S Korea to reduce number of troops by 100,000 by 2022 – Reports
Seoul, Oct 11 (Sputnik) South Korea will reduce the number of troops in its reserves by 100,000 by 2022, media reported on Friday.
S Korean President to skip Japanese Emperor’s enthronement amid trade row : Reports
Moscow, Oct 11 (Sputnik) South Korean President Moon Jae-in will not attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, an official at the presidential office said Friday.
DPRK reports ‘little progress’ since historic June 2018 summit with US
New York: Lack of progress in achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula is “entirely attributable” to the United States, a senior official from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) told the UN General Assembly on Monday.
Republic of Korea President proposes DMZ as future ‘peace and cooperation district’ on Peninsula
New York: The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas could be transformed into an “international peace zone” and even included on a UN list of global cultural heritage, world leaders in the UN General Assembly heard on Tuesday.
S Korea, US to launch talks for upkeep cost-sharing for USFK
Seoul, Sep 23 (Xinhua/UNI) South Korea and the United States would launch talks this week to share the upkeep cost for the US Forces Korea (USFK), Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.
Japan sends protest to South Korea over military exercises near disputed islands: Reports
Tokyo, Aug 25 (Sputnik) Government of Japan protested to South Korea in connection with the military exercises in the area of the Liancourt Rocks islands, disputed by Tokyo and Seoul, the Kyodo news agency reported, citing sources in Japanese diplomatic circles.
Intelligence chiefs from North, South Koreas met after Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi: Reports
Moscow, Aug 13 (Sputnik/UNI) The intelligence chiefs from North and South Koreas held a secret meeting in April after the no-deal summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi in February, local media reported on Tuesday.
S Korean Foreign Ministry says summons Russian diplomat over alleged airspace violation
Moscow, Jul 23 (Sputnik/UNI) The deputy chief of the Russian mission in Seoul, Maxim Volkov, was summoned on Tuesday to the South Korean Foreign Ministry over Russia's alleged violation of the South Korean airspace, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
S Africa pledges to cooperate with UN court in arrest of genocide suspect
Cape Town, Jul 22 (Xinhua/UNI) The South African government pledged on Monday to cooperate with the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in the arrest of genocide suspects.
Dhaka, July 15 (IBNS): Before wrapping up his visit to Bangladesh, South Korea PM Lee Nak-yon on Monday paid his rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
16 Russian nationals denied entry to South Korea over naming false visit purpose - Embassy
Moscow, Jul 15 (Sputnik/UNI) The South Korean border control officers at Seoul Incheon Airport denied entry to 16 Russian nationals at once over suspecting their visit to be not for tourism purposes but for illegal work, the representative of the Russian Embassy in South Korea told Sputnik on Monday.
S.Korea's economy faces expanded downside risks: finance ministry
Seoul, May 17 (Xinhua/UNI) South Korea's finance ministry said on Friday that its economy faced the expanded downside risks amid the global economic slowdown. The Ministry of Economy and Finance said in its monthly economic assessment report, called Green Book, that the downside risks facing the economy expanded in the first quarter due to the faster-than-expected global economic slump and the downturn of business cycle in the semiconductor industry.
Moon Jae-in, Shavkat Mirziyoyev participate in negotiations
Tashkent. Apr 19 (IBNS): After the official welcoming ceremony, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in held negotiations in a contracted and extended formats.
Leaders of Uzbekistan and S. Korea agree to upgrade ties, boost cooperation
Tashkent, Apr 19 (IBNS): The leaders of South Korea and Uzbekistan agreed Friday to upgrade their bilateral relationship to a special strategic partnership, also vowing efforts to further expand their economic cooperation.
North Korea pulls out from joint liaison office with South Korea
Tokyo, Mar 22 (UNI): North Korea has informed Seoul that it was withdrawing from a joint liaison office near the demilitarised zone with South Korea, which was established after a historic inter-Korean summit last year, the South Korean Ministry of Unification said in a press release on Friday.