Yoon Archives - Defence Monitor

28 Jun

Seoul sanctions Russian individual involved in Pyongyang’s illegal weapons-financing activities

Seoul, June 28, South Korea on Wednesday imposed unilateral sanctions on a Russian individual of Korean descent involved in the illegal financing of Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction programs, the Foreign Ministry here said. Choi Chon Gon of Russia was among the total of four entities -- two individuals and two organisations -- newly added to Seoul's sanctions list against Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development programs, Yonhap News Agency quoted the Ministry as saying Choi, previously a South Korean national, founded a North Korea front company named Hanne Ulaan LCC in Mongolia for the purpose of evading international sanctions while…

21 Jun

Yoon asks Macron to help ensure EU trade laws don’t harm S.Korean businesses

Seoul/Paris, June 21 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has asked French President Emmanuel Macron to help ensure new European Union trade laws do not discriminate against South Korean businesses, an official said here on Wednesday. Yoon made the request during a summit with Macron at Elysee Palace on Tuesday as they agreed to provide active government support to increase investment in each other's advanced industries, including rechargeable batteries, Yonhap News Agency quoted Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo as saying. "President Yoon asked for President Macron's special attention so that the new trade legislation measures being pushed by…

17 Jan

S.Korea-Japan ties on improvement trend after ‘deep ordeal’: Yoon

Seoul, Jan 17 (IANS) Relations between South Korea and Japan have shown a clear trend of improvement recently following a period of "deep ordeal" in the past few years, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said in a message on Tuesday. "Relations between South Korea and Japan went through the most difficult and deepest ordeal for the past few years, but they are showing a clear trend of improvement recently," Yoon said in the message, read by First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong, at a joint Seoul conference of the two countries' private panels on helping develop bilateral relations. Yoon…