Tag: South Korea

South Korea’s Moon meets with top aides after Trump-Kim summit cancelled

SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with his top security and other aides after US President Donald Trump cancelled his June 12 meeting...

With North Korea summit on shaky ground, Trump to press South...

WASHINGTON:  Three weeks before an unprecedented US-North Korea summit is supposed to take place, President Donald Trump will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in...

N Korea demands Seoul return waitress ‘defectors’

PYONGYANG: North Korea has demanded Seoul repatriate a dozen waitresses who fled to the South two years ago, just days after abruptly calling off...

South Korea offers to mediate to clear doubts over North Korea-US...

SEOUL: South Korea said on Thursday it intends to play the role of mediator after North Korea threatened to pull out of a summit...

South Korea offers to mediate between North Korea and US in...

SEOUL: South Korea said on Thursday that it would seek to mediate between the United States and North Korea after Pyongyang threatened to pull out...

North Korea says may reconsider summit with Trump, suspends talks with...

PYONGYANG: North Korea threw next month’s unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump into doubt on Wednesday, threatening weeks of...

Pompeo in North Korea, expected to return with detained Americans: South...

SEOUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an...

Trump orders Pentagon to consider reducing US troops in South Korea:...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for reducing the number of US troops in South Korea, the New York...

Pakistani fitness model makes history in South Korea

A Pakistani male fitness model living in South Korea, Jamal Saud, made history after winning the Musclemania Body Building 2018 Orient Championship, becoming the...

South Korea considers financing of possible inter-Korea projects: finance minister

SEJONG: South Korea’s finance minister said on Wednesday the government was discussing how to finance possible economic projects with North Korea, although any projects...

South Korea says it wants US troops to stay regardless of...

SEOUL: South Korea said on Wednesday the issue of US troops stationed in the South is unrelated to any future peace treaty with North...

South Korea dismantles propaganda loudspeakers at border

SEOUL: South Korea on Tuesday dismantled huge loudspeakers used to blare anti-Pyongyang broadcasts and K-pop songs from its border with North Korea, as the...

Korean Air chairman’s daughter appears before police

SEOUL: With a faltering voice and her head down, the youngest daughter of Korean Air Lines’ chairman apologised on Tuesday for a recent angry outburst...

South Korea to remove loudspeakers along border, North Korea to align...

SEOUL:In initial small steps toward reconciliation, South Korea said on Monday it would remove loudspeakers that blared propaganda across the border, while North Korea...

Pakistan welcomes historic summit between two Koreas

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has welcomed the historic summit between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea at Panmunjom...

South Korea plots ‘roadmap’ for Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong Un

SEOUL: At their first summit in more than a decade on Friday, the leaders of North and South Korea held hands, planted a tree,...

North’s Kim promises transparency in nuclear site shutdown as Trump presses...

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea when the country closes its...