President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan arrived in Seoul on Wednesday on a four-day state visit.The Uzbek president is set to hold his first summit meeting with Korea’s President Moon Jae-in. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan.The visit, Mirziyoyev’s first to Korea, marks the latest step in Moon Jae-in administration’s efforts to expand Seoul’s diplomatic horizonsMoon will host a welcome event on Thursday, which will be followed by summit meetings between the two sides. As with US Pre

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will deliver an address at South Korea's National Assembly a day after his summit with President Moon Jae-in this week and will receive an honorary Seoul citizenship, a presidential official said Tuesday.Mirziyoyev is scheduled to arrive in Seoul on Wednesday for a four-day state visit, the second foreign head of state to make a state visit to South Korea since Moon took office in May. The first was US President Donald Trump, who started a two-day visit

A Chinese delegation arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for a three-day visit to meet with officials, politicians and experts, and explain the outcome of its recent party congress. The delegation is led by He Yiting, executive vice president of the Communist Party's top education institute."We intend to promote understanding of the main spirit of the 19th party congress by meeting mostly with people from political parties, media, the economy and think tanks, and seek cooperation between the two c

South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam held talks with chief diplomats from Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and Mongolia on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe Meeting ministerial forum in Myanmar, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.In separate meetings with the four officials in Naypyidaw on Monday, Lim agreed to closely cooperate on North Korea's military threat, the economy and other bilateral issues. "With the ministers, Vice Minister Lim shared our assessment of the security situation of the

SEOUL/BEIJING -- South Korea's top diplomat will hold a meeting with her Chinese counterpart this week to make preparations for an upcoming summit between their countries' leaders and discuss other issues of mutual concern, her office said Monday.Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha will leave for Beijing on Tuesday to hold bilateral talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday, according to the ministry. They will discuss preparations for the visit by South Korean President Moon Jae-in t

A Chinese delegation will visit South Korea next week to explain the outcome of its recent party congress, the Chinese Embassy in Seoul said Wednesday.The delegation led by He Yiting, executive vice president of the Communist Party's top education institute, will arrive in Seoul on Tuesday for a three-day stay, according to the embassy. He Yiting (Yonhap)The delegation's trip to Seoul is intended to share the outcome of the 19th party congress. Exactly who it will meet here has yet to be confirm

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon on Wednesday highlighted the destined partnership between South Korea and China in terms of history and geography, as the two neighbors try to mend ties frayed over the deployment of US missile defense system."Former President Kim Dae-jung, whom I respect, said the Korea-US alliance is the destiny of the Republic of Korea. I think China is another destiny of the Republic of Korea," Lee said during an opening ceremony for an annual forum on relations with China."If Dang

WASHINGTON -- South Korea's new ambassador to the United States took office Tuesday, calling for "strategic, creative and bold" diplomacy at a critical juncture in Korean and global affairs.Speaking at his inauguration ceremony at the South Korean Embassy in Washington, Amb. Cho Yoon-je also underscored the importance of maintaining a firm South Korea-US alliance, the embassy said in a statement.Cho "stressed the need to conduct strategic, creative and at times bold diplomacy" in order to advanc

President Moon Jae-in called for stepped-up efforts Tuesday to form a regional community among Southeast Asian countries and three Northeast Asian nations including China and Japan. Moon’s suggestion of forming a regional community came at an annual summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, known as the ASEAN Plus Three. The regional forum involves the leaders of all 10 ASEAN countries, plus the leaders of South Korea, Japan and China. (Yonhap)On the sidelines of the event in Manil

MANILA -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in held talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday and agreed to further develop their countries' economic cooperation and step up efforts to peacefully denuclearize North Korea.They met on the sidelines of a regional forum hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila."I believe our countries holding such close consultations between their highest officials clearly shows that cooperation between the two countries is develo

South Korea will host a multilateral forum to promote security cooperation in Northeast Asia this week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.The forum to be held from Thursday to Friday in Seoul will bring together about 200 government officials and private experts. Regional players like the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia will participate in the forum along with other interested partners like Australia, New Zealand, the European Union, the United Nations, the Association of Southe

MANILA -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to meet Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev later Tuesday, the South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said, for talks that will likely focus on ways to improve the countries' bilateral relationship and end North Korea's nuclear ambition.The discussion will be held on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum in Manila. The South Korean president arrived here Sunday following his trips to Indonesia and Vietnam.

MANILA -- The leaders of South Korea and the Philippines agreed Monday to further strengthen the countries' longstanding friendship and discussed measures to better protect their people in the other's country, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.During their summit, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte also agreed to work together in resolving the North Korean nuclear issue peacefully.The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Association of So

MANILA -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang reaffirmed their efforts Monday to quickly normalize the countries' ties soured by the deployment of a US missile defense system in South Korea, while the Chinese premier noted a "bright" future for their bilateral relations."As they say one must sometimes take a step back to take nine steps forward, I believe we will be able to quickly develop the countries' strategic cooperative partnership in the very near futu

The top US envoy on North Korea will visit South Korea this week to hold a meeting with his South Korean counterpart, a diplomatic source here said Monday.  US Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yun (Yonhap)Joseph Yun will meet with Lee Do-hoon, the special representative for peace and security affairs on the Korean Peninsula, to discuss the security situation here, including North Korean nuclear issues, while attending events hosted by the US Embassy in Seoul. Coupled with sec