Tokyo to offer a “proper” apology. Kor...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 16:45

Events mark international 'comfort women' day

[INTERVIEW] Indonesia ready to help improve inter-Korea ties

Indonesia is ready to help the South Korean government to facilitate inter-Korea talks and is looking at all possibilities, says Indonesia's top envoy. Umar Hadi, who was appointed ambassador in July, told The Korea Times he believed that former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, a daughter of first President Sukarno, would be perfect in this matter because her famil...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 15:32

[100th day] Moon's peace initiative overshadowed by escalating tensions

With President Moon Jae-in set to mark his 100th day in office this week, the geopolitical situation on the Korean Peninsula and Seoul's relations with major powers remain tricky, posing a grave challenge for the new leader down the road. Moon came into office on May 10 with urgent missions to address North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile programs and find a way out of ...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 13:21

Events mark international 'comfort women' day

Civic organizations and activists held a series of events in honor of victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, including the display of hundreds of mini statues symbolizing the so-called "comfort women." A total of 500 statues of a girl went on display at Cheongye Stream Square in central Seoul to mark the international "comfort women" day, which was created to commemorate ...

Foreign Affairs | 2017-08-14 12:58

Sex slave victims continue struggle

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