National Affairs
Korea removes Japan from whitelist of preferred trading partners
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yunmo on Aug. 12 announces Japan's removal from the country's whitelist of preferred trading partners in a news conference at ...
Aug 12,2019
Japan's lack of contrition about past threatens global economy: US scholar
Gregg Brazinsky, a professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, on Aug. 11 contributed to The Washington Post an op-e...
Aug 12,2019
Japanese social media users start movement featuring 'I love Korea' hashtag
Japanese social media users on Aug. 7 show support for Korea on their Twitter feeds using the hashtag "I love Korea." (Twitter feed screen capture) By Kim Eun-young a...
Aug 09,2019
President Moon urges Japan to retract trade sanctions on Korea
President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 8 discusses Japan's economic sanctions on Korea in a meeting with a national economic advisory council at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae...
Aug 08,2019
President Moon says Korea to 'stand up to Japan' through own tech
President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 7 visits in the city of Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do Province, the decelerator manufacturer SBB Tech. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Park Hye Ri and Lee Jiha...
Aug 08,2019
Former Japanese PM urges Korea's reinstatement to Japan's trade whitelist
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on June 12 gives a lecture at Yonsei University in Seoul on the symbiotic relationship among Northeast Asian countries. (Yon...
Aug 07,2019
Social media users protest Japan's removal of 'Statue of Peace' exhibit
Rosaria Iazzetta, an Italian professor of sculpture, on Aug. 4 uploaded photographs of women posing like "The Statue of Peace" on her Twitter account to protest the remov...
Aug 07,2019
'Korea can catch up with Japan through inter-Korean cooperation'
President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 5 hosts a meeting of his senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae. (Cheong Wa Dae) By Park Hye Ri and Lee Jihae President Moon Jae-in on Aug...
Aug 05,2019
Japan's shutdown of 'Statue of Peace' exhibit incites widespread condemnation
"The Statue of Peace," a Korean statue of a comfort woman submitted to the Aichi Triennale 2019 held in central Japan, holds a pamphlet for a section of the arts festival...
Aug 05,2019
ASEAN expresses concern over rise in trade conflicts, protectionism
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Aug. 3 delivers the opening statement of the Republic of Korea-Mekong Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Centara Grand Hotel in Bangkok....
Aug 05,2019