Category: Politics

South Korean Industry Minister Lee Chang-yang and his Canadian counterpart have agreed to broaden bilateral ties in key mineral supplies and other high-tech sectors amid local exporters’ concerns about the U.S. inflation law, the ministry said Saturday.   Lee, who accompanied President Yoon Suk-yeol on his visit to Ottawa, met with Canadian Science and Industry […]

SEOUL– Discussion is underway to arrange a meeting between South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and Japanese leader Fumio Kishida in Tokyo next week, Han’s office said Wednesday.   Han plans to leave for Tokyo on Tuesday as the head of South Korea’s special delegation to a state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo […]

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) — The following is the full text of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s address to the 77th U.N. General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.   Freedom and Solidarity: Answers to the Watershed Moment   Mr. President,   Mr. Secretary General,   Distinguished delegates,   I offer my sincere congratulations to His […]

The United States has been increasing its military activities in Palau in recent months amid rising tensions with China, according to Palau’s top diplomat who is visiting the United States ahead of the first U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit next week in Washington. Palau Minister of State Gustav Aitaro urged countries to find alternative Pacific shipping […]

NEW YORK– South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived in New York on Monday to attend the U.N. General Assembly and hold a series of summits on the sidelines, including a highly anticipated meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.   The New York visit, the second stop on Yoon’s three-nation swing, follows his attendance at […]

SEOUL– A majority of bond experts in South Korea expect the country’s central bank to raise its policy interest rates next month along with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish signal, a poll showed Tuesday.   According to the survey of bond experts by the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA), 61 percent of the respondents expected […]