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Joe Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea and Japan

Biden departs Thursday and is set to meet newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Crypto-loving S Koreans bet on Luna rising from ashes, worrying regulator

Reckoning they have little to lose with prices so ridiculously low, South Korean speculators in recent days have piled into Luna, a cryptocurrency that lost 99.99% of its value last week

Biden's upcoming Asia visit for Quad Summit to focus on Indo-Pacific

In his first trip as President to the Indo-Pacific region, Joe Biden will use to assert American leadership in this vital region of the world: Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor

S Korean companies likely to invest in US in line with Biden's visit

President Yoon Suk-yeol said on the 16th that he will discuss ways to strengthen global supply chain cooperation through the India-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with U.S. President Joe Biden

Hyundai to set up $7 bn EV plant in US during Biden's Asia visit: Report

Hyundai is finalizing those plans as President Joe Biden is set to travel to South Korea next week as part of his first visit to Asia during his presidency

S. Korea seeks to resume construction of 2 nuclear reactors in 2025: Report

The project to build the two 1,400-megawatt reactors has been on hold since 2017; they had been scheduled to be completed by 2023

PM Modi congratulates new S. Korean Prez, looks forward to bolstering ties

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's new president and the leader of the nation's first conservative government in five years was sworn in as new president on Tuesday

Why is the new South Korean prez moving out of the old presidential palace?

The new South Korean president wants to prioritise relations with the US and China may not like it

South Korea's new leader offers support if North Korea denuclearises

South Korea's new president says he'll present an audacious plan to improve North Korea's economy if it denuclearises.

New South Korean President takes office, briefed on North Korea

Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol took office as South Korea's president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges

South Korea, US begin drills involving F-35A radar-evading stealth fighters

The training is a scaled-back version of the large-scale Max Thunder exercise that the two countries staged in the past with the massive mobilization of their air assets and service members

South Korea's next leader Yeol faces escalating North's nuclear threat

North Korea has a history of trying to rattle new govts in Seoul and Washington to gain leverage in future negotiations. But if Kim orders a nuclear test, Yoon would be left with very limited options

North Korea test-fired missile from submarine: South Korea military

North Korea flight-tested a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea's military said

Pyongyang fired unidentified projectile toward eastern sea: South Korea

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't immediately say whether the projectile was ballistic or how far it flew

North Korea launches projectile in an apparent weapon test: S Korea

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made on Wednesday but gave no further details.

Ahead in curbing Covid-19 pandemic, India must monitor now: Experts

One of the few to contain Omicron well, it has seen stronger peaks followed by declines

Top nuke envoys of South Korea, China discuss Korean Peninsula security

Chinese envoy expressed concerns over rising tension on the peninsula and reaffirmed commitment to play a "positive role" but said the key to a resolution to issue is in hands of Pyongyang, Washington

South Korea, US to begin 2-week combined air drills next week

The upcoming training is a scaled-back version of the large-scale Max Thunder exercise that the two countries staged in the past with the massive mobilisation of their air assets and service members.

Most citizens in Seoul wear masks despite the ease of Covid rules

Masks are no longer mandatory in outdoor places, except when people attend gatherings of 50 or more or sports and cultural events with potentially larger crowds

China's top nuke envoy in Seoul for talks amid recent NK missile strikes

Touching on pending issues related to North Korea, the envoy said that said that it was up to the US and North Korea to resolve issues on the Peninsula, not China