SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has formally invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to an in-person G-7 summit, scheduled to be held in June, via a personal lett...
16:10 Jan. 22
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his Costa Rican counterpart, Carlos Alvarado, had phone discussions Friday on the COVID-19 pandemic and other major issues includin...
15:28 Jan. 22
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea should refrain from "prioritizing" a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un when it starts working with...
14:29 Jan. 22
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. ambassador to South Korea Sung Kim has been appointed acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.
The Korea American diplo...
11:58 Jan. 22
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- New South Korean Ambassador to Japan Kang Chang-il said Friday that Seoul has a "firm" will to normalize relations with Tokyo, as he departed for the country amid a protr...
11:52 Jan. 22
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Having a consistent policy on North Korea may be the key to denuclearizing the North, U.S. experts said Thursday.
They argued the North may have h...
06:54 Jan. 22
(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES with additional remarks, more background in last 4 paras)
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reaffirmed his plan t...
06:07 Jan. 22
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday reaffirmed his plan to get up to 100 million Americans vaccinated over the next 100 days as part of his strategy...
05:30 Jan. 22
(ATTN: ADDS ministry spokesperson's commentary on U.S. rejoining of Paris agreement in last 2 paras)
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed new U.S. President Joe Bid...
18:35 Jan. 21
(ATTN: UPDATES with post-meeting press briefing in last 4 paras)
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in pledged Thursday to maintain close partnerships with the new U.S. a...
18:04 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed new U.S. President Joe Biden's pledge to strengthen alliances, saying it will work with Washington to that end and seek an early...
17:03 Jan. 21
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry vowed Thursday to hold military talks with North Korea on a regular basis this year to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula, while be...
17:00 Jan. 21
(ATTN: UPDATES with quote on U.S. in 2nd para, remarks on China, Japan, details from 5th para)
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in pledged Thursday to maintain close pa...
16:34 Jan. 21
By Kim Seung-yeon
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The foreign ministry said Thursday that it will push for the first summit between President Moon Jae-in and new U.S. President Joe Biden and other high-...
16:30 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in pledged Thursday to maintain close partnerships with the new U.S. administration, chairing a rare plenary session of the National Security Council (...
16:10 Jan. 21
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expects this week's launch of the U.S. administration of Joe Biden to help set the mood for a resolution to its conflict with Iran over a seiz...
15:37 Jan. 21
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- With an eventful chapter of unorthodox American diplomacy over, the launch of the Joe Biden administration is raising both hope and uncertainty for its al...
13:22 Jan. 21
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister nominee Chung Eui-yong said Thursday that he felt a sense of "immense responsibility" amid "difficult" diplomatic environments, as he faces the North Kor...
11:33 Jan. 21
(ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES lead paras with Moon's congratulatory note to Biden)
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in has sent a congratulatory message to new U.S. Pre...
09:59 Jan. 21