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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday announced more restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals, crucial for manufacturing semiconductors, electric vehicles (EVs), green energy products, and other key technologies.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the eighty-year history of the Republic of Korea was proof that the United Nations can bring positive change to the world.

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un says he has “good personal memories” of talks with President Trump, but will not discuss denuclearization.

South Korean Pastor Son Hyun-bo, a conservative activist in addition to religious leader, was arrested on September 8 for allegedly violating election law with a YouTube video and unauthorized prayer service.

Conservative youth groups in Seoul, South Korea, organized memorial sites for mourners to honor the legacy of commentator and activist Charlie Kirk in the days following his assassination, assembling the largest one yet on Monday before the iconic Sungnyemun Gate.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dismissed complaints by Korean companies about their workers getting caught at jobs in the United States without work permits.

The South Korean government is reportedly displeased by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Ellabell, Georgia last Thursday, in which 300 South Korean nationals were detained for working without proper immigration papers at a battery plant.

South Korea has temporarily backed off on an anti-American regulation designed to discriminate against American companies after the Trump administration called out these policies while promoting America First trade priorities.

South Korea’s central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), estimated on Friday that North Korea’s economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2024, its fastest rate of growth in eight years.

Police in Seoul confirmed on Thursday that they are investigating pop star Psy, best known in the United States for the 2012 hit “Gangnam Style,” for potential violations of prescription drug laws.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said his staff was worried that his meeting with President Donald Trump might result in a “Zelensky moment,” adding that he studied Trump’s book, The Art of the Deal, before the pair met Monday in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump said he wants to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un again during his second term.

President Donald Trump said Monday that his bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung would center around trade and shipbuilding.

President Donald Trump raised concerns Monday about ongoing political upheaval in South Korea, describing the situation as resembling a “purge or revolution” hours before his scheduled meeting with the country’s new president at the White House.

President Donald Trump meets with the president of South Korea in the Oval Office on Monday, August 25.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Monday ordered a rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, ostensibly because recent joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea were an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war.”

The Chinese ambassador to Seoul, Dai Bing, applauded the leftist administration of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for its “commitment” to attacking anti-communist voices in the country after Lee described conservative assemblies as “hate rallies” and reports indicated some conservative activists are facing police questioning.

China celebrated reports from South Korea indicating that police had opened an investigation into an anti-China conservative group.

The government of South korea revealed on Sunday that leftist President Lee Jae-myung had proposed at a recent cabinet meeting a massive initiative to silence alleged “fake news” on YouTube.

President Donald Trump announced a “full and complete trade deal” with South Korea on Thursday evening — an agreement committing $350 billion in investment into the United States and significantly eroding Korean automaker advantages in the U.S. market.

Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69, after suffering from an enigmatic “medical incident.” Palacios suddenly “collapsed” and died soon after announcing his intention to pivot from China to the United States.

South Korea’s Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and the executive chairman of tech megacompany Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, both boarded planes headed towards America on Tuesday, seeking to find a resolution to the ongoing trade tensions between Washington and Seoul.

Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong published an infuriated screed condemning leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for making overtures to North Korea.

The government of South Korea confirmed on Friday that officials in the administration of President Donald Trump canceled talks scheduled for Friday intended to negotiate a new bilateral trade agreement, hours before Finance Minister Koo Yun-Cheol was set to board a plane to Washington.

President Donald Trump announced that his administration had “completed a massive” trade deal with Japan, under which Japan would pay a 15 percent reciprocal tariff rate and would invest $550 billion in the United States.

Largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spies.

South Korea sent its National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac to Washington this week to meet with top officials in the administration of President Donald Trump, telling reporters that his government sought to handle security concerns alongside trade negotiations in anticipation of the August 1 tariff deadline.

President Donald Trump on Monday sent letters to the leaders of Japan and South Korea announcing that each will face a 25 percent tariff on goods exported to the United States.

A North Korean man crossed the forbidding DMZ on Thursday and made it to South Korea with help from the South Korean military.

Leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that he was hoping to improve Seoul’s relationship to communist North, and its patrons in China and Russia, in pursuit of a definitive state of peace on the peninsula.

The members of the South Korean boy band BTS – by many metrics the most internationally successful music acts in the history of their nation – announced this week that they would work on a new album in the United States, expected to be released in spring 2026.

The South Korean government said Wednesday final negotiations have concluded on a $6 billion deal to provide Hyundai Rotem’s K2 tanks to Poland.

North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un appeared on the nation’s state propaganda broadcasts on Monday at an event honoring the country’s soldiers killed in the ongoing Russia invasion of Ukraine, in which at least 15,000 North Koreans are estimated to be fighting.

South Korean police detained six Americans on Friday caught with over 1,000 bottles carrying rice, Bibles, and American money that they reportedly intended to send across the sea to North Korea.

Statistics Korea, the official statistical agency of the South Korean government, released data from April on Wednesday that showed the biggest year-on-year increase in childbirths since 1991.