Topic: Kang Kyung

Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Thursday stressed the need to "thoroughly" identify those responsible for last week's boat sinking in Hungary that left 26 South Koreans dead or missing.

Two bodies retrieved from the Danube River were identified as South Koreans missing in last week's deadly sinking of a sightseeing boat in Hungary, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Hungarian and South Korean authorities decided to send divers into the Danube River early Monday to see if they can start searching for the missing victims in last week's deadly boat sinking, officials said.

A sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists sank in the Danube River on Wednesday night, leaving seven passengers dead and 19 missing.

North Korea keeps the remains of 27 fallen soldiers who died during the Vietnam War at a national cemetery in Pyongyang.

Tempers flared among South Korean politicians after an opposition party conservative suggested President Moon Jae-in was acting as a "spokesman" for Kim Jong Un.

North Korean authorities say a Japanese citizen possibly abducted to North Korea in 1978 is alive, according to a Japanese press report.

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung Wha is pushing for one-on-one talks with her American counterpart Mike Pompeo in Poland later this week.

South Korea on Sunday signed a provisional deal to raise its contribution for U.S. troops in the nation by 8.2 percent.

The United States and South Korea may be moving closer to settling differences over military cost sharing on the peninsula following 10 rounds of talks.