SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol raised the issue of the 2016 killing of a Korean businessman in the Philippines during his recent summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., asking for Manila’s support in arresting and punishing the main culprit on the run, his office said Thursday. Yoon raised concerns [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is in talks with China and Japan to hold a long-stalled trilateral summit of their leaders around May 26-27, a news report said Wednesday. The three countries have entered into final consultations about holding the three-way summit in South Korea late next month, according to the Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is in talks with China and Japan to set a specific date to host a long-stalled trilateral summit next month, a foreign ministry official said Friday. “We are currently discussing the date of the summit in Seoul, and we will let you know the specific date as [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States on Monday reiterated the importance of dialogue with North Korea, after Pyongyang claimed Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his intention for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of the North Korean leader, said that Kishida recently made [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, China and Japan are set to hold a series of meetings in Seoul on Monday to discuss resuming the long-stalled summit of their leaders. The deputy director-general meetings come a day before high-level talks among South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Byung-won, Takehiro Funakoshi, Japan’s senior deputy [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday it sees the “possibility” of a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid speculation about Kim’s possible trip to Russia. The assessment by defense ministry spokesperson Jeon Ha-kyu came amid media reports that Kim and Putin could [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — From a shared commitment to crisis consultation to the “principles” of trilateral engagement, the outcomes from this week’s landmark summit between South Korea, the United States and Japan are likely to put their once-fragile security cooperation on a more robust, sustainable, consistent footing, analysts said Saturday. President Yoon Suk [...]
WASHINGTON, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s upcoming trip to the United States will underscore the vital role South Korea can and seeks to play in dealing with various challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. experts said Tuesday. The trip will also likely lead to concrete steps or “deliverables” that can [...]
LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With electrification forecast to increase grid demand over the coming decade, the grid edge holds enormous potential to offer homeowners and businesses a financial stake in the energy transition while enabling a more balanced grid. Join Wood Mackenzie’s analysts and leaders from across the industry to discover how utilities, [...]
LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With new geopolitical orders affecting the outlook for oil, gas, coal, power and metals markets, there will be significant implications for the European energy transition as countries attempt to achieve Net Zero by 2050. Join Wood Mackenzie’s expert analysts, as well as leaders from across the industry, to hear [...]