South Korea's liberal Democratic Party on Monday renewed its call for a parliamentary inspection of the ongoing deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, raising suspicion that the government may have pressured a local company to agree to offer land to host the missile shield unit.The largest
South Korea, the United States and Japan on Monday began a combined naval exercise against North Korea's growing submarine threats, Seoul's defense ministry announced.The three-day training was kicked off in the waters between South Korea and Japan near Jeju Island, involving an Aegis system
How to deal with North Korea will be "the most important conversation" when U.S. President Donald Trump holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday."No longer take the excuses from China that they're concerned to
The top Russian envoy in South Korea called on all relevant countries on Wednesday to exercise restraint from any action that could heighten tensions on the Korean Peninsula amid growing anxiety that North Korea's additional nuclear test is imminent.In a forum held in central Seoul, Russian Amba
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan picked North Korea as one of the four biggest threats facing the United States, saying the communist nation is churning out anti-American invective while testing nuclear weapons and missiles."We are living in very dangerous times. ISIS still threatens our troops abroad
North Korea's deputy nuclear negotiator Choe Son-hui recently met a visiting advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang in an apparent bid to request help from Russia to arrange bilateral or multilateral talks on Korean Peninsula issues, a U.S. broadcaster reported Friday."Choe me
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has delivered a strong message to China that it is "uncalled for" for Beijing to retaliate against the ongoing deployment of an advanced missile defense system in South Korea, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.Tillerson visited Beijing over the weekend and
Results of the U.S. review of options to deal with North Korea will come out "sooner than later," a senior White House official said Tuesday.Christopher Ford, senior director for weapons of mass destruction and counterproliferation on the White House National Security Council, made the remark duri
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce on Tuesday introduced fresh legislation tightening sanctions on North Korea, including banning any ships of countries violating U.N. sanctions on the North from U.S. waters or ports.The "Korea Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act" (
The South Korean culture ministry on Monday canceled the business licenses of two foundations at the center of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye.The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism notified them of the decision and said it will proceed with th
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talked tough against North Korea, including openly mentioning military strikes, but the real policy isn't likely to be much different from that of the previous administration, a U.S. expert said Sunday.While visiting Seoul and Tokyo, Tillerson said that the
The United States should be prepared for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea as the communist nation is getting closer to perfecting capabilities to deliver a nuclear missile to the U.S., a House lawmaker said Sunday.Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) made the remark in an interview with Fox News, days after U
Two decades of diplomatic efforts to end North Korea's nuclear program have failed, and it's time to come up with a different approach, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday.The remark, made in a joint news conference in Tokyo with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, stron
U.S. President Donald Trump won't remove any option from the table when dealing with North Korea, the White House said Thursday."The president never takes anything off the table. That's something he's been very clear about," White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at a briefing wh
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Friday as the first major schedule of his trip to South Korea, the foreign ministry said Thursday, in an apparent bid to demonstrate a strong alliance between the two countries against North Korea.Tillerson is to come
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson embarked on his first trip to Asia Tuesday, seeking to come up with better ways to deal with North Korea and defuse tensions with China over the ongoing deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea.Other key objectives of the trip to Japan, Sout
Four North Korean banks still remain on the global financial messaging network SWIFT despite U.S. sanctions on the institutions for their links to Pyongyang's weapons programs, a news report said Tuesday.The Wall Street Journal cited unidentified people familiar with the network saying that the
The United States should work hard to make sure there is no daylight with South Korea over how to deal with the North as the Asian ally is expected to elect a liberal leader seeking a softer approach to Pyongyang, a U.S. expert said Monday.Sue Mi Terry, a former senior U.S. intelligence official wit
South Korean duty-free operators are holding back from expanding their businesses on grim prospects that the intensifying trade spat between South Korea and China over the U.S. anti-missile system will further weigh down sales, industry sources said Sunday.HDC Shilla Co., a latecomer in the local du
The United States believes the ongoing deployment of the THAAD missile defense system has nothing to do with the political situation in South Korea because it's a "very utterly reasonable step" against North Korean threats, a senior State Department official said Monday.Acting Assistant Secret