State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report

2017-07-02

The United States has placed China on its global list of worst offenders in human trafficking and forced labor. The U.S. downgraded China to ...

Annual Trade Forecast to Surpass $1 Tln

2017-07-02

South Korea’s annual trade volume is expected to surpass the trillion-dollar mark for the first time in three years. The Institute for International ...

Exit from Nuclear-centered Energy Policy

2017-06-30

Warmbier’s Death and Repercussions

2017-06-25

Otto Warmbier, the American student held for 17 months by North Korea, has died six days after his release. Concerns are growing his death will ...

Nation's Oldest Reactor Shuts Down

2017-06-25

South Korea's oldest nuclear reactor, the Kori-1 reactor which had generated electricity for 40 years, was permanently shut down as of midnight ...

Early Heat Wave

2017-06-25

Heat advisories have been issued nationwide over the past week amid sweltering heat in early summer. The early heat wave also comes amid a protracted ...

Confirmation Hearings for Cabinet Minister Nominees

2017-06-23

Moon-Trump Summit to Be Held on June 29-30

2017-06-18

President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump will have their first summit at the end of this month. The presidential office on Wednesday ...

President Moon Seeks Japan’s Understanding on Comfort Women Issue

2017-06-18

President Moon Jae-in said that Japan needs to realize that most South Koreans cannot accept the bilateral settlement on Japan’s use of wartime ...

S. Korea Reacts to Assure Market after US Rate Hike

2017-06-18

The South Korean government said on Thursday that it will move quickly to stabilize the market following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to ...