South Korea’s alliance with the United States is facing one of its most difficult periods in years, with disputes over intelligence sharing, investment commitments and military cooperation increasingly affecting the security relationship
South Korea’s alliance with the United States is facing one of its most difficult periods in years, with disputes over intelligence sharing, investment commitments and military cooperation increasingly affecting the security relationship
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South Korea’s ambassador to the United States has said Washington’s concerns over intelligence cooperation between the two allies remain unresolved, identifying information sharing as the most difficult issue in bilateral relations amid
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North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, adding to tensions between the two countries following a series of military tests and a dispute
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A South Korean container ship has completed the country’s first commercial round trip to Europe through the Arctic, arriving at the southeastern port of Busan on Sunday after a 50-day voyage that
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Samsung Electronics is expected to report a nearly nine-fold increase in third-quarter operating profit, as demand for artificial-intelligence infrastructure continues to drive a prolonged shortage of memory chips. Analysts nevertheless have reduced
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US President Donald Trump’s push to steer $54 billion of South Korean investment into Alaska liquefied natural gas is drawing fresh attention to a proposed 20-million-ton-a-year export project whose estimated cost is
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South Korea’s planned $200 billion investment in the United States is not fully guaranteed, despite US President Donald Trump describing the package as a transformation that would benefit America “for generations”. South
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The struggle against deployment continues because for Korea’s social movements the goal is not just about keeping Korean sailors from the line of fire. Our struggle is to end the US’s illegal
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South Korea is extending trading hours on its main stock exchange, breaking with established norms across major Asian markets as it seeks to attract sustained participation from global investors and move towards
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The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
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Trump offered to scale down the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise (carried out annually by the US Forces in Korea (USFK) and Republic of Korea (ROK) military). In Trumpian style, the decision was
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Hyundai Motor’s South Korean union staged its first full strike in a decade on Friday after wage negotiations stalled, escalating a labour dispute centred not only on pay but also on retirement
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US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” an annual round of joint military exercises with South Korea, arguing that the drills are costly and send an inappropriate and
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North Korea may be preparing to send another large contingent of troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, raising concerns not only about the immediate battlefield consequences but also about
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A former employee of South Korean semiconductor manufacturer SK Hynix has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for leaking information on semiconductor manufacturing technology to a Chinese company, Yonhap news agency
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