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The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning entered Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Saturday, passing within 200 miles of the eastern island of Minamitori.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung took office on Wednesday vowing to heal the deep political rift in the country caused by his predecessor’s attempt to impose military rule – and to attempt “dialogue” with the rogue North Korean regime.

The leftist leader of the Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung, won the South Korean presidential election on Tuesday.

Over 15 million South Koreans cast their ballots as of Friday during early voting session in anticipation of the June 3 special presidential election to replace ousted former President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Lee Jae-myung, the left-wing presidential candidate leading in South Korea, suggests amending the constitution to make imposing martial law harder.

South Korea’s presidential election will be held on June 3. The last round of polls taken before polling is suspended under South Korean election law showed Lee Jae-myung, candidate of the left-wing Democratic Party (DP), with a solid but shrinking lead over Kim Moon-soo of the incumbent People Power Party (PPP).

A flourishing industry of “origin washing” services has appeared on Chinese social media, offering to help export companies evade U.S. tariffs by pretending their products were shipped from other Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand.

Three South Korean companies, acting with the support of their government, have presented Canada with an unsolicited $20 billion plan to upgrade its submarines, artillery, and armored vehicles.

Education Minister Lee Ju-ho became the fourth president of South Korea since December on Friday after a turbulent 2025 that began with protests for and against the arrest of ousted former President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Lee Jae-myung, the front-running candidate in South Korea’s special presidential election, may have been disqualified by a ruling from the Supreme Court on Thursday.

South Korea’s data privacy watchdog agency, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), said on Thursday that China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) transferred user data to companies in China and the United States without obtaining proper consent.

A major finance newspaper in South Korea reported on Tuesday that, according to anonymous industry insiders, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce sent a letter to Korean companies threatening them against exporting goods using Chinese rare-earth minerals to the U.S. military.

Heads of state and religious leaders around the world offered condolences and messages honoring Pope Francis following the announcement of his passing on Monday, honoring him as compassionate, warm, and a “moral beacon” in a divided world.

South Korea has become a major player in the defense industry, with exports of artillery, tanks, surface-to-air missiles, jet fighters, and other military hardware potentially surging to over $21 billion this year.

South Korea has scheduled a snap election for June 3 to replace President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was impeached in December for attempting to impose martial law, then formally removed from office last Friday by the South Korean Constitutional Court.

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that South Korea is sending a delegation to the United States to negotiate trade and other topics on the eve of his reciprocal tariffs going into effect. 

China’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs includes more export controls on rare earth minerals, which are vital to electronics and battery manufacturing.

An appellate court in Russia reduced the prison sentence for an American soldier convicted of stealing from his Russian mistress.

The Vietnamese Trade Ministry said this week it will impose temporary anti-dumping tariffs on some galvanized steel products from China and South Korea. 

The Constitutional Court of South Korea voted to remove impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday, ending a four-month-long drama that began with Yoon abruptly attempting, and failing, to impose martial law on the country.

South Korea suffered more than a dozen major wildfires over the weekend. The fires killed 24 people, forced 27,000 to evacuate, and burned more than 17,000 hectares of land.

A motorcyclist was found dead after he vanished into a massive sinkhole in South Korea’s largest city.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed the impeachment of interim Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who took over after President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached.

South Korea announced the indictment of a man for allegedly attempting to attack the Chinese Embassy in Seoul while wearing a Captain America costume.

Two South Korean fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs outside their training range during a live-fire drill on Thursday, striking civilian homes and injuring 15 people.

South Korea and Poland have been strategic partners since 2013, with South Korea in recent years becoming a major supplier of weapons.

The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived in the South Korean port of Busan on Sunday, the first carrier visit to a foreign port since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term.

North Korea conducted one of its periodical saber-rattling cruise missile tests on Wednesday, launching two missiles from its west coast under the supervision of dictator Kim Jong-un.

The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) warned on Thursday that it had evidence suggesting Russia had introduced a second infusion of North Korean troops to the Ukrainian war theater in early February, replacing the estimated hundreds already killed on the front lines.

South Korea’s birth rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as a steep demographic decline was halted by a surge in new marriages. Meanwhile, Japan hit its lowest birth rate ever, continuing nine straight years of population decline.

A North Korean soldier identified by his surname “Ri,” who was captured while fighting for Russia, told South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo on Wednesday he wants to “apply for asylum and go to South Korea.”

The Chinese Communist government threw a fit Tuesday after South Korea banned China’s new DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) on security and data privacy grounds.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on Monday it has advised other government agencies to take precautions against China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (A.I.) because it “excessively” harvests personal data from users.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was indicted on charges of insurrection on Sunday, the first sitting South Korean president face a criminal indictment.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol made his first public appearance on Tuesday since he was arrested over the weekend in connection with his decree of martial law on December 3.