TEHRAN, February 10 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang for what would be a historic summit between the two nations.
TEHRAN, February 10 - South Korean President Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister on Saturday, hoping to translate Olympics detente into meaningful progress towards resolving a tense standoff over the North’s nuclear and missile programmes.
TEHRAN, February 9 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister has arrived in South Korea on a three-day visit, becoming the first member of her family to visit the rival South in more than 60 years amid a rapprochement.
TEHRAN, February 9 - Organizers of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea say they have formally apologized to Iran over an earlier decision to deny its athletes gift Samsung smartphones, which sparked diplomatic furor in Tehran.
TEHRAN, February 9 - Iran and South Korea are going to expand bilateral scientific and academic cooperation, said Director of Isfahan University for International Cooperation Komeil Tayyebi.
TEHRAN, February 9 - A delegation of North Korean officials that includes the sister of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un arrived in South Korea on Friday, local media reported.
TEHRAN, February 8 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned South Korea’s ambassador to protest a discriminatory decision by Samsung Electronics and organizers of the Winter Olympic games in Seoul not to provide Iranian athletes with gift smartphones, demanding an apology from the technology company.
TEHRAN, February 8 - South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister and other senior North Korean officials who are coming to the South on Friday for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
TEHRAN, February 8 - North Korea has no intention to meet US officials during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South, Pyongyang's state media said Thursday.
TEHRAN, February 7 - South Korea will provide $300,000 worth of humanitarian aid to Iran, which was recently hit by a massive earthquake that left hundreds of people dead, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
TEHRAN, February 7 - South Korean officials said they will not provide Iranian and North Korean players with Samsung smartphones which are available free to all other athletes at the Winter Olympics starting Friday.
TEHRAN, February 6 -South Korea has postponed a proposed widening of capital gains tax on foreign buyers of Seoul stocks, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, after strong opposition from some foreign investors.
TEHRAN, February 6 -South Korea has postponed a proposed widening of capital gains tax on foreign buyers of Seoul stocks, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, after strong opposition from some foreign investors.
TEHRAN, February 6 -South Korea has postponed a proposed widening of capital gains tax on foreign buyers of Seoul stocks, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, after strong opposition from some foreign investors.
TEHRAN, February 4 - North Korea plans to send a high-level delegation led by its nominal head of state to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month's Winter Olympics in the South.
TEHRAN, February 2 - The Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 medals were officially unveiled in Seoul in September. The medals, which reflect the traditions and culture of the host nation, will go to all athletes who step onto the podium in the games.
TEHRAN, January 31 - A team of athletes from South Korea has headed to North Korea to participate in joint training there, as the two countries attempt to use the upcoming Winter Olympics to ease tensions despite some setbacks.
TEHRAN, January 31 -South Korea will begin a joint training program at the Masikryong ski resort in North Korea on Wednesday as had been initially planned, the South’s Ministry of Unification said, with a 45-person delegation engaging in a two-day trip.
TEHRAN, January 30 -South Korea says it is continuing discussions with North Korea on the holding of joint events during the Winter Olympics next month despite the recent cancellation by Pyongyang of one such event.
TEHRAN, January 29 - South Korea’s finance minister said on Monday that the government may delay the implementation of a proposed widening of its capital gains tax base for foreign investors, which was due to take effect from July.