U.S. - South Korea (ROK)

South Korea Current Issues

April 2, 2008 - Assistant Secretary Hill Comments on the Six-Party Talks

Christopher R. Hill Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Seoul, South Korea April 2, 2008 In particular we need to know what the plutonium situation is, but also we know that DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) was engaged in procurements of things for uranium enrichment, so we need to know that status. We also need to know what has gone on with any foreign nuclear cooperation...more

March 26, 2008 - Remarks With Republic of Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan After Their Meeting

Secretary Condoleezza Rice. State Dept photo. Secretary Condoleezza Rice Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC SECRETARY RICE: It’s a great pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Yu of the Republic of Korea. I had an opportunity to meet with him when I was in Seoul for the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak, but he was not yet officially Foreign Minister at the time and he has now taken up those duties...more

November 7, 2007 - Remarks With South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-Soon After Their Meeting

SECRETARY RICE: Good evening. I would like very much to welcome my colleague, Song Min-Soon. It's good to have you here for what has been -- what is now several meetings that we have had together since he became the Foreign Minister. And we've had a wide-ranging discussion of the very good relationship -- the United States and South Korea enjoy a relationship that is based, first of all, on values, a relationship that is based on numerous strategic interests. more

June 12, 2007 - Public Awareness of Human Trafficking Increasing, Rice Says

New Trafficking in Persons Report gives Georgia special praise
Washington -- U.S. efforts to raise awareness of trafficking in persons are paying off, and now millions more people know about the global problem, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. more

• Republic of Korea Report
• North Korea (DPRK) Report
• Remarks by Secretary Rice at the Report Release
• Remarks by Ambassador Lagon at the Report Release
• Full Report

June 2, 2007 - U.S. Commitment to Asia Unwavering, Defense Secretary Says

Gates outlines U.S. strategy to strengthen relations in region
Washington –The United States remains deeply committed to a strong, vibrant partnership with Asia across the full spectrum of economic, political and security dimensions, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in a broad-ranging policy address in Singapore June 2. more

May 31, 2007 - U.S. Security Initiative Draws More Participants

Malta is most recent signatory to ship-boarding pact with United States
Washington – More than 80 nations on six continents have committed to halting the spread of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems and related parts under a program launched by President Bush four years ago in Poland. more

February 23, 2007 - U.S., South Korea To Transfer Wartime Force Command in 2012

Defense ministers say operational control transition to begin in July 2007
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Kim Jang Soo issued a joint statement summarizing their visit today in Washington, D.C.

Following is the joint statement. more

Archive

1. March 26, 2008 - Remarks With Republic of Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan After Their Meeting, Washington, DC
2. November 7, 2007 - Remarks With South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-Soon After Their Meeting
3. June 12, 2007 - Public Awareness of Human Trafficking Increasing, Rice Says
4. June 2, 2007 - U.S. Commitment to Asia Unwavering, Defense Secretary Says
5. May 31, 2007 - U.S. Security Initiative Draws More Participants
6. February 23, 2007 - U.S., South Korea To Transfer Wartime Force Command in 2012
7. December 12, 2006 - Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
8. November 21, 2006 - Remarks at Beijing International Airport
9. November 21, 2006 - Talks with North Korea to Resume in December, U.S. Official Says
10. 13 Oct 2006 - CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
11. 02 October 06 - U.S. Hails Preliminary Vote for New U.N. Secretary-General
12. 14 Sep 06 - Bush, South Korea's Roh Call for Resumption of Six-Party Talks
13. 14 Sep 06 - REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BUSH AND PRESIDENT ROH OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
14. 13 Sept 06 - United States, South Korea Will Review, Reaffirm Alliance
15. 16 August 06 - President Bush To Meet With South Korea's President
16. 16 August 06 - The Proposed South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
17. 16 August 06 - FTA: United States and Republic of Korea
18. 16 August 06 - FTA: United States and Republic of Korea Economic and Strategic Benefits
19. 27 July 06 - 2006 KOREAN WAR VETERANS ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY
20. 14 July 06 - KORUS FTA - ROUND TWO
21. 26 May 06 - Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill: Incheon Airport Arrival
22. 22 May 06 - President's Statement on the Death of Dr. Lee Jong-wook
23. 7 Mar 06 - United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement: A Win-Win Proposition
24. 8 Feb 06 - Questions and Answers from Economic Press Roundtable with Embassy Official
25. 19 Jan 06 - United States and the Republic of Korea Launch Strategic Consultation for Allied Partnership
26. 13 Jan 06 - Secretary Johanns and USTR Portman Welcome Progress to Reopen Korean Market to U.S. Beef
27. 10 Jan 06 - U.S.- Republic of Korea Strategic Consultations For Allied Partnership
28. 4 Jan 06 - U.S. Ready To Resume Six-Party Talks Without New Conditions
29. 24 Oct 05 - Remarks by H.E. Mark C. Minton, Charge D'Affaires, U.S. Embassy at the UN Day Ceremony
30. 24 Oct 05 - Open Letter to the People of Seoul by Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense
31. 14 Sept 05 - The Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy Thanks the Korean People for Hurricane Katrina Support
32. 8 Sept 05 - Statement of U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt
33. 2 Sept 05 - Hurricane Katrina
34. 25 July 05 - Embassy Signs MOU With Korean NGOs
35. 30 Jun 05 - Military Balance on Korean Peninsula Continues, General Says
36. 15 June 05 - Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill Arrival at Incheon Airport, Seoul, Korea Press Stake-Out
37. 13 June 05 - U.S. Embassy Seoul Economic Official Background Briefing
38. Backgrounder - United States Goverment Statement on Events in Kwangju, Republic of Korea, in May 1980
39. 21 Mar 05 - Asian Nations United in Support of Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula
40. 20 Mar 05 - 20 March 2005- Secretary of State Rice Live Roundtable Discussion with Internet Journalists
41. 3 Mar 05 - Announcement of Intention to Nominate Christopher R. Hill
42. 23 Feb 05 - Ambassador Hill's Remarks on the Occasion of Busan American Corner One-Year Anniversary
43. 18 Feb 05 - Speech by Don Q. Washington, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, at Honorary Doctorate Degree Conferment Ceremony
44. 18 Feb 05 - Ambassador Hill's Speech to Korea University Journalism Alumni Society (KUJAS)
45. 14 Feb 05 - Secretary Rice with South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon
46. 2 Feb 05 - Visa Procedure Enhancements - Fact Sheet
47. 17 Sept 04 - Ambassador and Mrs. Hill visit the May 18 Cemetery