All posts tagged "Japanese Prime Minister"

  • President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a trilateral summit with President Barack Obama at the U.S. embassy in The Hague. (Yonhap)
    Abe’s charm fails to win over Park

    By Kim Tae-gyu THE HAGUE ― Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s charm offensive obviously failed to win over President Park Geun-hye. In a trilateral summit, mediated by U.S. President Barack Obama, the two met for the first...

    • Posted March 26, 2014
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    Obstacles to Park-Abe summit abound

    By Kim Tae-gyu Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to do more to address sexual slavery of Korean women and other historical issues if he hopes to hold a summit with President Park Geun-hye, analysts said Monday. They...

    • Posted March 17, 2014
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  • Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry deliver remarks to the media in the Treaty Room of the U.S. State Department after their private meeting in Washington, Tuesday. (AFP-Yonhap)
    U.S. snubs S. Korea’s call on Abe

    By Chung Min-uck U.S. Secretary John Kerry ignored an invitation by South Korea to join in the condemnation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told a press conference...

    • Posted January 8, 2014
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    Park Geun-hye vs. Shinzo Abe: Leaders hard to mix

    By Kang Seung-woo Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe all but squandered the chance to meet with President Park Geun-hye by visiting the Yasukuni Shrine on Thursday, analysts said. The strained bilateral ties between the two leaders, which...

    • Posted December 28, 2013
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