Japan's leader makes a farewell visit to Seoul and reaffirms sympathy for Korean colonial victims
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has visited Seoul and reaffirmed sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japanโs colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored the need to maintain warming ties between the Asian neighbors.
Leaders of South Korea, New Zealand strongly condemn expanding North Korea-Russia military ties
The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand have strongly condemned the deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia.
Outgoing Japanese leader Kishida will visit South Korea for a summit on improving ties
Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is going to South Korea to improve the two country's relations.
Olympic organizers apologize for introducing South Korean athletes as North Korea
Olympic organizers said they โdeeply apologizeโ for introducing South Koreaโs athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony of the Paris Games.
Ex-North Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in South Korea, the highest post for any defector
South Koreaโs president has appointed a prominent North Korean defector as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans who have resettled in South Korea.
North Korea threatens to boost nuke capability in reaction to US-South Korea deterrence guidelines
North Korea has threatened to boost its nuclear fighting capability and make the United States and South Korea pay โan unimaginably harsh priceโ as it slams its rivalsโ new defense guidelines that it says reveal an intention to invade the North.
US and South Korea sign joint nuclear deterrence guidelines in face of North Korean threats
The U.S. and South Korea signed new joint nuclear deterrence guidelines, weeks after North Korea and Russia struck a defense pact that raised concerns in the region about the Northโs growing nuclear threats.
Faced with threats from Russia and its Asian supporters, NATO and Indo-Pacific partners get closer
Four Indo-Pacific countries attending the NATO summit have issued a joint statement to โstrongly condemn the illicit military cooperationโ between Russia and North Korea.
Man who stabbed South Korea's opposition leader sentenced to 15 years in prison
A South Korean court says a man who stabbed the country's opposition leader in the neck earlier this year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies
The newly inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multidomain maneuvers for the first time.
South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South, probably carrying trash
South Korea says North Korea is again flying balloons toward the South that are likely to be carrying trash.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in southwestern South Korea cracks walls and leaves other minor damage
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has cracked walls and caused other minor damage in a fishing community in southwestern South Korea.
South Korean group flies propaganda leaflets across border following North's trash-balloon launches
A South Korean activistsโ group has flown large balloons carrying propaganda leaflets toward North Korea, which has threatened to send more balloons with manure and trash across the border in response.
South Korean president vows to expand mineral ties with Africa and send more development aid
South Korea's president says his country will expand development aid to Africa and pursue deeper cooperation with the region of 1.3 billion people on critical minerals and technology.
South Korea suspends a military deal with North Korea after tensions over trash balloons
South Korea have taken steps to suspend a contentious military agreement with North Korea and resume front-line military activities.
China premier agrees on cooperation with Seoul, Tokyo but issues veiled rebuke against their US ties
Chinaโs premier has agreed to revive three-way cooperation with South Korea and Japan in the face of shared challenges but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countriesโ expanding security cooperation with the United States.
North Korea plans to launch a rocket soon, likely carrying its second military spy satellite
North Korea has announced plans to launch a rocket apparently carrying its second military spy satellite in the coming days.
South Korean, Chinese and Japanese leaders discuss thorny topics and ways to boost cooperation
The Japanese and South Korean leaders have raised sensitive topics like Taiwan, North Korea and the South China Sea as well as ways to boost cooperation, when they individually met Chinaโs premier.
Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet Monday for their first trilateral talks since 2019
Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet next week in Seoul for their first trilateral talks since 2019.
AI companies make fresh safety promise at Seoul summit, nations agree to align work on risks
Leading artificial intelligence companies made a fresh pledge at a mini-summit Tuesday to develop AI safely, while world leaders agreed to build a network of publicly backed safety institutes to advance research and testing of the technology.
South Korea stresses need for fair treatment for Line chat app operator Naver
South Korea has vowed to protect its companies operating in other markets after Japanese regulators told LY Corp., which runs the popular chat app Line, to reduce its dependence on Naver, the Korean partner in the venture.
Pro-Palestinian banners. Blazing Olympic rings. Workers' May Day rallies confront turbulent times
Workers and activists around the world are marking May Day with largely peaceful rallies against rising prices and calling for greater rights.
Why did Yoon's party lose in South Korea's elections and what troubles does he face now?
South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, taking hot US inflation data in stride
Asian shares are mixed after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation is turning into a troubling trend.
Stock market today: Asia stocks are mostly lower after Wall St rebound led by Big Tech
Asia stocks are mostly lower after gains for Big Tech shares helped U.S. stock indexes claw back much of their slide from the day before.
South Korea's prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat
South Koreaโs prime minister and senior presidential officials have offered to resign after their conservative ruling party was crushed in parliamentary elections.
Big opposition win in South Korean parliament election poses setback to President Yoon
South Koreaโs liberal opposition parties look set to win a landslide victory in Wednesdayโs parliamentary election, vote counts showed.
South Korean parliamentary elections: Here's what people are worried about as they vote this week
As South Koreans head to the polls to elect a new 300-member parliament on this week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic concerns as the most important election issues.
South Korea election issues: Green onions, striking doctors, an alleged sexist jab at a candidate
As South Koreans prepare to vote for a new 300-member parliament next week, many are choosing their livelihoods and other domestic topics as their most important election issues.
South Korea's Yoon vows not to back down in the face of doctors' strike over medical school plan
South Koreaโs president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions.
South Korea's Yoon calls for unification, on holiday marking 1919 uprising against colonial Japan
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol lambasted North Korea Friday, for what he called its repressive rule and vowed to achieve a free, unified Korean Peninsula.
South Korea says presumed North Korean hackers breached personal emails of presidential staffer
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeolโs office says that presumed North Korean hackers breached the personal emails of one of his staff members ahead of Yoon's trip to Europe in November.
Analysis: North Korea's rejection of the South is both a shock, and inevitable
In abandoning his countryโs decades-old aspirational goal of reconciliation with South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be revealing significant changes to the way he sees the world, as he navigates growing tensions with neighbors and exploits broader geopolitical shifts to gain leverage.
South Koreaโs parliament passes landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat
South Koreaโs parliament has passed a landmark ban on production and sales of dog meat, as public calls for a prohibition have grown sharply over concerns about animal rights and the countryโs international image.
South Korean police raid house of suspect who stabbed opposition leader Lee in the neck
South Korean police have raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the countryโs opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck this week.
South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker approached for autograph
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been stabbed in the neck by an unidentified man during a visit to the southeastern city of Busan.
King Charles welcomes South Korea's president with state banquet, mingles with K-pop band Blackpink
King Charles III has hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a glittering banquet at Buckingham Palace, as Britain rolled out the red carpet for a formal state visit aimed at strengthening trade and defense ties between the two countries.
Biden seizes a chance to refocus on Asia as wars rage in Europe and the Mideast
With wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, it can be hard for President Joe Biden to focus on Asia, even though that was his original foreign policy goal.
Biden tells Asia-Pacific leaders US 'not going anywhere' as he looks to build economic ties
President Joe Biden has made America's case to CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit in San Francisco that the United States is committed to high standards in trade that will benefit economies across the Pacific.
South Korea's Yoon will warn APEC leaders about the risks of a Russia-North Korea arms deal
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says he will discuss international response to the purported North Korean-Russian weapons deal during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco this week.
US and South Korea sharpen deterrence plans over North Korean nuclear threat
The United States and South Korea have updated a bilateral security agreement to more effectively counter North Koreaโs evolving nuclear and missile threats.
Royal pomp and ceremony planned for South Korean president's state visit to the UK
King Charles III has immersed himself in Londonโs vibrant Korean scene before the state visit later this month of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
On the anniversary of a deadly Halloween crush, South Korean families demand a special investigation
Bereaved relatives of victims of last yearโs devastating Halloween crush in Seoul and their supporters have demanded an independent investigation of the disaster as they marked the anniversary with a massive memorial service.
Hamas' attack on Israel prompts South Korea to consider pausing military agreement with North Korea
South Koreaโs new defense minister says he would push to suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea on reducing tensions between the rivals, insisting that it hampers the Southโs surveillance activities along their heavily armed border when the Northโs nuclear threats are increasing.
A surge in rail traffic on North Korea-Russia border suggests arms supply to Russia, think tank says
A U.S. think tank says recent satellite photos show a sharp increase in rail traffic along the North Korea-Russia border, indicating the North is supplying munitions to Russia.
South Korea parades troops and powerful weapons in its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in years
South Korea has paraded thousands of troops and an array of weapons capable of striking North Korea through its capital as part of its biggest Armed Forces Day ceremony in 10 years, as its president vowed to build a stronger military to thwart any provocation by the North.
South Korean leader warns Russia against weapons collaboration with the North
South Koreaโs president sounded a warning to fellow world leaders about the recent communication and possible cooperation between North Korea and Russia.
South Carolina women senators who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage award
Five women state senators from South Carolina who formed a bipartisan coalition to filibuster a near-total abortion ban in their state have been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year.
South Korea's Yoon warns against Russia-North Korea military cooperation and plans to discuss at UN
South Koreaโs president says the international community โwill unite more tightlyโ to cope with deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, as he plans to raise the issue with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this week.
South Korea's Yoon will call for strong response to North's nuclear weapons at ASEAN and G20 summits
South Koreaโs president says heโll tell world leaders about the need to faithfully enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea when they converge in Indonesia and India for annual summits this week.
Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged
Japanโs Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers have eaten Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting in an apparent effort to show that fish is safe following the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
In Japan's neighbors, fear and frustration are shared over radioactive water release
Public fears and frustrations are being shared in Japan's neighboring countries about the release of treated radioactive wastewater from a crippled nuclear power plant.
Japan's Kishida visits Fukushima plant to highlight safety before start of treated water release
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a brief visit to the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to stress what he says is the safety of an impending release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
Japan's Kishida to visit Fukushima plant before deciding date to start controversial water release
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he will visit the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant on Sunday before setting a release date for its treated radioactive wastewater, as his government continues working to promote understanding over the controversial plan at home and abroad.
Biden stays mum on Justice Dept. decision to name special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
President Joe Biden is keeping mum about Attorney General Merrick Garlandโs decision to name a special counsel in the investigation of his son Hunter Biden.
US, Japan and South Korea agree to expand security ties at summit amid China, North Korea worries
President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea have agreed to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit Friday at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David.
At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific
President Joe Biden is set to welcome the leaders of Japan and South Korea for the first summit of his presidency at the Camp David presidential retreat.
Biden will use Camp David backdrop hoping to broker a breakthrough in Japan-South Korea relations
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David to encourage the U.S. allies, who have been thawing their frosty relationship, to cooperate more given their shared concerns about aggression from China and North Korea.
South Korea's Yoon calls for strong security cooperation with US, Japan ahead of Camp David summit
South Koreaโs president has called for deeper security cooperation with the U_S_ and Japan to address North Korea's nuclear threat, saying his upcoming summit with the U_S_ and Japanese leaders at Camp David will โset a new milestone in trilateral cooperation.โ.
US, Japan, South Korea to announce deeper defense cooperation at Camp David summit
The United States, Japan and South Korea are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation on ballistic missile defenses and technology development when their leaders meet at Camp David for a summit Friday.
South Koreans rally in Seoul against Japanese plans to release treated nuclear wastewater into sea
Anxious about Japanโs impending release of treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, hundreds of South Koreans marched in their capital Saturday.
Tropical Storm Khanun pounds South Korea's coastal regions before reaching Seoul in weakened state
Tropical Storm Khanun has poured intense rain on South Korea and left at least one person dead before weakening as it reached major population centers near the capital.
Tens of thousands of young scouts to evacuate world jamboree in South Korea as storm Khanun looms
South Korea is preparing to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, scouting officials said Monday.
South Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early
South Korea is plowing ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, rejecting a call by the world scouting body to cut it short.
Scouting body asks South Korea to cut World Scout Jamboree short as heat wave prompts exodus
The world scouting body is urging South Korea to cut short the World Scout Jamboree as thousands of British scouts have begun leaving the coastal campsite because of a punishing heat wave.
Japan's Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with US and South Korea at summit
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he has high hopes to discuss further strengthening of three-way strategic cooperation with the United States and South Korea at a summit hosted by President Joe Biden at Camp David later this month.
South Korea detains suspect in high school teacher's stabbing a day after separate attack wounded 14
South Korean police have detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife in the city of Daejeon.
President Biden to host the leaders of Japan and Korean for an August summit at Camp David
President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea next month for a summit at Camp David.
Rival Koreas mark armistice anniversary in two different ways that highlight rising tensions
The truce that stopped the bloodshed in the Korean War turns 70 on Thursday and the two Koreas are marking the anniversary in starkly different ways, underscoring their deepening nuclear tensions.
South Korean court overturns impeachment of government minister ousted over deadly crowd crush
South Koreaโs Constitutional Court has overturned the impeachment of the public safety minister ousted over a Halloween crowd surge that killed nearly 160 people last October at a nightlife district in the capital, Seoul.
South Korea searches for missing people as death toll from downpours reaches 41
Rescuers are searching for nine people still missing in landslides and other incidents caused by a week of torrential rains in South Korea.
US deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in show of force against North Korea
The United States has deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, as the allies warned North Korea that any use of the North's nuclear weapons in combat would result in the end of its regime.
South Korea's death toll from destructive rainstorm grows to 40 as workers search for survivors
Heavy downpours are lashing South Korea for a ninth day as rescue workers struggle to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year.
9 bodies pulled from a flooded road tunnel in South Korea as rains cause flash floods and landslides
South Korean rescuers have pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in muddy water, as days of heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides and destroyed homes across the country.
South Korea's Yoon pushes for strong resolve against North's nuclear ambitions at NATO summit
South Koreaโs president says itโs time to clearly demonstrate strong international resolve to deter North Koreaโs nuclear ambitions and he plans to discuss how to cope with the Northโs expanding weapons arsenal with NATO leaders this week.
South Korean lawmakers berate IAEA chief over Japanese plans to release treated Fukushima wastewater
South Korean opposition lawmakers sharply criticized the head of the United Nationsโ nuclear watchdog for its approval of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant during a tense meeting in Seoul on Sunday, with protesters screaming outside the door.
South Korea vouches for safety of plans to release Fukushima wastewater but citizens' fears persist
South Koreaโs government has formally endorsed the safety of Japanese plans to release treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Japan to reinstate South Korea as preferred trade nation from July 21 as two sides improve ties
Japan announced Tuesday a decision to reinstate South Korea as a preferred nation with fast-track trade status from July 21, virtually ending a four-year economic row that was strained during their bitter historic disputes.
Jill Biden to promote women, youth on trip to Mideast, North Africa, Europe
Jill Biden will promote women and youth empowerment and plans to attend a royal wedding in Jordan during an upcoming trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
South Korean, German leaders agree to cooperate on supply chains, North Korea
The leaders of South Korea and Germany have pledged more cooperation in building stable supply chains and addressing the challenges posed by nuclear-armed North Korea.
G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders and Russia claims disputed gains
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has huddled with some of his biggest backers as the Group of Seven summit closed in Hiroshima.
South Korea's president vows to expand non-lethal aid to Kyiv in meeting with Ukraine's first lady
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is vowing to expand the countryโs non-lethal aid to Ukraine as it fights Russian aggression.
South Korea and Japan use G-7 to push improvement in ties long marked by animosity
Amid the high-level efforts to settle global crises, this weekendโs Group of 7 summit of rich democracies will also see an unusual diplomatic reconciliation.
Japan, South Korea agree on visit to Fukushima nuclear plant ahead of planned water release
Japanese and South Korean officials have agreed on a visit later this month by South Korean experts to the Fukushima nuclear plant before it begins the controversial release of treated but radioactive water into the sea.
India's Modi to visit White House in June as Biden seeks stronger ties amid competition with China
President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House next month.
Japan, South Korea partnership funds to go to chips, energy
Top business leaders from Japan and South Korea will use a fund meant to underscore the two countriesโ burgeoning ties to strengthen their cooperation in energy, industry and other sectors.
Yoon, Kishida vow better Seoul-Tokyo ties following summit
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is calling for officials to map out specific steps to hasten security and economic cooperation with Japan following his weekend summit in Seoul with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Japan to restore preferred trade status for South Korea
Japanโs trade ministry says it has begun procedures to restore preferential trade status for South Korea, days after Seoul took a similar step for Tokyo and requested reciprocity, and more than three years after the countries downgraded each other during a bitter historical dispute.
Concerned about North Korea, South's Yoon seeks more US help
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has used a joint address to Congress to urge still-more strengthening of the U.S. security alliance guarding against North Korea and its nuclear program.
Jolie, Salonga, Chloe Kim glam up state dinner for SKorea
Actor Angelina Jolie, home improvement duo Chip and Joanna Gaines and Olympian Chloe Kim are among scores of people from politics, business, sports and entertainment who gathered at the White House for a black-tie dinner with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Medal of Honor recipient's remains ID'd 73 years after Korea
The remains of a U.S. Army corporal killed during the Korean War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor have been identified, 73 years after he went missing.