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Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun speaks on a telephone in this file photo released by the ministry. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]

Korea's foreign minister discusses Middle East situation with Indian, Vietnamese counterparts

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held separate phone talks with his Indian and Vietnamese counterparts Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Middle East, the Foreign Ministry said.

2026.3.11

Vice Trade Minister Park Jung-sung speaks to reporters at the government complex in Sejong on May 1. [YONHAP]

Vice trade minister discusses trade, industrial cooperation with Tajik counterpart

Vice Trade Minister Park Jung-sung met with his Tajikistan counterpart Monday to discuss ways to expand bilateral trade and bolster industrial cooperation, Park's office said.

2025.11.24

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Seoul, Hanoi discuss solutions to challenges facing Korean firms in Vietnam

Vice Trade Minister Park Jung-sung met with Vietnam's vice finance minister in Seoul on Thursday to discuss ways to resolve difficulties Korean companies are facing in Vietnam, Park's office said.

2025.11.13

Kim Yong-beom, right, the presidential chief of staff for policy, and Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan, left, field questions from reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Oct. 16, before their departure for Washington for trade talks with the United States. [YONHAP]

Presidential policy chief says 'positive' about tariff talks with U.S.

The presidential chief of staff for policy, Kim Yong-beom, said Thursday he is "positive" about the prospect of follow-up tariff negotiations with the United States.

2025.10.16

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani, right, attends a meeting with Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles, not pictured, at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo on Sept. 5. [AFP/YONHAP]

Defense chiefs of Korea, Japan to meet in Seoul for 1st time in decade

The defense chiefs of Korea and Japan will hold talks in Seoul next week, Korea's Defense Ministry said, marking what would be the first official visit to Korea by a Japanese defense minister since 2015.

2025.9.5

Choi Kyo-jin, Sejong's superintendent of education, was tapped as education minister, and attorney Won Min-kyong, right, was nominated for gender equality and family minister on Aug. 13 by President Lee Jae Myung. [NEWS1]

President Lee nominates superintendent, human rights lawyer to head education and gender ministries

President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday nominated six minister-level officials for posts including Minister of Education and Minister of Gender Equality and Family.

2025.8.13

Industry Minister Kim Sung-whan speaks during his confirmation hearing at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul on July 15. [LIM HYUN-DONG]

Lee administration's tightrope dance between nuclear power, renewable energy

The energy policy of the Lee Jae Myung administration is expected to place emphasis on balancing nuclear power and renewable energy, with recent ministerial nominees stressing the importance of nuclear power.

2025.7.21

This photo published by the Korean Central News Agency shows a delegation from Russia's interior ministry arriving in Pyongyang on May 25. [YONHAP]

Vice ministers of North Korea, Russia discuss closer cooperation: KCNA

Deputy chiefs of North Korea's public security ministry and Russia's interior ministry have discussed pursuing closer cooperation during their talks in Pyongyang, the North's state media reported Thursday.

2025.5.29

Korea's Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun, right, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer pose for a photo during their meeting in Washington on April 24. [YONHAP]

Korean, U.S. trade chiefs to hold talks over tariff-related package deal

Korea's trade chief Ahn Duk-geun was set to hold talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Friday on the sidelines of a trade ministers' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies,

2025.5.16

Korean Minister for Trade Cheong In-kyo, right, and Jamieson Greer, U.S. trade representative (USTR), left, shake hands during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers’ meeting in Jeju on May 15. [NEWS1]

On an island, trade ministers stress interconnectivity at APEC meeting

Trade leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group and others including U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held numerous meetings on the sidelines of the regional gathering.

2025.5.15