South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened a new chapter in their strategic ties with their successful special summit in Busan, where they agreed on a "people-centered" co-prosperity vision.The two-day ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit provided the Moon Ja

By Publisher Lee Kyung-sik with Editors Choe Nam-suk, Sung Jung-wook Ambassador Stephan Auer of Germany in Seoul said, “The Day of German Unity celebrates the German Reunification after half a century of division.”In a written interview with The Korea Post, publisher of 3 English and 2 Korean news m

South Korea's ambassador to the United States voiced hope Monday that Seoul's decision to tentatively extend a military information-sharing pact with Japan will bolster its ties with Washington.Ambassador Lee Soo-hyuck was referring to Seoul's decision last week to postpone the terminati

South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will lay out a vision for their future partnerships on Tuesday, wrapping up a two-day special summit here.President Moon Jae-in and the leaders of 10 Southeast Asian countries are scheduled to hold two sub-sessions at the ASEAN-Repub

By Song Na-ra, Vice Chairman of The Korea Post media President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea presented a 3-point vision today (Nov. 25, 2019) for partnership between Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, at the CEO Summit in Busan, Korea on the sidelines of t

By Song Na-ra, vice chairman of The Korea Post media A special summit meeting between the Republic of Korea (south) and 10 member countries of South East Asia meet in the southeastern port city of Korea, Busan, today (Nov. 25, 2019). South Korea views this as another milestone in bilateral partnersh

Unionized railway workers decided Monday to end their strike, after reaching a deal with the Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) over working conditions, the union and the company said.After marathon talks, the two sides struck an agreement to withdraw their no-time-limit work stoppage that started Wednes

South Korea and Japan clashed Sunday over an agreement on keeping their military information-sharing pact alive, casting a pall on upcoming negotiations over their monthslong trade row stemming from shared history.Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly claimed that Tokyo has not made a sin

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held telephone talks late Thursday and discussed a soon-to-expire military information-sharing pact between Seoul and Tokyo, and their ongoing defense cost-sharing negotiations, Seoul's foreign ministry said.The phone talks between Foreign M

South Korea's top security officials will hold a weekly meeting Thursday that is expected to focus on security cooperation in the looming absence of an accord with Japan on exchanging military information.The arrangement, called GSOMIA, is slated to expire at 12 a.m. Saturday due to Seoul's

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun said Wednesday that he has not seen concrete evidence that North Korea plans to dismantle its nuclear weapons program but believes Pyongyang can still make that choice.Biegun made the remark before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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