S Korea's Moon says willing to go to North at swearing-in
PTI South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In was sworn in Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared his willingness to visit Pyongyang amid high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. Left-leaning Moon, a former human rights lawyer, backs engagement with Pyongyang in the quest for peace -- in contrast to the threatening rhetoric from the Trump administration in recent weeks. “If needed I will fly to Washington immediately,” Moon told lawmakers after taking the oath of office in Seoul's National Assembly building. "I will also go to Beijing and Tokyo and even Pyongyang in the right circumstances." Moon will have a difficult diplomatic path to tread in his approach to the North, which ...
Union Minister calls for Korean investments in defence and shipping sectors
The Dollar Business Bureau India and South Korea, on Friday, underwent high level defence talks, where both sides discussed the existing bilateral defence relations and also plans for further enhancement of military co-operation. Manohar Parrikar, Union Defence Minister, Government of India, on Friday, met the defence officials of South Korea, which include Admiral Choi, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Minister Chang of the Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Kim Kwan-jin, National Security Advisor of South Korea. In a meeting with Minister Chang, both the sides discussed India and Republic of Korea (ROK)’s shared perspectives on regional and international issues and towards cooperation in defence production, research and development. Stating that he has chosen ROK as his first ...
