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SEOUL--South Korea summoned Japan's ambassador to protest against a decision to remove Seoul's 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 month's summit between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden. On the occasion of the third anniversary of the inter-Korean summit, Tuesday, Moon said the time was approaching again for the two Koreas to resume dialog...
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 Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun. Choi asked Biegun to play a bridging role to ensure the achie...
news S. Korea's new top nuclear envoy holds phones talks with Japanese counterpart SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 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 Tokyo's foreign ministry, came as Seoul seeks closer cooperation with the incoming U.S. administration of Joe Biden and Japan to resume nuclear diplomacy with North Korea. "The two sides shared as...