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US sanctions S. African over N. Korea ties
North Korea
Nov 20, 2018
The United States on Monday sanctioned a South African individual for allegedly helping North Korea buy oil through illicit means.Vladlen Amtchentsev, a Russian-born South African national, advised an already sanctioned entity, Velmur Management Pte. Ltd., on how to evade US sanctions to support purchases of fuel oil for North Korea, the Department of the Treasury said in a statement. (Yonhap)Velmur assisted the operations of Transatlantic Partners Pte. Ltd., which has been sanctioned for operat
Vietnamese consumers positive about Korean goods: poll
Economy
Nov 20, 2018
The bulk of Vietnamese consumers are positive about the design and image of South Korean goods, but many feel burdened by their high prices, a poll showed Tuesday.The survey of 2,000 Vietnamese people, taken by the Ho Chi Minh City office of the Korea International Trade Association, showed 84 percent of the respondents think South Korean products have good designs.An additional 16 percent consider their designs ordinary, with no negative responses.Concerning the image of South Korean goods, 89
Pompeo thanks Sweden for help in American's release from N. Korea
North Korea
Nov 20, 2018
WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked his Swedish counterpart Monday for the Nordic country's help in securing the release of an American citizen from North Korea, the State Department said.Pompeo spoke with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom in a phone call after North Korea announced last week its decision to deport an American identified as Bruce Byron Lowrance. (Yonhap)The man illegally entered North Korea via China last month and confessed to have done so under the
N. Korea's media report on events for anniversary of Mount Kumgang tour
North Korea
Nov 20, 2018
North Korea's media Tuesday reported on recent events to mark the 20th anniversary of a now-suspended tour program to a scenic North Korean mountain. More than 100 South Koreans, including Hyundai Group executives, lawmakers and journalists, arrived at a resort at Mount Kumgang on the North's east coast on Sunday for a two-day visit to attend the joint events with the North. (Yonhap)"Attending there from the north side were officials concerned of the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee and the DP
Korea, China resume joint fishing patrol in Yellow Sea
Foreign affairs
Nov 20, 2018
South Korea and China will resume their joint patrols on illegal fishing activities in the Yellow Sea, some two years after a deadly clash between Korean authorities and Chinese fishermen, Seoul's oceans ministry said Tuesday.Fisheries authorities will conduct joint rounds of inspections in the provisional water zones in the Yellow Sea, an area of positive collaboration between the Asian neighbors, until Nov. 26, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said. (Yonhap)The joint patrol has been suspen
Korea, China hold talks on trade remedies
Foreign affairs
Nov 20, 2018
South Korea and China held talks on Tuesday to discuss ways to ease trade disputes and expand investment opportunities between the two nations, Seoul's trade ministry said. Senior trade officials held the 18th bilateral trade remedy meeting in Beijing to share opinions on the latest trade issues and review the ongoing anti-dumping investigations, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said. (Yonhap)They also reviewed the implementation of the free trade agreement between the two nations, as
Korea's producer prices fall for first time in nearly a year in Oct.
Economy
Nov 20, 2018
South Korea's producer prices backtracked for the first time in nearly one year in October as farm production recovered in the fall season, central bank data showed Tuesday.The producer price index, a barometer of future consumer inflation, reached 105.41 last month, down 0.4 percent from a month earlier, according to the preliminary data from the Bank of Korea (BOK). It is the first on-month decline since November last year when the index edged down 0.1 percent. On a year-on-year basis, i
Mobile payments at convenience stores spike this year
Industry
Nov 20, 2018
Mobile payments at South Korean convenience stores have more than doubled this year thanks to the greater use of smartphones and the expansion of mobile settlement services, a market player said Tuesday.South Korea's top convenience store chain CU said the number of so-called easy mobile payments at its outlets soared 121.5 percent on-year in the first 10 months of the year. (Yonhap)Convenience chain operators in Asia's fourth-largest economy adopted the easy mobile payment system in 2011, but
S. Korea, US officials to meet over NK denuclearization
North Korea
Nov 20, 2018
Top South Korean and US officials will meet in Washington this week to coordinate efforts to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons program, the US State Department said Monday.Lee Do-hoon, South Korea's special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will hold talks Tuesday with his US counterpart, Stephen Biegun, to "further strengthen our close coordination on efforts to achieve our shared goal of final, fully verified denuclearization," the department said in a statem
S. Korea, Japan urged to seek wisdom of past leaders to improve ties
Foreign affairs
Nov 19, 2018
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Monday called for Seoul and Tokyo to look to the wisdom of past leaders to improve bilateral relations. Lee made the remarks at a meeting with a group of Japanese politicians that included Hideo Watanabe, acting head of a Japanese parliamentary committee on cooperation with South Korea. (Yonhap) Lee told the meeting that relations between South Korea and Japan reached a high point in 1998, when the then South Korean president, Kim Dae-jung, and Keiz
French, foreign envoys honor comrades of WWI
Diplomatic Circuit
Nov 19, 2018
French Ambassador to Korea Fabien Penone honors fallen comrades and active-duty servicepersons at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul on Nov. 11. (Yonhap)Marking the centenary of the end of World War I, French diplomats, veterans and their international colleagues paid homage to fallen comrades and active-duty servicepersons at a commemorative ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul on Nov. 11.Veterans of the French Batt
[Herald Interview] ‘Latvia, Korea kindred spirits in self-determination, multilateralism’
Diplomatic Circuit
Nov 19, 2018
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Korea's finance minister meets senior Chinese politician
Markets
Nov 19, 2018
SEJONG (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon held a meeting with a senior Chinese politician Monday during which they discussed ways to promote economic ties between the two nations, Kim‘s ministry said. Kim met Chinese State Councilor Wang Yong, who is on a visit to Seoul to attend an economic forum. China unofficially imposed retaliatory measures against South Korean firms after Seoul agreed to install the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System. Tension thawed after
[Contribution] How Hungary brought knowledge of Korea to socialist Europe
Diplomatic Circuit
Nov 19, 2018
The tomb of King Kija in Pyongyang is photographed by Hungarian scholar Aladar Soveny in 1955. (Hungarian Embassy in Seoul)By Hungarian Ambassador to Korea Mozes CsomaImproving relations between the two Koreas cannot be done in the absence of cultural collaboration.In this regard, the two Koreas’ joint compilation of the Korean-language Gyeoremal Comprehensive Dictionary and exploration of the palace of Manwoldaegung in the North’s Kaesong -- the royal seat of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) -- re
Nissan chief Ghosn arrested over financial misconduct: reports
Transport
Nov 19, 2018
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn was reportedly under arrest in Tokyo on Monday, as his firm accused him of “significant acts of misconduct” and said it would seek to oust him. Japan's public broadcaster NHK and other media outlets said Ghosn had been arrested after being questioned by Japanese prosecutors for various improprieties including underreporting his income. “The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office arrested Nissan chairman Ghosn on suspicion of violation of the F
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