U.S. wants role in efforts to settle South Korea-Japan dispute
The United States will "do what it can" to help resolve festering trade and political disputes between South Korea and Japan, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday after a series of meetings with Seoul officials. David Stilwell, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asian affairs, ...
For U.S., Japan-South Korea ties are too important to fail
One of the biggest disappointments of the Trump administration has been its inability to facilitate stronger relations between Japan and South Korea
Tragedies over the trade spat with Seoul
Japan needs a realistic strategy for South Korea that will bring Seoul back into full engagement over security issues.
Lawyers in wartime labor case to pursue sale of seized Mitsubishi Heavy assets in South Korea
The lawyers had set Monday as the deadline for Mitsubishi Heavy to agree to compensation talks, but the deadline passed with no response from the firm.
South Korean leader warns Tokyo's tightened controls on high-tech exports could hurt Japan more
South Korean President Moon Jae-in urges Japan to lift recently tightened controls on high-tech exports, saying they could damage Japan more than South Korea.
U.S. won't mediate Japan-South Korea row, top American diplomat for Asia says
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell says Washington has no plans to mediate a spat between Japan and South Korea, which are locked in a dispute over history and trade.
North Korean defectors get second chance at education in South's special-purpose academies
One of the first things North Korean defector Ri Kwang-myong did after reaching the South was to go back to school — 12 years after finishing his education. North Korea claims a 100 percent literacy rate and boasts that its free compulsory education demonstrates the ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in his recent meetings with Russian, Chinese and U.S. counterparts, called for security guarantees instead of the lifting of sanctions in return for denuclearization, diplomatic sources said Friday. Kim's renewed focus on security guarantees could be an effort by ...
U.S. ambassador to Japan William Hagerty to leave post for Senate run, Trump says
U.S. Ambassador William Hagerty will leave his post to run for the Senate, President Donald Trump tweeted late Friday. Hagerty received a “Complete & Total Endorsement” from the American leader.
Working-level talks between Japanese and South Korean export control officials ran over the intended time frame Friday, highlighting the complexity of the economic spat between the two Asian neighbors in the wake of Tokyo's decision to strengthen export evaluations on three chemicals key to ...
Japan to propose introducing cap on saury fishing in northern Pacific
Japan plans to propose introducing an overall cap on Pacific saury catches by all eight member economies of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), officials have said. The country will put forward the proposal, designed to prevent overfishing in the northern Pacific, at an annual ...
South Korea proposes U.N. probe over Japanese sanctions claims
South Korea said Friday it wants an investigation by the United Nations or another international body as it continues to reject Japanese claims that Seoul cannot be trusted to faithfully implement sanctions against North Korea. Kim You-geun, deputy chief of South Korea's presidential National Security ...
