U.S. and South Korea Begin More Free-Trade Talks
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Seoul agreed to resume beef imports as negotiators try to beat the expiration date of President Bushâs âfast-trackâ authority.
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South Korea has reached an agreement with nine rice exporting countries to raise its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to 7.96 percent, or up to 408,700 tons, by 2014, announced South Korean
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North and South Korea resumed high-level meetings Tuesday for the first time since the North tested a nuclear bomb in October
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Envoys to North Korean disarmament talks began gathering Wednesday, and the chief U.S. negotiator said he expected "hard bargaining" over new proposals to get the North to abandon its nuclear programs
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The two Koreas set up a meeting for Thursday to discuss resuming high-level talks, the first sign of tensions relaxing on the divided peninsula after North Korea signed a breakthrough nuclear disarmament agreement.
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SEOUL -- The two Koreas will hold talks late this month aimed at improving relations, a South Korean official said yesterday, the first sign of easing tensions between the countries after the North signed a nuclear disarmament agreement.
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South Korea and the United States agreed to push for an early resumption of negotiations to end the North Korean nuclear crisis as soon as the US presidential election comes to a close, top diplomats of the two nations said Tuesday.
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South Korea joined China on Tuesday in  pressuring Washington to give more concessions to entice North  Korea to resume talks on its nuclear programs but Secretary of  State Colin Powell rebuffed the appeals.
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Visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have agreed to step up bilateral trade and South Korean investment in Indonesia.
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South Korea will resume imports of U.S.  beef to what once had been the third-largest overseas market  for the American product, the agriculture ministry official  said in a statement on Friday.
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U.S. and North Korean officials  started talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing  diplomatic ties as part of an agreement under which Pyongyang  has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs in exchange for  aid.
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Top negotiators from the United States and North Korea met on Saturday for two days of talks meant to advance an international drive to end Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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SEOUL  -- South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said Wednesday negotiations were still underway to hold a working group meeting to pave the way for another round of multilateral talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear stand-off.
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U.S. and South Korean officials  expressed disappointment on Saturday at the progress made  during four days of tough trade negotiations aimed at clinching  a proposed free trade agreement between the two countries.
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U.S. and North Korean officials start talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of a agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs for aid.
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South and North Korea held  formal ministerial talks on Wednesday for the first time since  Pyongyang sparked a crisis with missile tests as a rift among  regional powers widened despite U.S. calls for unity.
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South Korea's demands that the United  States change its anti-dumping laws could wreck chances of  pushing through a free trade agreement, U.S. Commerce Secretary  Carlos Gutierrez said on Tuesday.