South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Tuesday he would try to derive a mutually beneficial trade agreement with the United States, in comments ahead of his departure to Washington to meet U.

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol on Tuesday pledged to make every effort to reach what he called a "mutually beneficial" trade agreement with the United States ahead of this week's negotiation deadline.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister said South Korea’s recent peace overtures were ‘not even something worth our assessment’.

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has no interest in any policy or proposals for reconciliation from South Korea, the powerful sister of its leader Kim Jong Un said on Monday in the first response to South Korean liberal President Lee Jae Myung's peace overtures.

The North Korean leader’s influential sister, Kim Yo Jong, dismissed efforts by South Korea’s new president to improve relations and said there is no interest in restarting talks with Seoul, in the first remarks directed at the South’s Administration that took office last month.

To address educational inequality and stimulate regional economies, President Lee’s ‘10 SNU’ initiative must surmount financial, structural and cultural challenges.

South Korea proposed a massive U.S. shipbuilding partnership as Seoul looks to finalize a trade deal with Washington. The post South Korea offers billions to help make US shipbuilding ‘great again’ appeared first on FreightWaves.

South Korea is seeking trade concessions, including on tariffs and non-trade barriers, in return for accepting the U.S. request to recalibrate the USFK’s strategic posture.