He also introduced a unique Slovak alcoholic drink called Tatratea, a unique herbal tea liqueur. Tatratea, which originated in the Tatra Mountains that border Slovakia and Poland, has alcohol content ranging from 17 percent to 72 percent and an array of enticing flavors. "Everyone can find a Tatratea to suit his or her taste," Kuderjavy said, inviting Korean tourists to discover the beauty of S...

Al-Rashidi referred to the Sheikh Jaber Causeway, the Al-Zour Refinery Plant, the Abdullah and Al-Ahmadi Refinery Plants and applauded Korean companies for playing an important role in implementing several mega-projects of infrastructure, construction, and energy in Kuwait worth billions of US dollars during the past 20 years. "The participation of Korean companies in Kuwaiti projects reflects K...

The Bangladesh Embassy in Seoul and the Korean National Commission for UNESCO commemorated Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day 2023 in Seoul on Wednesday. The day is celebrated every year worldwide to promote linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism. In honoring Bangladesh’s efforts to protect their language, UNESCO also declared Feb. 21 International...

WASHINGTON -- The United States has no hostile intent toward North Korea, a state department spokesperson said Monday, adding that North Korea, on the other hand, continues to make provocations. The remarks come after the North cited what it claimed to be US hostility toward the country, while warning that US provocations against the North will be considered a "declaration of war." "It is the D...

WASHINGTON -- South Korea and the United States are making "practical" progress in enhancing the implementation of US extended deterrence, South Korean ambassador to the US Cho Tae-yong said Monday. Cho also said the allies will hold additional joint exercises to further strengthen the extended deterrence. Extended deterrence refers to US commitment to the defense of South Korea, using the full...

South Korea's National Assembly adopted a resolution Monday urging Japan to withdraw its bid to register a former gold mine linked to wartime forced labor as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Last month, the Japanese government submitted a recommendation letter again to the U.N. body for the listing of the mine on Sado Island, after the initial version, delivered in February last year, was deemed in...

WASHINGTON -- The United States will likely limit the level of advanced semiconductors produced by South Korean companies in China to prevent the advanced technology from falling into the wrong hands, a ranking US official said Thursday. Alan Estevez, under secretary of commerce for industry and security, said the US is also working closely with South Korean companies that produce semiconductors...

WASHINGTON -- North Korea's continued missile provocations and its nuclear development program are not helpful to any country, including China, a state department spokesperson said Wednesday, two days after China blocked US-led efforts to condemn Pyongyang's latest ballistic missile tests. The department spokesperson, Ned Price, also reiterated that all United Nations member countries have the o...

South Korea on Wednesday strongly denounced Japan’s fresh claim to the Dokdo islets, internationally called the Liancourt Rocks, calling in Tokyo’s deputy envoy in Seoul, the latest flare-up in tension. “Historically, geographically and legally speaking, the islets -- Dokdo -- clearly belong to us and we urge Japan to stop repeating its unreasonable claims and face up to the history,” Korea’s Fo...

WASHINGTON-- The United States is right in pursuing a complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula but needs to consider changing methods to achieve its objective, US experts said Tuesday. They argued the US could, or should, consider removing sanctions on the impoverished North to induce dialogue. "Let me start with US policy objective. I've given that an A minus," Robert Gallucci said in...

Iran repeated its demand that South Korea make up for remarks that President Yoon Suk Yeol made during his mid-January trip to the United Arab Emirates, where he referred to Iran as “the enemy” of Abu Dhabi, Tehran’s state-run news outlet IRNA said Monday, quoting Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman. At a regular briefing, spokesman Nasser Kanaani called Yoon’s comments unprofessional and suggeste...

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday called on the United Nations Security Council to hold North Korea to account for its recent missile provocations but to no avail due to opposition from two veto-wielding members of the council -- China and Russia. The US' call came in the first UNSC meeting of the year to be held on North Korea. "The United States condemns in the strongest possible term...

Oyun-Erdene calls for visa reciprocity, vows support for undocumented Mongolian residents in Korea

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met with his Japanese counterpart, urging Tokyo to make a “political decision” over wartime forced labor to mend ties soured by the long-running historical dispute, officials said Sunday. Park held a talk with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. In the 35-minute meeting, Kor...

MUNICH -- South Korea's top diplomat met with his Japanese counterpart and called for Tokyo to make a "political decision" to resolve the issue of how to compensate Korean victims of wartime forced labor under 2018 rulings by Seoul's Supreme Court. Foreign Minister Park Jin had the one-on-one talks with his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, in Munich on Saturday on the sidelines of the Mu...