U.S. President Joe Biden meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on Friday to underscore a strategic focus on Asia, while playing down chances of quick progress on the two biggest challenges facing the United States. …
The Biden administration contacted North Korea last week to explain the results of its review of U.S. North Korea policy, according to local news reports. After Joe Biden took office in January, the U.S. began a review of its North Korea policy, but Pyongyang ignored suggestions to return to the negotiating table
Iran has freed South Korea’s Hankuk Chemi tanker and its crew after the vessel was stopped in January in the Persian Gulf, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday, citing the South Korean Foreign Ministry. According to the agency, the …
Observers in Washington and Asia are curious if overreaching ambitions regarding the Asia Pacific will result in major policy change in Washington or not
After weeks of intense negotiations, Iran and South Korea reached an agreement Monday to unfreeze $1 billion of Iranian assets in Korean banks. Governor of Iran’s Central Bank Abdolnasser Hemmat met in Tehran with South Korean …
South Korea has earned international plaudits as a model for its success in COVID-19 mitigation. Employing systematic approaches for testing, contact tracing, segregation, and quarantine, South Korea has, throughout the pandemic, managed to …
Geopolitics and history make it difficult for the countries of Central Asia to escape Chinese and Russian influence. However, a more liberal Asian economic powerhouse – South Korea – is becoming increasingly active in the region. …
A renewed partnership at Mt. Kumgang could strengthen economic ties between North and South
North Korean leader has delegated more responsibilities to his aides
South Korea has reported its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since early March as clusters of cases from churches around the capital Seoul have prompted new restrictions amid concerns of a nationwide wave of infections, Reuters …
North Korea has become quite comfortable with its nuclear weapons
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon was found dead on Friday, according to police, in what appears to be one of the country’s highest-profile suicides in recent history, The Korea Herald reports. The body of Park, 64, was found at …
South Korea’s leader expresses hope for another US-North Korea summit meeting
South Korea: John Bolton book could 'severely damage' negotiations with the North
What's driving North Korea's aggression toward the South?
Pyongyang has been accused of selling sand and breaking sanctions
Schools in South Korea reopened on Wednesday as the country continues easing its coronavirus restrictions, Anadolu agency reported citing local media. As per a phased reopening plan, classes have resumed at high schools across the …
Some countries are gradually beginning to unshackle themselves from lockdown
For the first time, two Asian countries were among the top three with China and India
