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South Korea, Japan hold upgraded 2+2 talks as US focuses on Iran

South Korea appears to release US classified info on North's uranium site

South Korea appears to release US classified info on North's uranium site

Korean Peninsula Military Tensions Rising as Pyongyang Expands Nuclear, Ballistic-Missile Programmes, Speakers Warn Secu...

In Lee's hometown, Japan and South Korea seek to deepen thaw

South Korea Co-sponsors UN Rights Resolution on North Korea

(Seoul, April 22, 2026) - South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's decision to co-sponsor the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on North Korea reaffirms South

Update: New batch of Chinese martyrs' remains from Korean War to be returned Wednesday

BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- The remains of 12 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) will be returned to...

North Korea’s Ukraine war lessons reshaping calculus on Korean Peninsula

Pyongyang's battlefield experience, ability to project force overseas and increasingly rapid weapons development cycles are worrying trends, the head of U.S. Forces Korea says.

Lee, Takaichi agree to join hands to restore peace on Korean Peninsula

Lee, Takaichi agree to join hands to restore peace on Korean Peninsula

Urgent: DPRK fires unidentified projectile into East Sea: S. Korean military

SEOUL, April 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Wednesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired an unidentified projectile toward the e...

Lee and Takaichi hold 4th meeting in 6 months to push South Korea-Japan cooperation

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have emphasized the need for cooperation amid global challenges, including the Iran war.

A new era in Korea-Philippine relations

As the world experiences increasing conflicts in some continents like those in the Americas (the US vs. Venezuela or Cuba), the Middle East (US and Israel vs. Iran), or Europe (Rus...

Vietnam and South Korea Agree to Boost Cooperation on Supply Chains, Nuclear Energy

Amid the current conflict in the Middle East, President Lee Jae Myung said that "the need for cooperation between our nations has grown even greater."

Korea sees record foreign arrivals in Q1 2026

U.S. Seeks to Overhaul DMZ Management in South Korea

The United States and South Korea on Thursday discussed revisions to the management plan for the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the buffer zone between North and South Korea. The post U...

Vice FM meets US lawmaker, policy expert to discuss alliance, joint fact sheet

Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo has met with a U.S. lawmaker and the head of a major think tank in Washington, and exchanged views on the bilateral alliance and s...

South Korea, France agree to deepen defence cooperation amid Middle East conflict

By Heejin Kim and Joyce LeeSEOUL, April 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday they planned to boost defence coopera...

Korea marks record presence at Latin American arms fair as export push intensifies

Korea unveiled its largest-ever defense exhibition pavilion at the Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio, Latin America’s premier aerospace and defense fair, as arms exports r...

Korea’s strategic reality: Trust America, prepare for the future

The latest public opinion poll from the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a Seoul-based think tank, shows that South Korea is becoming more realistic but not less anxious. The old...

South Korean election campaign sparks US alliance questions

South Korea facts of the day

When I was young, the South Korean model was generally lumped in with places like Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong as a case of “export-led growth”. Even in the early 1970s, South K...

South Korea-US tensions flare over ‘intelligence leak’ claims, Pyongyang policy

A reported US pullback in intelligence-sharing with South Korea has exposed a new trust gap between the allies after Unification Minister Chung Dong-young publicly mentioned a susp...

Christian Dogma Meets Kimilsungism

John Feffer, Korean Quarterly Although anecdotal evidence suggests that substantially fewer North Koreans — inside or outside the country — feel the same way about Kim's grandson,...

The Perils of South Korea’s Digital Diplomacy 

Lee Jae-myung’s post on X marked a new beginning for South Korea’s digital diplomacy. It immediately caused a diplomatic row.