(LEAD) commerce nominee-confirmation hearing WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- President Donald Trump's nominee for commerce secretary accused South Korea and Japan on Wednesday of having "taken advantage of" America's "good nature,
North Korea's foreign ministry vowed the "toughest counteraction" against the United States as long as Washington "refuses" the country's sovereignty.
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North Korea defended its right to maintain a nuclear weapons program at a United Nations disarmament conference held shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the North as a "nuclear power.
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South Korea's acting president Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday he hoped for bilateral relations with Washington to develop more reciprocally under the Trump administration, citing concerns about how U.S.
With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also assessed in a report distributed to journalists that North Korea is continuing its preparations to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile intended to reach the United States.
President Donald Trump's nominee for commerce secretary accused South Korea and Japan of having "taken advantage of" America's "good nature," stressing the need to work together with the allies to bring their production to the United States.
North Korea warned Friday that it would exercise its right to self-defense "more intensively" as it condemned recent joint air drills among South Korea, the United States and Japan.
South Korea’s crisis after Yoon Seok-yeol’s martial law and impeachment boosts political prospects for Lee Jae-myung, while Trump’s return adds to foreign policy uncertainty.