03-05-2018 09:00
North Korea on Wednesday (May 2) denied hacking the database of a UN committee tasked with monitoring sanctions against Pyongyang, and called on Washington to focus on peace efforts ahead of a planned summit between the countries' leaders.
02-05-2018 15:51
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has asked the United Nations to verify the planned closure of North Korea's nuclear test site, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday (May 1).
02-05-2018 10:14
Trump has proposed holding the summit at the truce village in the Demilitarised Zone separating the two Koreas, adding that two or three locations were under consideration.
29-04-2018 12:20
In the first four months of the year, Vietnam saw decreasing foreign direct investment (FDI) capital, while overall foreign investment capital increased by 67 per cent on-year.
28-04-2018 20:27
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ASEAN to continue maintaining its central role in the region through accelerating collective resilience capacity and promoting solidarity and unity while attending the 32nd ASEAN Summit in Singapore on Sunday.
27-04-2018 11:26
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the South's President Moon Jae-in on Friday (Apr 27) he was willing to visit him in Seoul "any time if you invite me", Moon's spokesman said.
27-04-2018 09:00
The leaders of North and South Korea met on Friday (Apr 27) at the Demilitarised Zone that divides their countries for a historic summit, the highest-level encounter yet in a recent whirlwind of nuclear diplomacy.
26-04-2018 16:16
South Korea's retail giant Lotte Shopping will sell some of its Chinese stores to a local chain after suffering huge losses due to a diplomatic row with Beijing over a US missile defence system, it said on Thursday (Apr 26).
26-04-2018 10:56
South Korean telecoms giant Samsung Electronics saw net profits leap by more than half in the first quarter, it said on Thursday (Apr 26), thanks to strong demand for memory chips and its latest high-end smartphone.
24-04-2018 08:00
Seoul police on Monday (Apr 23) launched a probe into whether the wife of Korean Air's chairman illegally abused employees - the latest accusation against a powerful, wealthy family with members known for their tantrums.
23-04-2018 08:52
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialised nations met in Toronto on Sunday (Apr 22) seeking a common front against what they see as aggression from Vladimir Putin's Russia.
22-04-2018 09:00
Chinese telecom giant ZTE vowed on Friday to fight back against a US order banning it from purchasing and using US technology for seven years, a move that has angered Beijing.
21-04-2018 11:00
Many Korean investors and leaders from the authorities, as well as investment funds, investment banks, and insurance companies gathered at Vietnam’s Investment Promotion Conference in Seoul on April 18, hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance.
21-04-2018 08:00
The US-led air strikes against the Syrian regime also sent a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ahead of talks with President Donald Trump, Japan's defense minister said on Friday (Apr 20).
20-04-2018 00:00
“Vietnam-Korea Economic Forum—Spring 2018” is now underway, lasting from April 19 to 21 with the participant of more than 400 enterprises and local investment promoters.