On the occasion of the new year, I would like to send my warmest and most sincere wishes to the Korean people and the French community in Korea. In the troubled international context that we are experiencing, France and the Republic of Korea maintain a forward-looking strategic partnership based on a shared attachment to sovereignty, international law, multilateralism and universal values.
Waleed Siam, the non-resident ambassador of Palestine to South Korea, said Monday that there was no connection between Hamas and North Korea, amid continued speculations of the Palestinian militant group’s potential ties with the rogue country. “I can say in the name of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Palestinian authorities that there is no contact between Hamas and North Korea,” the per.
Envoys who participated in The Korea Times Forum on Wednesday said that the Korea-U.S. alliance is much more than a bilateral issue between the two countries and related to more than peace and stability in East Asia, noting that many other countries are also affected by the nature of Korea-U.S. ties.