By Industry Editor Sung Jung-wook On Nov. 20, 2019, Ambassador Mohamed Selim Alharthy of Oman in Seoul hosts a reception at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul in celebration of the 49th National Day of Oman.“The Sultanate of Oman marks its 49th National Day,” says Ambassador Alharthy, “and it is the most cher

The United States appears to be reviewing various options for the success of denuclearization negotiations with North Korea, Seoul's unification minister said Monday.Kim Yeon-chul made the remark to reporters after meeting with U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun in Washin

North Korea said Tuesday it has no interest in denuclearization negotiations with the United States unless Washington drops its "hostile" policy.Kim Yong-chol, who formerly led the negotiations as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's counterpart, issued the statement in response to Sunday'

U.S. President Donald Trump urged North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday to "act quickly" and reach a deal with him on dismantling the regime's nuclear weapons program.Trump's tweet came as denuclearization negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled since the two leaders

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that he is open to altering military activity in South Korea if it helps diplomatic efforts to denuclearize North Korea.Esper made the remark to reporters flying with him to Seoul, where he is due to hold annual defense talks with Defense Minister Jeo

U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley has said the American public poses questions about why the United States should station troops in South Korea and Japan and why the Asian allies can't pay for their own defense, according to a Pentagon account of his recent conversation with r

The United States is trying hard to coax North Korea into restarting nuclear talks, as South Korea is also quite "serious" about the year-end deadline set by Pyongyang, a top Cheong Wa Dae official said Sunday.The North has emphasized that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump should c

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will travel to South Korea next week for annual defense ministers' talks ahead of the expiry of a key military intelligence-sharing pact between Seoul and Tokyo, the Pentagon said Thursday.Esper will depart Wednesday to travel to Seoul, Bangkok, Manila and Hanoi

U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Mark Lambert is traveling to Moscow this week to meet with Russian officials and discuss efforts to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.Lambert will visit the Russian capital from Wednesday through Saturday an

The top American diplomat for East Asia was set to meet a series of senior South Korean officials in Seoul on Wednesday amid a U.S. push to forestall the looming expiration of a military intelligence-sharing pact between Seoul and Tokyo.Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell arrived here Tuesda

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with VC Cho Kyung-hee, Reporter Sung Jung-wook The Korea Post recently interviewed Chairperson Flavia-Athena Kloos of the Ambassadors’ Spouses Association in Seoul (ASAS), who arrived in Korea in 2016. Mrs. Kloos is the spouse of the ambassador of Romania in Seoul.—E

The United States Monday underscored its commitment to free trade with the Indo-Pacific region after a bloc of nations led by China struck a major trade deal without U.S. participation.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world's largest free trade agreement, was announced earlie

By Artur Valeev and Ms. Ikbol YusupovaIn May 2018, at the thirtieth session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), Uzbekistan submitted its Third National Report as part of the Universal Periodic Review. Following the consideration of the National Report of Uzbekistan, the HRC Working Group on the Unive

The United States and North Korea do not appear to have had behind-the-scenes discussions since their working-level denuclearization negotiations ended without an agreement in Sweden earlier this month, South Korea's ambassador to the U.S. said Thursday.Lee Soo-hyuck made the remark after meetin

Seven South Koreans were still unaccounted for Friday morning, hours after a chopper carrying them crashed into waters near the Dokdo islets in the East Sea, according to local fire authorities.It took off from Dokdo at around 11:26 p.m. Thursday and fell into the water. An injured person from a fis

By Chairman M. Abdusalomov of the Central Election Commission of UzbekistanThe most important factor in the open and transparent democratic elections is the participation of observers from other states and international organizations.Therefore, international election observation has been widely acce

U.S. President Donald Trump called South Korea a "major abuser" and claimed the U.S. ally should pay US$60 billion a year for the stationing of American troops in the country, according to a memoir published Tuesday.Guy Snodgrass, former chief speechwriter and communications director to former U.S

South Korea said Friday it has decided to give up its developing country status at the World Trade Organization in a concession to the United States over reform of the global trade body.The announcement came as U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing to make sure that self-declared developing c

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon left for Japan on Tuesday to attend the Japanese emperor's enthronement ceremony amid frayed ties between South Korea and Japan over the issue of Tokyo's wartime forced labor.Lee embarked on a three-day trip to Tokyo, whose itinerary includes a meeting with Japanes

President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has bounced back to 45 percent after Cho Kuk's resignation as justice minister, a weekly poll showed Monday.According to Realmeter, the rating gained 3.6 percentage points on-week to 45 percent. It conducted the phone survey of 2,505 people nationwide,