National Affairs
Foreign ministers' meeting among Korea, US, Japan sees no progress
(From left) Foreign ministers from Korea, the U.S. and Japan pose for photos on Aug. 2 after holding tripartite talks in Bangkok. (Yonhap News)By Kim Eun-young and Yoon S...
Aug 03,2019
Foreign media criticize Korea's removal from Japan's trade whitelist
Foreign media outlets on Aug. 2 criticized Japan's decision made the same day to remove Korea from its whitelist of preferential trading partners. (iclickart) By Xu Aiyi...
Aug 02,2019
President Moon warns of 'strong measures' vs. Korea's removal from Japan's whitelist
President Moon Jae-in Aug. on 2 hosts an urgent Cabinet meeting in the afternoon at Cheong Wa Dae after Japan in the morning had approved a bill to remove Korea from a wh...
Aug 02,2019
Foreign minister fails to find middle ground with Japan on export restrictions
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono on Aug. 1 hold talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Bangkok. (Yonhap News) By Lee...
Aug 01,2019
Boycott of Japanese products in Korea surging amid trade row
A Korean smartphone app confirms whether a product is Japanese by scanning a barcode. This app has grown popular amid the rising boycott of Japanese products in Korea due...
Jul 30,2019
Intelligentsia-led signature drive in Japan urges lifting of export curbs
As of July 29, a combined 78 Japanese intellectuals including professors and lawyers have criticized the Japanese government's export restrictions on Korea. They began on...
Jul 29,2019
President Moon's message on Japan's export curbs
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae kyd1991@korea.krGraphics = Lee Hye-Won and Kim Hyun Sook goghd36@korea.kr
Jul 26,2019
Global criticism growing over Japan's export restrictions on Korea
The American Enterprise Institute on July 23 warned that Japan's export restrictions on Korea could harm the global effort to form "meaningful" competition in 5G wireless...
Jul 25,2019
Trade official: Japan 'not proud' of its export restrictions on Korea
Kim Seung-ho, deputy minister for multilateral and legal affairs at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, from July 23-24 attended a meeting of the World Trade Orga...
Jul 25,2019
BBC blasts Japan's export curbs on Korea
In its July 23 article "How Japan's trade row with South Korea could hit tech supplies," the BBC said, "The simmering dispute is seen as the latest example of countries u...
Jul 24,2019