S. Korea's push to apply AI to defense is moving from slogans to implementation with launch of a new collaboration platform linking policy and more

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea played along to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties.

The stink has become noxious enough that Lee Jae Myung, South Korea’s president, broached the subject of Yellow Sea tensions during a summit with Xi Jinping in China this month. Mr Lee’s visit to China,

S. Korea added 193,000 employed in 2025, but jobs in construction and manufacturing fell and the number of young people outside the labor force rose.

The leaders of Japan and South Korea staged a surprise drum session on their first day of talks in Japan, smashing out K-pop hits in a loud and unconventional display of diplomacy between a self-confessed metalhead and an aspiring novice.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will host a summit with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday to ensure stable and friendly ties as her country faces growing tension with Beijing.

South Korea is strengthening its penalties for drug-impaired driving in response to an increase in the number of impaired motorists.

Asian chip stocks climbed Friday after the U.S. reached a trade deal with Taiwan, bringing the island and South Korea's index to record highs. Under the agreement, Taiwanese semiconductor companies commited to invest at least $250 billion in U.S. production capacity in exchange for lower "reciprocal" tariffs.

S. Korea recorded 387 deaths tied to disasters in 2024, with a heatwave accounting for 108 fatalities, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said.