Mercedes Schlapp, a prominent conservative commentator and former White House official, voiced concerns on Jan. 7 about the potential geopolitical ramifications of South Korea’s ongoing political crisis.

He faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week.

If the U.S. industrial base can't step up to meet the needs of American shipbuilding, perhaps South Korea and Japan can.

THE NEW AMERICAN EXPORT — The U.S. has long exported its cultural products to South Korea, flexing its soft power within the country through Hollywood products and academic exchanges. It now appears to be exporting something different — Donald Trump’s politics of defiance and norm-breaking.

SEOUL - Two weeks after becoming South Korea's second acting president, Choi Sang-mok faces not only the task of steering a shaky economy and rebuilding confidence among global allies but simply staying in his job amid the worst political crisis in decades.

South Korea's Presidential Security Service chief resigned Friday and acting President Choi Sang-mok accepted it. President Yoon Suk Yeol remains in his fortified residence as law enforcement seeks to arrest him.

Misinformation continued to surge online in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his botched attempt to impose martial law in December 2024. In the latest example, social media posts shared pictures they falsely claimed showed billionaire Elon Musk meeting with Yoon to convey the support of US President-elect Donald Trump .

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

Wayfair announced on Friday that it was leaving the German market after 15 years, citing lagging sales compared to Britain and "weak macroeconomic conditions" in the country.

The law that could ban TikTok is coming before the Supreme Court on Friday, with the justices largely holding the app's fate in their hands. The popular social media platform says the law violates the First Amendment and should be struck down.

Asia can teach the world about adapting to Trump.