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Cranes and shipping containers are seen at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, April 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File photo

Asia

South Korea to minimise impact of 50% tariff on steel products

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he planned to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to 50% from 25% starting Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on global steel producers and...

People vote during early voting for the upcoming presidential election at a polling station at the Incheon International airport in Incheon, South Korea, May 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

Politics

Wave of anger could sweep liberals to victory in South Korea election

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, prepares for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

Asia

South Korea's liberal candidate Lee holds clear lead a week before presidential vote

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, prepares for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool

Asia

South Korea frontrunner Lee suggests extending US tariff talks

Rapper Kanye West makes a point as he holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, US July 19, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo

Asia

Kanye West concert in South Korea cancelled over 'controversies'

South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025. Photo: Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Politics

South Korea ex-President Yoon leaves conservative party as candidate trails liberal frontrunner

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Foreign Policy

CCC, South Korean firm collaborate on waste-to-gas project to tackle urban pollution

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, January 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

Politics

South Korea ex-president Yoon in court again for criminal trial

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, arrives at a court in Seoul, South Korea, March 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/File Photo

World+Biz

South Korea's top court to rule on presidential frontrunner's case as election looms

South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend his criminal trial on insurrection charges at a courtroom of the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on April 21, 2025. Photo: JUNG YEON-JE/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Politics

South Korean prosecutors raid ex-President Yoon's private residence: Yonhap

South Korea's Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun. Photo: Collected

South Asia

South Korea proposes 'package deal' to avoid US tariffs

Asia

South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data, prompts without consent

Acting South Korean President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo delivers an address to the nation at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, December 14, 2024. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo

Asia

South Korea acting president sees US trade talks leading to beneficial solution