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SEOUL--South Korea summoned Japans ambassador to protest against a decision to remove Seouls fast-track export status, which took effect on Wednesday amid a deepening political and economic feud.

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By Kang Seung-woo The South Korean government appears to be out of sync with the new U.S. administration in regard to issues involving North Korea and other diplomatic priorities. Diplomatic observers attribute the seemingly ongoing diplomatic disagreement to the lack of communication channels between the allies, expressing concerns that it may adversely affect next months summit between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden. On the occasion of the third anniversary of the inter-K...

3 Min Read SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior U.S. envoy on Wednesday said the trust and alliance between Washington and Seoul will remain firm regardless of the upcoming change in administrations, South Korea’s foreign ministry said. Slideshow ( 4 images ) The remarks came as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, who helped lead unsuccessful efforts to turn U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal outreach to North Korea into progress in denuclearisation talks, met with South Korea’s ...

news S. Koreas new top nuclear envoy holds phones talks with Japanese counterpart SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Koreas new chief nuclear envoy, Noh Kyu-duk, spoke by phone with his Japanese counterpart on Wednesday in their first talks since his appointment earlier this week, the foreign ministry said. His talks with Takehiro Funakoshi, the new director-general for Asian and Oceanian affairs at Tokyos foreign ministry, came as Seoul seeks closer cooperation with the incoming U.S. administrat...

ABCDEFG SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- Noh Kyu-duk, South Koreas new chief nuclear negotiator, spoke by phone Tuesday with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun in the first talks since his appointment this week, the foreign ministry said. The former presidential secretary for peace planning was named Monday to replace Lee Do-hoon as the special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs. Biegun, who doubles as the top U.S. nuclear envoy for North Korea, congratulate...

Presidential secretary for peace planning tapped as new chief nuclear envoy | This undated photo shows Noh Kyu-duk, South Koreas new chief nuclear negotiator. (Yonhap) South Korea replaced its chief nuclear envoy Monday, naming a seasoned diplomat and presidential aide to take on the job, as the country prepares to work with the incoming US administration of Joe Biden to move the stalled nuclear talks with North Korea forward. Noh Kyu-duk, a career diplomat serving as presidential secretary f...

South Korea picks new nuclear envoy to work with North Korea and the US Noh Kyu-duk to replace Lee Do-hoon, who served as Seoul’s top nuclear envoy since Sept. 2017 SHARE Image: Noh Kyu-duk | MOFA Twitter @mofa_kr South Korea announced the country’s new nuclear envoy on Monday. The envoy will work as a counterpart to U.S. Secretary Deputy of State Stephen Biegun and will be in charge of diplomacy related to North Korean denuclearization. Noh Kyu-duk, a top presidential Blue House official, ...

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, Washington’s point man on North Korea, on Thursday urged Pyongyang to return to denuclearization talks, stressing that diplomacy is the “only” and “best” way. Biegun, who is in Seoul this week to meet with officials here, delivered a lecture at a local think tank reflecting on his more than two-year stint of spearheading the talks to denucle...

(VOVWORLD) - Deputy US Secretary of State Stephen Biegun has urged North Korean leaders to return to talks on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the US State Department said Wednesday.