BUENOS AIRES -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in called on his Group of 20 peers Saturday to do more to address climate change, insisting they owed it to the world and future generations."Globally, abnormal weather and natural disasters are becoming part of daily lives. A dark shadow of global warming and environmental damage have been created on the other side of global economic growth, and they are approaching mankind as disasters," Moon said in a meeting of G-20 leaders here in Buenos Aires

South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed to New Zealand on Saturday, ending his three-day trip to Argentina for the annual Group of 20 summit, which also provided the venue for a possibly crucial meeting with US President Donald Trump.At the annual meeting of the leaders of the world's 20 largest economies, the South Korean president sought to promote free trade and joint efforts to tackle global issues, such as climate change and slowing economic growth.South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) a

BUENOS AIRES -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Argentine President Mauricio Macri agreed to expand their countries' economic and trade relations Saturday, while pledging joint efforts to accelerate negotiations between South Korea and a South American trade bloc known as MERCOSUR.In a bilateral summit, the two leaders also discussed joint efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Argentine President Mauricio Macri (Yonhap)"In the first summit in

President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump will hold a summit meeting in Buenos Aires on Friday, Seoul’s presidential office confirmed. According to Cheong Wa Dae, the meeting has been set for 3:15 p.m. Friday, Buenos Aires time (3.15 a.m. Saturday in Korean time).  President Moon Jae-in addresses Koreans based in Argentina in Buenos Aires on Thursday. YonhapAccording to Cheong Wa Dae, the two leaders will focus on discussing how to increase cooperation on denuclearization, and to stren

South Korea will hold a semi-governmental forum on cooperation with China and Japan next week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday, as long-simmering historical feuds remain a major hurdle to improving their relations.The forum on the present and future of trilateral cooperation is set to occur on Monday in Incheon, west of Seoul. It will bring together civilian experts and working-level government officials from the three countries. (Yonhap)"The ministry plans to continuously carry out seminar

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump will have a "pull aside"rather than a formal bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Argentina this week, Reuters quoted the White House spokeswoman as saying Thursday. (Yonhap)Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Buenos Aires, Sarah Sanders said Trump will have "pull asides" with both Moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.US National Security Adviser John Bolton earlier said that M

South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Argentina on Thursday for a Group of 20 summit and meetings with various global leaders, including US President Donald Trump.Moon's arrival here followed his two-day unofficial visit to the Czech Republic where he held a summit with Prime Minister Andrej Babis.The president will hold a special meeting with a group of South Korean residents in Argentina later in the day before he attends the two-day G-20 summit from Friday, according to his office Che

SEOUL/TOKYO -- The South Korean government urged Japan on Thursday to refrain from "overreacting" to Seoul court rulings against a Japanese firm for wartime forced labor. "It's very regrettable that the Japanese government is continuing to respond excessively to our judiciary's ruling, and (we) call for its restraint," the foreign ministry's spokesman, Noh Kyu-duk, said at a press briefing.He said it's natural for an administration to respect a court decision in a democracy. (Yonhap)The ministry

An Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development global forum on well-being closed in South Korea on Thursday, with the Incheon Declaration adopted to renew its commitment toward better quality of life.During the three-day run, some 3,000 leaders, experts and civic activists from 100 countries attended the OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy. (Yonhap)Under the theme of "The Future of Well-being," participants discussed people's well-being and inclusive growth as the ulti

SEOUL/TOKYO -- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Thursday that South Korea's additional court rulings against a Japanese firm for wartime forced labor are "very regrettable and unacceptable."Seoul officials, however, said they "respect" the Supreme Court verdicts.In a statement, Kono said they run counter to the 1965 pact between the governments of the neighboring countries on normalizing bilateral diplomatic ties. He said all reparation issues related to Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of

South Korea’s top court on Thursday ruled in favor of Korean victims who were forced into labor during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, ordering a Japanese company to compensate them for their unpaid work and reaffirming that an international treaty does not negate an individual’s rights to seek damages.The Supreme Court upheld two lower court rulings against the Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., and ordered payments in the amount of 80 million won ($71,500) to the

South Korea's Supreme Court was set to rule Thursday on damages claims filed by Koreans against a Japanese firm over wartime forced labor and unpaid work.The four-judge bench will deliver its ruling at 10:00 a.m., regarding two separate cases involving 11 elderly Koreans and a victim's family who seek compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. (Yonhap)The rulings come about a month after the top court upheld a 2013 appellate ruling that ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. to pay each

PRAGUE -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed to Argentina, ending his two-day unofficial visit to the Czech Republic, en route to the Group of 20 summit in the South American country.The president was set to arrive in Buenos Aires early Thursday (Argentine time).(Yonhap)In Prague he held a summit with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and agreed to expand economic and trade cooperation.Seoul and Prague established diplomatic relations in 1990 and upgraded their ties to a strategic partner

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis agreed Wednesday to further improve their countries' bilateral ties and make joint efforts to prepare the countries for the fourth industrial revolution.In a meeting in Prague, they noted the countries' relationship has steadily improved since the countries established diplomatic ties in 1990. "The two leaders ... agreed to continue expanding their bilateral trade and investment to further solidify the South Korea-Czech Str

Experts say connecting inter-Korean railways could serve as catalyst in North Korea’s denuclearization