President Joe Biden on Friday opened his trip to Asia by touring a South Korean computer chip factory that will be the model for another plant in Texas, offering it as a way to deepen ties with the Indo Pacific and fuel technological innovation and fos…
SEOUL– Chung Eui-sun, the chief of South Korea’s auto giant Hyundai Motor Group, is expected to ask for Washington’s support for the group’s push in burgeoning sectors that include urban air mobility (UAM) and robotics in a meeting with U.S. President…
SEOUL– More than seven out of 10 South Koreans are in favor of giving medical assistance to North Korea struggling with a massive COVID-19 outbreak, a poll showed Friday.In a nationwide poll of 1,000 people aged 18 or above conducted by Gallup Korea f…
SEOUL– U.S. President Joe Biden is set to arrive in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea’s nuclear program and supply chain risks.Biden’s visit, his first since taking offi…
SEOUL– The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) decided Friday to confirm Prime Minister nominee Han Duck-soo, an official said, in an about-face amid concern that rejecting the nomination could backfire and hurt its chances in next month’s local ele…
SEOUL– Police significantly heightened security around the presidential office compound in the central Seoul district of Yongsan and other locations, as a number of rallies are planned ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s three-day visit to South Korea…
SEOUL– South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, plan to jointly visit a key Air Force operations center south of Seoul during Biden’s visit here, Yoon’s office said Friday.Yoon and Biden are set to visit the Korean Air…
SEOUL– U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea’s nuclear program and supply chain risks.Biden’s Air Force One landed at Osan Air Base in Py…