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With the return of Donald Trump as the president of the United States, South Korean diplomacy is facing unprecedented headwinds. Given Trump’s penchant for a transactional approach to diplomacy ...

In February 2025, Google submitted an application seeking approval to transfer South Korea's 1:5,000 scale map data to international servers. This scale—far more detailed than the current 1: ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to his private home after being ousted from office for imposing martial law. He faces a criminal trial on rebellion charges. Despite his ...

Should the Trump administration’s tariff threats continue throughout the election campaign, Lee may choose to tone down any such pro-US rhetoric and instead revive his claims of the benefits of a ...

As the global economy undergoes disruption due to the Trump administration’s recent tariffs, major export-led economies like South Korea face an urgent need to diversify by tapping into untapped ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Shin-jo, a prominent ex-North Korean commando who resettled in South Korea as a pastor after his daring mission to assassinate then South Korean President Park Chung-hee ...

President Donald Trump tried again Tuesday to rewrite the history of US relations with South Korea. Trump then added this: “They began these Military payments during my first term, Billions of ...

SEOUL: South Korea is seeking to cut a "big” trade deal with the US after a last-minute phone call between Donald Trump and Acting President Han Duck-soo raised the prospects of bringing some ...

Package will increase the low-cost financing made available by state-run lenders, agencies South Korea unveiled a package of emergency funding worth 3 trillion won ($2 billion) for its automobile ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...