Discussions are currently under way to schedule a meeting of the foreign ministers from South Korea, China and Japan, the foreign ministry here said Thursday. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lee Jae-woong confirmed the process during a regular briefing a day after a Japanese news outlet reported that

South Korea, Japan and China are in talks to arrange a trilateral meeting of their foreign ministers in late March, a Japanese news report said Wednesday. Japan, the chair for the three-way dialogue platform this year,

Asian shares are mixed after China rolled out more moves to boost its lagging stock markets. Hong Kong and Shanghai rose but then shed some of their initial gains early Thursday.

VCG. Chinese Go player Ke Jie's loss in the LG Cup ­finals in South Korea due to "rule violations" has sparked controversy on Wednesday. Ke failed to place captured

More than half of the American businesses in China, the highest level in five years, say they are concerned about a further deterioration in the bilateral relationship between the world's two largest economies,

Control of Korea Zinc, the world’s largest producer of zinc, is at stake in a battle challenging the country’s entrenched chaebol system of powerful conglomerates.

A month after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's astonishing decision to impose martial law, the country is still deep in political turmoil. But if the opposition Minjoo (Democratic) Party ends up taking power,

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

War, weak growth, and policy uncertainty around Trump’s return already threaten the Korean economy. An extended political crisis will make things worse.

A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging. China said Friday that its population fell for a third straight year in 2024.

John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, said of Hegseth's remarks on North Korea's status as a nuclear power: "We've not made such a recognition. I can't speak to what the incoming team will—how they'll characterize it. We've not gone so far as to make that recognition."

The US president has already declared a national emergency at the border, as he begins his crackdown on immigration.