The Federation of Korean Industries recently conducted a survey with 1,010 adults and announced on May 3 that 70.7 percent and 19 percent of the respondents answered South Korea needs the United States and China for its economic prosperity, respectively.“In addition, 75.9 percent of the respondents
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper remarked on June 15 that the United States would respond to the threat of the Chinese Communist Party together with every ally and partner in the Indo-Pacific region, including South Korea. He also reconfirmed the joint efforts of the United States and South Kore
Since the collapse of the second U.S.-North Korean summit talks in Hanoi, Vietnam, uncertainties have been growing on the Korean peninsula.Both South and North Korea are embarrassed by the collapse of the Hanoi Summit where the United States wanted to make a package deal and North Korea stuck to a s
The United States openly sent a warning after South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said that the Seoul government was reviewing the possibility to lift the sanctions imposed against Pyongyang following its torpedo attack on a South Korean corvette that killed 46 sailors on board in 2010.In
On July 27, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a summit and adopted the Panmunjom Declaration."The South and the North have agreed that main measures taken by North Korea were very meaningful and important measures for the denuclearization of the Korean Penin
CNN reported on April 7 that the United States and North Korea already had several meetings to prepare for their upcoming summit and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed a summit in Pyongyang during the meetings, expressing his will to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. This is the first time th
Seoul and Pyongyang agreed to hold their third summit late next month. In addition, the North clarified its will to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, saying that it is willing to have a dialogue with Washington. South Korea’s credit rating is expected to benefit from such a drastic improvement in i
A summit meeting between Korean President Park Geun Hye and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be held next week in Seoul. After the meeting, the two countries’ leaders are likely to make a joint statement focusing on their common efforts to denuclearize North Korea and promote economic cooperati
DURING Chinese premier Wen Jiabao’s recent visit to North Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told the Chinese premier that the condition for his return to six-party talks was an end to the “hostile” policies of the United States. The North’s official daily the Rodong Shinmun said it should inclu