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's foreign ministry vowed the "toughest counteraction" against the United States as long as Washington "refuses" the country's sovereignty.
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.
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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.
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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.
Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability.
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.
(2nd LD) 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,