North Korean state media on Thursday criticized the United States for a nuclear submarine deal with Australia under the AUKUS partnership signed in 2021, calling it a "threat to regional peace." A commentary carried by KCNA said Washington should be wary of consequences for what it said were nuclear alliances,

Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun (C) talks to reporters at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on Feb. 26, 2025, before his departure for Washington to meet with U.S. officials and discuss the new U.S. tariff plans amid mounting concerns they may adversely affect South Korea's major industries and export-dependent economy.

Bus after bus filled with riot police lined streets in northern Seoul around the Constitutional Court Tuesday for an extraordinary political spectacle: the final hearing in the divisive impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Chinese Ambassador to Seoul Dai Bing on Feb. 10 denied widespread accusations among Yoon's supporters that Beijing interfered in South Korean politics and elections. He wrote on X that Beijing "has all along upheld the principle of noninterference in other countries' internal affairs."

The White House in January said that the " complete denuclearization " of North Korea remains President Donald Trump 's priority. However, Kim Jong Un, the North's leader, refused to give up his nuclear weapons and vowed to expand the nation's nuclear arsenal.

South Korea’s government on Friday said Deputy Trade Minister Park Jong-won made the request while traveling to Washington this week for meetings with unspecified officials from the White House ...