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What price US protection? A question South Korea’s president will face in summit with Trump

The pressure is on not just payment for American forces based in the country, but also changes in their deployment in the ...
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The United States and South Korea Are Allies and Trade Partners. Will They Reinforce Ties at Their Summit?

Looming over the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are recent tariff ...

US seeks shipbuilding expertise from South Korea and Japan to counter China

American lawmakers are using a trip to South Korea and Japan to explore how the United States can tap those allies’ ...

Only Trump Can Break the Deadlock on North Korea

Seoul's recent overtures to Pyongyang will not work. But renewed U.S. engagement might just, writes Andrei Lankov and Peter ...
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Trump’s Narrow Window for Diplomacy With North Korea

For more than a decade, North Korea has maintained a secret ballistic missile base near its border with China. The post Trump ...
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China’s North Korea Problem

Since talks collapsed between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, in 2019, North Korea’s reckless drive for long-range nuclear capabilities has fueled tensions on ...

North Korea may have a secret base near China with missiles that could reach the U.S.

North Korea has a covert military base near the Chinese border that poses a “potential nuclear threat” to the United States mainland, according to new research ...

South Korean petrochemical companies to cut capacity, restructure, government says

Ten South Korean petrochemical companies have agreed to restructure their operations, including large cuts to their ...

North Korea has a secret ICBM base near China: U.S. think tank

North Korea has a secret military base near the Chinese border to hold ICBMs that pose a "potential nuclear threat" to the ...

South Korean and US militaries begin annual summertime drills to cope with North Korean threats

Ulchi Freedom Shield will involve 21,000 soldiers in computer-simulated command post operations and field training.

South Korea's Lee intends to retain 'comfort women' pact with Japan, paper says

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the treatment of Korean women ...