Posts tagged ‘Japan’
On 21 October 2011, the West Sea Fisheries Supervision Office announced the capture of three Chinese fishing boats for illegal fishing in South Korea’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 30 kms northwest of Hong Island in the Yellow Sea. Read more
On 5 October 2011, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Navy (ROKN) held a joint press conference for foreign news media on the construction of the Jeju Multipurpose Port Complex project. The specific aim of the joint press conference was to “prevent misleading and distorted information from spreading around the world”. Read more
On 30 September 2011, the Ministry of foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) announced that Japan’s new foreign minister, Koichiro Gemba, will visit South Korea during 6-7 October 2011, to discuss bilateral relations and North Korea issues. Read more
On 27 October 2011, the official opening ceremony of the China-Korea-Japan Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat was held in Seoul. The Secretariat is a largely symbolic body to promote cooperation between the three states, but holds significant potential in the context of Korea’s regional diplomacy. Read more
On 23 September 2011, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched an H-2A rocket from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at Tanegashima Space Centre in south-western Japan. Read more
The Prime Minister has announced that South Korea will consider stationing soldiers on Dokdo, in reaction to Japan’s reassertion of its sovereignty over the island territory, currently occupied by Korea. The Prime Minister announced the government would review the deployment of troops as a long-term strategy in reaction to Japan’s authorization of a dozen school textbooks, which reassert the Japanese claim. Read more
On 21 March 2011, the foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea met in Kyoto, Japan for the Fifth Trilateral Foreign Ministers Meeting. Reflecting ongoing recovery efforts and concerns regarding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Complex, disaster management and nuclear-power safety were at the top of the agenda. Read more
On 20 March 2011, the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) issued a report to National Assembly Representative Byun Jae-Il of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP). The report looks at levels of specific radioactive materials detected in the air and surface of South Korea between February and April, the ‘yellow dust’ period, over the past ten years. Read more
On 17 March 2011, the National Police Agency apprehended a 28-year-old office worker, identified by his family name Byun, for the distribution of false information that could cause public anxiety. It is alleged that Byun was the primary source of a rumour that radioactive material from Fukushima, Japan, would reach Korea, which after spreading rapidly via internet and social network services, resulted in a 2.4 percent fall in the KOSPI. Read more
The likely economic effects of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami on Japan and the subsequent economic effects on South Korea have been widely covered in domestic media. This includes the potential for increased volatility in finance markets in the short-term; a limited disruption to manufacturing reliant on Japanese components in the short-term; a more wide-ranging impact on travel and tourism services in the short to medium term; potentially higher commodity prices in the short to medium term; and more stringent regulation of the nuclear energy industry in the medium to long-term. Read more
