Tag: South Korea

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 07:58 UTC

  South Korea and Mercosur agree in Seoul to begin formal negotiations for a free trade deal

  

  South Korea and Mercosur agreed to begin formal negotiations for a trade deal in the latter half of this year to facilitate commerce and investment, the Seoul government said on Friday. South Korea signed an agreement to launch the negotiations with four Mercosur member states -- Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay -- during a ceremony held in Seoul. Mercosur expelled Venezuela in 2016 for failing to meet its basic standards.

• Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Trump said date and location for meeting with Kim Jong Un has been set

  

  President Donald Trump on Friday said the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it would oppose a withdrawal of U.S. troops from the area.

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 11:58 UTC

  Korean leaders agree to end “state of war” and denuclearize the peninsula

  

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed on Friday to finally end a seven-decade war this year, and pursue the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula.

• Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Outbreaks of FMD in swine farms in China and Korea

  

  The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) posted a new global swine disease monitoring report on earlier this month, with information on Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) activity in China and Korea presenting the highest concern.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  China and South Korea seek trade agreements with Mercosur

  

  China and South Korea are seeking to establish free trade agreements with Mercosur in a strategic response to Washington's increasingly protectionist stance. The East Asian initiatives have resonated well in a region where Washington is keeping its distance. U.S. President Donald Trump has not visited a single Latin American country since taking office in January 2017, and chose not to attend the Summit of the Americas, which recently concluded in Peru.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts, says Science magazine

  

  More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry.

• Saturday, February 10th 2018 - 10:19 UTC

  North and South Korea parades together: rapprochement between leaders

  

  In a symbolic act at the opening of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, North and South Korea’s delegations marched together under the unification flag.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 08:15 UTC

  Urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to address North Korean missile launch

  

  The United Nations Security Council will meet late Tuesday to discuss the latest North Korea missile launch. North Korea fired a ballistic missile that passed over Japan early Tuesday local time, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 07:56 UTC

  South Korean forces military exercises with live ammunition next to the DMZ

  

  South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered his country's military on Tuesday to display its capabilities that can overwhelm North Korea should the communist state decide to attack, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.

• Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 06:27 UTC

  South Korean elects human rights lawyer as president; pledges to increase contacts with Pyongyang

  

  The newly elected president of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, is due to be sworn in after a decisive election victory. The 64-year-old human rights lawyer, known for his liberal views, has vowed to unify a divided country.