Diplomacy

Diplomacy

(LEAD) Moon emboldened by new corporate investment in chip material production
(ATTN: UPDATES lead paras to reflect GSOMIA issue) SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in celebrated the construction Friday of a new silicon wafer plant in South Korea by a Taiwanese fir... 14:13 Nov. 22
Moon emboldened by new corporate investment in chip material production
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in celebrated the construction Friday of a new silicon wafer plant in South Korea by a Taiwanese firm's local unit, calling it a milestone in his count... 11:51 Nov. 22
#ASEAN fashion show
Korea-ASEAN Fashion Week opens in Busan
BUSAN, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- Fashion industry experts and executives from South Korea and 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off a joint fashion festival in... 11:47 Nov. 22
#US Senate
U.S. Senate unanimously passes resolution highlighting GSOMIA's importance
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a resolution reaffirming the importance of an expiring military information-sharing pact between South Korea and Japan, a news repo... 11:32 Nov. 22
#GSOMIA
(LEAD) Seoul-Tokyo military pact close to end, no breakthrough in sight
(ATTN: UPDATES with announcement options in paras 5-6) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- The termination of a major arrangement between South Korea and Japan on exchanging military informa... 10:19 Nov. 22
Seoul-Tokyo military pact close to end, no breakthrough in sight
By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- The termination of a major arrangement between South Korea and Japan on exchanging military information was imminent Friday amid no news of a breakthrough... 09:15 Nov. 22
#S Korea US FM talks
(LEAD) Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. hold phone talks on GSOMIA, defense cost sharing
(ATTN: UPDATES with State Department readout in paras 5-6, 9; CHANGES dateline) SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States held telephone talks lat... 07:58 Nov. 22
#S Korea US FM talks
Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. hold phone talks on GSOMIA, defense cost-sharing
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- 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 a... 02:14 Nov. 22
#Russian FM NK nuke talks
Russian FM says U.S.' approach to denuclearizing N.K. 'all at once' stalled dialogue
MOSCOW, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The United States' approach of trying to denuclearize North Korea "all at once" is what has kept the negotiations locked in the current impasse, Russia's top diplomat sa... 22:53 Nov. 21
#ASEAN summit
Moon wished for N.K leader's participation in ASEAN summit to create int'l support for peace: Cheong Wa Dae
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The office of President Moon Jae-in expressed regret Thursday that North Korea rejected an invitation for leader Kim Jong-un to visit South Korea for the upcoming summit ... 19:16 Nov. 21
#NSC
(4th LD) NSC discusses S. Korea-Japan issues including post-GSOMIA strategy
(ATTN: RECASTS lead paras) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea apparently left the door open Thursday for a dramatic eleventh-hour deal with Japan on a bilateral military informa... 18:25 Nov. 21
#Hong Kong protest
Opinion over Hong Kong protests should be expressed within boundaries of law: foreign ministry
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Expressing an opinion in a country should come within the boundaries of its local laws and regulations, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday, regarding a recent clash b... 18:07 Nov. 21
#naval exercise
S. Korea takes part in U.S.-led multilateral naval exercise
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea participated in a U.S.-led naval exercise along with Australia and Canada in waters off the coast of Guam, the U.S. Navy has said. Japan, which took part i... 17:59 Nov. 21
#NSC
(3rd LD) NSC discusses S. Korea-Japan issues including post-GSOMIA strategy
(ATTN: RECASTS 3rd para) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top security officials had discussions Thursday on Seoul-Tokyo relations with the termination of a bilateral milita... 17:46 Nov. 21
#NSC
(2nd LD) NSC discusses S. Korea-Japan issues including post-GSOMIA strategy
(ATTN: UPDATES with Cheong Wa Dae secretary's remarks in paras 7-9; ADDS photos) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top security officials had discussions Thursday on Seoul-To... 17:23 Nov. 21
#Turkey
S. Korean man killed in armed robbery in Turkey
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean man was killed after being attacked by an armed robber in southeastern Turkey early this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Thursday. The victim in hi... 17:18 Nov. 21
#NSC
(LEAD) NSC discusses S. Korea-Japan issues including post-GSOMIA strategy
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with Cheong Wa Dae's briefing) By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top security officials had discussions Thursday on Seoul-Tokyo relations with the t... 16:50 Nov. 21
Korean Cultural Center reopens at heart of Paris
PARIS, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The Korean Cultural Center in Paris has reopened at the heart of the French capital as South Korea's foothold for its "hallyu" diplomacy on the European continent. The... 15:35 Nov. 21
#TEMM environment ministers
Environment ministers of S. Korea, Japan, China to discuss fine dust
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- Environment ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet this weekend for discussions on strengthening tripartite cooperation to fight regional fine dust pollution... 15:30 Nov. 21
U.S. senators introduce resolution highlighting importance of GSOMIA
By Yi Wonju SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman introduced a resolution highlighting the importance of an expiring military information-sharing pact betw... 14:19 Nov. 21