If realised, the visit will be symbolic of a recent improvement in bilateral ties. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

From left: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi during a meeting in Munich, Germany, Feb. 15, 2025. Credit: ...

On August 23, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung visited Japan for a summit meeting with Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, which produced the first joint press release by leaders of the two neighbors ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A letter threatening to hunt Koreans and containing what appeared to be a bullet has been sent to the South Korean embassy in Japan amid worsening ties between the Asian neighbors, ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea commemorated wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado gold mines in a ceremony Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event organized by Japan, as tensions over ...

Korean and Japanese musicians held a joint concert in southern Seoul on Friday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the ...

China should reconsider its refusal to attend the annual trilateral summit between Beijing, Japan and Korea, as the three ...

SEOUL, Aug 21 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the ...

President Lee Jae Myung, left, and first lady Kim Hea Kyung receive flowers from children during a luncheon meeting with the Korean community in Japan at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 23. [JOINT PRESS ...

A blue banner (top R) outside a grocery shop in Seoul reads 'Japan - a country that does not regret its past. We do not sell Japanese products here [Photo, AFP] Beer-loving South Koreans angered by a ...