New DP Leadership Launches

2013-05-12

The main opposition Democratic Party held a party convention on May 4th and elected four-term lawmaker Kim Han-gil as its new leader. Kim says ...

Bank of China Joins Sanctions on N. Korea

2013-05-12

The state-run Bank of China has closed trading with North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank. A South Korean government source said the U.S. blacklisted ...

South Korea-US Summit, Results and Analysis

2013-05-10

Tentative Shutdown of Gaeseong Complex

2013-05-05

The Gaeseong Industrial Complex in North Korea has been shut down following South Korea's decision to pull out all their workers from the inter-Korean ...

Trade and Investment Promotion Meeting

2013-05-05

President Park Geun-hye chaired her administration's first trade and investment promotion meeting on Wednesday, calling for active measures ...

Assembly Adopts Resolution Against Japan

2013-05-05

The National Assembly held a plenary session last Monday and adopted a resolution denouncing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remark denying ...

The Temporary Shutdown of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex and Its Impact on Inter-Korean Relations

2013-05-03

By-elections Results

2013-04-28

Results are in for Wednesday’s by-elections, and the parliamentary seat winners are former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo, the ruling ...

Japan's Problematic View of History

2013-04-28

South Korea has strongly blasted Japan and expressed serious concern on the view of history held by the Japanese Cabinet. This follows Prime ...

National Happiness Fund

2013-04-28

A debt relief initiative proposed by President Park Geun-hye called the National Happiness Fund began receiving applications from debtors on ...