South Korea's top nuclear envoy will make a three-day visit to Japan this week for talks about issues on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Seoul's foreign ministry said on Monday.
South Korea has hinted at easing the so-called May 24 sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) when it comes to the humanitarian aid.
A free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will be positive for both countries as the deal will strengthen the already-strong economic ties between the two countries, a global credit rating company Moody's said Thursday. "Last Thursday, the leaders of China and Korea pledged to conclude the FTA by the end of this year.A deal would be credit positive for both countries because it would deepen investment flows and provide a boost to GDP,"Tom Byrne, senior vice president at Moody's, said in a report.
South Korea plans to launch production plants in Iran to manufacture various products, including cars and home appliances, South Korean Ambassador to Tehran Sung Wung Yeub was quoted as saying by Iran Daily on Thursday.
The film Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, will be released in China on July 18 to celebrate the International Nelson Mandela Day of 2014, said the film producer Anant Singh here on Wednesday.
South Korea and China planned to hold the 12th round of negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) next week after leaders of the two countries agreed last week to wrap up the talks by the end of this year, Seoul's Trade Ministry said Thursday.
As China attempts to register the Maritime Silk Road with UNESCO, protection of archeological sites in the South China Sea is underway.
Many South Koreans felt the personal charm of Chinese President Xi Jinping during his two-day visit to Seoul last week.Local media carried broad and enthusiastic coverage of the trip of Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan from Thursday to Friday, saying their visit was of great political, economic and cultural significance for bilateral relations.
South Korean civic groups on Wednesday rallied in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to protest against Japan's reinterpretation of its pacifist constitution to allow itself to exercise the right to collective self-defense.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday strongly denounced South Korean shelling near its border, saying the Korean People's Army (KPA) was fully prepared to strike back, the official news agency KCNA reported.
South Korea and the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) started their first talks in six months on Thursday in Kaesong, the DPRK's border town, about running the inter-Korean factory park, Seoul's unification ministry said.
The South Korean Navy on Friday conducted a live-fire drill in eastern waters, despite Japan's call for cancellation, to strengthen its capability to detect and strike the possibly invading submarines from the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
South Korean President Park Geun-hye started her three-nation trip to Central Asia on Monday to boost economic cooperation with the energy-rich countries and strengthen her signature policy of the so-called Eurasia Initiative.
The European Union (EU) and South Korea on Monday have agreed to enhance cooperation to jointly develop 5G mobile technologies.
High-level military officials from South Korea and the United States started a two-day meeting to discuss the issue of delaying the transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul, a government official said Monday.
South Korea's Unification Ministry said Thursday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) rejected its offer to hold dialogue on a South Korean Christian missionary detained in Pyongyang for more than seven months.
The ferry sinking disaster will have a transitory effect on South Korean economy, which is gaining momentum in the longer term, the global credit rating company Moody's said Monday.
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