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SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in presided over a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Thursday (June 8), after North Korea fired what appeared to be several land-to-ship missiles off its east coast. The launches, the latest in a fast-paced series of missile tests defying world pressure to rein in its weapons program, came a day after the South postponed full deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system designed to deter a […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korea’s left-leaning new leader Moon Jae-In will travel to the United States for a summit with President Donald Trump next month, Moon’s spokesperson said Tuesday, amid high tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. The summit will be held in Washington in late June, Yoon Young-Chan said, adding that details of the precise date and agenda would be decided later. Moon backs engagement with nuclear-armed North Korea to try to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited a primary school in Seoul on Monday (May 15) where he announced a new government air pollution policy that includes shutting down coal-fired power plants that are over 30 years old in June to mitigate air pollution. The measure comes as coal-fired power plants are being criticized for contributing to deteriorating air quality in South Korea, Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Amid these concerns, new President […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and new South Korean president Moon Jae-In agreed Thursday that denuclearizing North Korea was a “common goal” between them, Moon’s office said. Ties between Seoul and Beijing have soured over the South’s deployment of a controversial US anti-missile system aimed at guarding against threats from the nuclear-armed North. China sees the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system as a threat to its […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — New South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Wednesday declared his willingness to visit the nuclear-armed North, moments after taking his oath of office. Tensions are high over the North’s weapons ambitions and Moon — who backs engagement with Pyongyang — said he would work for peace. “If needed I will fly to Washington immediately,” he said. “I will also go to Beijing and Tokyo and even Pyongyang in the right […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — Moon Jae-in, a South Korean human rights lawyer and a top aide to a former leader who was an advocate of a policy of engagement with North Korea, won the liberal Democratic Party primary on Monday (April 3), establishing him as the clear frontrunner for president. Moon has been leading in opinion polls among candidates for the May 9 presidential election to succeed Park Geun-hye, who was dismissed on March […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The front-runner to succeed South Korea’s impeached president Park Geun-Hye on Sunday called for unity as the country writes a “new history”, while hundreds gathered outside the home of the ousted leader in a show of support. The Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Park, effectively removing her from office over a corruption scandal involving her close friend. A presidential election is to be held within […]
