South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae at their summit meeting in Nara Prefecture, Japan, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Japan Earlier this ...

South Korea has reportedly deployed a ballistic missile dubbed the "monster" for its size as part of its military strategy amid North Korea's nuclear weapons development. Citing military sources, ...

President Trump on Monday said he is raising tariffs on South Korea because the nation has not yet approved a trade deal with the U.S. that the two countries agreed to last year. Mr. Trump said in a ...

President Donald Trump announced on Monday he is raising tariffs on goods from South Korea to 25% from 15%. “Because the Korean Legislature hasn’t enacted our Historic Trade Agreement, which is their ...

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - South Korea scrambled on Tuesday to assure the U.S. it remained committed to implementing a trade deal after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would hike tariffs ...

SEOUL, Jan 18 (Reuters) - South Korea will seek favourable terms for U.S. tariffs on imports of memory chips, a presidential office spokesperson said at a televised briefing on Sunday. The country ...

South Korea's ruling Democratic Party reportedly said it will pass a planned investment bill in the U.S. by February: Yonhap Earlier on Tuesday, Trump had said he was raising tariffs on Seoul to 25%, ...

South Korea’s economy contracted quarter-over-quarter in the final three months of 2025, bruised by a year of tariffs and political turmoil that slowed annual growth to a five-year low. The ...

SEOUL—South Korea says it has enacted the world’s first comprehensive set of laws governing artificial intelligence. The six-chapter, 43-article “AI Basic Act” law took effect Thursday. South Korea’s ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he is increasing tariffs on South Korean imports, citing the country’s failure to secure legislative approval for a trade framework announced last year. In a post on ...

South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the ill-fated imposition of martial law by the then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion, as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in ...

Kim Keon Hee is the first former presidential spouse in South Korea to be convicted on a criminal charge. Her downfall began after her husband declared martial law. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from ...