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Mon, February 6, 2023 | 21:30

Talks on wartime forced labor issue pick up pace

Talks on wartime forced labor issue pick up pace

Less than a week after South Korea delivered a proposal to resolve a wartime forced labor dispute with Japan, the two sides seem to be on the same page to find a speedy “solution” to the long-running issue that has caused bilateral ties to deteriorate to their lowest level in decades. Seo Min-jeong, director-general of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau at Korea's foreign m...

Kang Seung-woo | 2023-01-16 16:53

Canadian Embassy commences 60th anniversary celebrations on diplomatic ties with Korea

Canadian Embassy commences 60th anniversary celebrations on diplomatic ties with Korea

On Jan. 14, 1963, Korea and Canada officially established diplomatic relations. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the ties, the two countries vowed to strengthen their partnership in the Indo-Pacific region during a ceremony held at the Canadian Embassy in Seoul, Jan. 12. Tamara Mawhinney, chargee d'affaires of Canada to Korea, emphasized that the two countries are co...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2023-01-16 14:12

Korea, UAE to sign MOU on cultural cooperation

Korea, UAE to sign MOU on cultural cooperation

Korea and the United Arab Emirates will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand bilateral cultural cooperation as part of President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit to the Middle Eastern nation, Seoul's culture ministry said Monday.

2023-01-16 13:57

South Korea, UAE grapple with similar threats from neighbors: Yoon

Unification minister meets with UAE minister of co-existence

Unification minister meets with UAE minister of co-existence

Unification Minister Kwon Young-se has met with the United Arab Emirates' minister in charge of co-existence to appeal for support for Seoul's inter-Korean policy and discuss ways for cooperation, his office said Monday.

2023-01-16 11:55

S. Korea, Japan hold working-level consultations on wartime forced labor

S. Korea, Japan hold working-level consultations on wartime forced labor

South Korea and Japan held working-level diplomatic consultations Monday on ways to compensate Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor under 2018 rulings by Seoul's Supreme Court.

2023-01-16 11:05

South Korea, UAE grapple with similar threats from neighbors: Yoon

South Korea, UAE grapple with similar threats from neighbors: Yoon

ABU DHABI - President Yoon Suk Yeol said Sunday (local time) that South Korea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) face similar security situations, with the South grappling with threats from North Korea and the UAE menaced by Iran. Yoon even described the UAE as “a brother country.” The president made the remarks during his visit to the Akh unit, a South Korean Special Warfare...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-01-16 10:44

Yoon reveals hopes for another nuclear project with UAE

Yoon calls for cooperation with UAE in achieving carbon neutrality

Korea, UAE to sign MOU on cultural cooperation

Yoon meets with Korean troops of Akh unit in UAE

Yoon meets with Korean troops of Akh unit in UAE

President Yoon Suk Yeol visited with South Korean troops of a military contingent in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, his office said.

2023-01-16 07:32

UAE pledges to invest $30 bil. in Korea at summit

UAE pledges to invest $30 bil. in Korea at summit

UAE pledges to invest $30 bil. in Korea at summit

ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $30 billion (37 trillion won) in Korea as part of a pledge made by the leaders of the two countries to elevate bilateral ties to the highest level, the presidential office said Sunday (local time). The decision came during President Yoon Suk Yeol's summit with his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan earlie...

Nam Hyun-woo | 2023-01-15 21:43

South Korea, UAE grapple with similar threats from neighbors: Yoon

Yoon meets with Korean troops of Akh unit in UAE

UAE announces decision to invest $30 bil. in Korea

UAE announces decision to invest $30 bil. in Korea

The United Arab Emirates decided Sunday to invest $30 billion in Korea during a summit between the two countries' leaders in Abu Dhabi, the presidential office said.

2023-01-15 19:20

Foreign ministry files lawsuit against MBC to correct Yoon's hot mic report

Foreign ministry files lawsuit against MBC to correct Yoon's hot mic report

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs filed a lawsuit against MBC, requesting a correction to its previous report on President Yoon Suk Yeol's remarks caught on a hot mic during his visit to New York last September.

Lee Yeon-woo | 2023-01-15 16:19

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