SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in conducted a major cabinet reshuffle Friday, replacing eight ministerial-level officials and nominating a new ambassador to the United States, according to the presidential Blue House. Rep. Lee Soo-hyuck of the ruling Democratic Party ...
Calling the Korean peninsula a "tinder box," former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson said Monday that succession issues in wake of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may provoke military clashes between North and South. Kim's death has also prompted concerns that prog...
North Korean ambassador urges dialogue with the United States
He served as senior presidential secretary for economic affairs under former liberal President Kim Dae-jung, as finance minister and prime minister under former liberal President Roh Moo-hyun, and as ambassador to the United States under former conservative President Lee Myung-bak. ...
BEIJING, July 6 -- Peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula serves the common interests of all related parties, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Thursday. Media reported U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Wednesday told an emergency meeting of the UN ...
“There’s not a military blockade that can solve the problem. What we hope to do is avoid war, but we cannot discount that possibility.” Article content National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley answer questions at...
"If refugees do appear from north of U.S. lines they will receive warning shots, and if they then persist in advancing they will be shot," the ambassador told Rusk, cautioning that these shootings might cause "repercussions in the United States." Deliberately attacking noncombatants is a wa...
That explains why China's UN ambassador told the United Nations Security Council that China is concerned about the situation on the peninsula, and called for efforts from relevant countries to find a political solution rather than doing anything that might escalate tensions. ...
That explains why China's UN ambassador told the United Nations Security Council that China is concerned about the situation on the peninsula, and called for efforts from relevant countries to find a political solution rather than doing anything that might escalate tensions.When the US and UK ...
He then took on various roles in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, before briefly serving as prime minister and then as the Korean ambassador to the United States. It was during that time that he played a key part in helping negotiate the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement. South Korean Act...