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Factbox-What issues are likely to be discussed at the US-South Korea summit?

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit meeting on Monday ...

South Korea must navigate the ‘Trump risk’ at key summits in Japan and US

Barely two months into office, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test, heading into back-to ...

What issues are likely to be discussed at the US-South Korea summit?

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Washington for their first summit meeting on Monday ...

Troop costs, China in focus when South Korea's Lee meets Trump

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) -When South Korean President Lee Jae Myung meets U.S. President Donald Trump next week for their ...

North Korea has a secret ICBM base near China: U.S. think tank

North Korea has a secret military base near the Chinese border to hold ICBMs that pose a "potential nuclear threat" to the ...
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The United States and South Korea Are Allies and Trade Partners. Will They Reinforce Ties at Their Summit?

Looming over the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are recent tariff ...

Rainy summer brings surge in rat sightings across Seoul

Experts say climate change is the deeper force driving rodent populations upward. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Only Trump Can Break the Deadlock on North Korea

Seoul's recent overtures to Pyongyang will not work. But renewed U.S. engagement might just, writes Andrei Lankov and Peter ...

South Korea moves closer to ending decades-long ban on non-medical tattoo artists

Despite opposition from Korea Medical Association, thousands of underground tattoo artists could get licensed after the ...

South Korea deploys hologram police officer to fight crime – and it’s working

Since its installation in a Seoul park, crimes reported during the hours the hologram is active have gone down by about 22 ...

The 95-year-old POW who wants to return to North Korea to die

There were dozens of activists and police officers, their attention fixed on one man: Ahn Hak-sop, a 95-year-old former North Korean prisoner of war who was making his way home, to the other side of ...