15 en President Lee Jae Myung, who is set to hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on Saturday, said South Korea’s restrictions on Japanese seafood imports can only be lifted once the Korean public regains trust in their safety. In a joint written interview with Japan’s Asahi ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:48:51 +0900 International Ahead of his first trip to Japan as head of state on Saturday, President Lee Jae Myung expressed hope that it will serve as a stepping stone for building stronger, future-oriented cooperation between the two countries. In a joint written interview with Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:43:08 +0900 International Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani is reportedly arranging to visit South Korea around September 8 for talks with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back. Japan’s Asahi Shimbun daily issued the report Friday, citing multiple government sources. If realized, it will be the first official trip ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:32:22 +0900 International With the summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump just four days away, Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo reportedly met with his American counterpart on Thursday in Washington.  Yeo, who arrived in Washington on Wednesday, is said to have met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 22 Aug 2025 08:05:45 +0900 International U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is reportedly looking into the U.S. federal government taking equity stakes in computer chip manufacturers that receive CHIPS Act funding to build factories in the country. Reuters issued the report on Tuesday, quoting a White House official and a person familiar with ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:16:15 +0900 International The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the addition of 407 product categories to its list of “derivative” steel and aluminum products subject to 50 percent tariffs.  The department’s Bureau of Industry and Security made the announcement on its website Tuesday, saying the action covers wind ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:58:10 +0900 International For the first time, South Korea’s Marine Corps will participate in an annual multinational exercise jointly led by the United States and Indonesia. This year’s Super Garuda Shield joint military exercise will be held from Saturday through September 7 in Jakarta and other locations in ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:33:01 +0900 International U.S. President Donald Trump says he has begun arrangements for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  Trump made the remarks in a post on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday, after meetings with Zelenskyy and a host of leaders of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:22:08 +0900 International President Lee Jae Myung has met with visiting U.S. senators to exchange opinions about pending issues between the two nations. The presidential office said Monday that Lee met at his office with Tammy Duckworth and Andy Kim ahead of his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:15:42 +0900 International Two U.S. senators will reportedly visit South Korea this week to explore concrete measures in shipbuilding cooperation between the two nations. According to the Associated Press, Sens. Andy Kim and Tammy Duckworth will arrive in South Korea on Sunday before traveling to Japan to meet top shipbuilders from ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:54:13 +0900 International The U.S. Donald Trump administration announced that it will widen the enforcement of its 50-percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to include hundreds of derivative products. In a Federal Register notice on Friday, the Department of Commerce said the Bureau of Industry and Security was adding 407 ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 16 Aug 2025 14:29:44 +0900 International U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met face-to-face for the first time in six years, but came short of an agreement on a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war. At a joint press conference on Friday, following a three-hour meeting in Alaska, Trump deemed the talks were "very ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:57:12 +0900 International Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed “remorse” in his memorial address for the war dead on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In the speech at the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead in Tokyo on Friday, Ishiba said Japan must never repeat the tragedy of war. He ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:49:06 +0900 International Prominent Japanese politicians considered front-runners to be the next prime minister visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Friday, the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. According to Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:26:30 +0900 International North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stressed his country’s close ties with Russia in a congratulatory speech at a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule.  The North’s Korean Central News Agency said Friday that Kim delivered the speech the previous day ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:27:13 +0900 International U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the United States looks forward to working with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his administration to advance the “ironclad” bilateral alliance. Rubio made the remark in a press statement on Wednesday, two days ahead of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:11:57 +0900 International Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has visited a South Korean shipyard with acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Joseph Yun, ahead of a summit between their leaders late this month. Seoul’s foreign ministry and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said Wednesday that the top diplomats visited HD Hyundai’s headquarters ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:04:54 +0900 International Disgraced Terraform Labs co-founder Kwon Do-hyung, also known as Do Kwon, has changed his stance and pleaded guilty in hopes of a significantly reduced sentence in connection with a massive cryptocurrency crash in 2022. Kwon pleaded guilty to two felony counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud on ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:10:35 +0900 International The U.S. State Department has said the human rights situation in North Korea remains very serious, in its first country-specific human rights report under the second Trump administration. In its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, released Tuesday, the department says the North Korean government ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:57:10 +0900 International South Korea and China have agreed to strengthen penalties so that both countries can seize unauthorized fishing vessels and hold them while legal procedures are underway. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Tuesday that the agreement was made in bilateral working-level talks held for three days ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:54:58 +0900 International The deployment of cutting-edge U.S. combat equipment on the Korean Peninsula reportedly continues, despite concerns about a possible drawdown of U.S. Forces Korea(USFK) as part of the Donald Trump administration’s plans for American troops stationed overseas. The U.S. army’s top-of-the-line Athena-R ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:14:30 +0900 International A Japanese daily has reported that talks are underway for the leaders of South Korea and Japan to hold a summit in Tokyo on August 23. Citing multiple Japanese government sources on Saturday, the Asahi Shimbun said President Lee Jae Myung is likely seeking to highlight Seoul’s ties with Tokyo by ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 09 Aug 2025 12:51:58 +0900 International A bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Congress aimed at exempting allied and partner nations, such as South Korea and Japan, from maritime duties and regulations, as Washington seeks cooperation with South Korea in restoring America's shipbuilding industry. Democrat Congressman Ed Case and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:21:39 +0900 International South Korea and the United States have entered the final stage of consultations to arrange a summit between their leaders, which is likely to take place August 25 in the U.S.  An official announcement is expected to take more time, as the two countries are still coordinating the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:22:18 +0900 International Anchor: U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs went into effect Thursday, affecting countries around the world. Welcoming the changes, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has declared an end to the global trade order under the World Trade Organization and the start of a whole new ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:06:14 +0900 International U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the United States will waive its tariff on semiconductors only for companies that pledge to build production facilities in the U.S. during President Donald Trump’s term and fulfill their commitments. Lutnick made the remarks Thursday during an interview with Fox ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:43:50 +0900 International A senior U.S. official has said the United States takes note “with interest” of a recent statement from Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which suggested the possibility of dialogue with the U.S. while rejecting any talks on denuclearization.  Seth Bailey, acting ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:02:19 +0900 International South Korea and the United States will conduct a major joint exercise this month to strengthen their combined readiness posture. In a joint press briefing on Thursday at the defense ministry in Seoul, the allies announced that the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise will be held from August 18 to 28.  During ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:06:18 +0900 International Vietnam’s top leader, Tô Lâm, will visit South Korea next week at the invitation of President Lee Jae Myung, marking the first state visit by a foreign leader since the launch of the Lee administration. Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said Thursday that Lâm, general secretary of the Communist ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:41:42 +0900 International U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. will impose a tariff of about 100 percent on chips and semiconductors. Trump made the remarks during a White House event where he announced Apple’s large-scale investment plans.  But he reaffirmed that no tariffs will be imposed for companies ...

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