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.

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.

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

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Monday that Pyongyang had "no interest" in efforts by Seoul to improve relations.

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

South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan and top trade envoy Yeo Han-koo will meet U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington again on Friday in a bid to move closer to a deal on tariffs,

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