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Passengers ride on escalators as a large electric board shows an advertisement promoting the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in Gyeongju, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, October 22, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

What is APEC? Asia-Pacific leaders to gather in South Korea

Meetings began Monday and will run through Saturday, though talks are expected to be overshadowed by US President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs and high-stakes trade standoffs with...

South Korea's Trade Minister Cheong In-kyo speaks during the opening ceremony of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting at International Convention Center in Seogwipo on Jeju island, South Korea, May 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

APEC adopts joint statement on trade as tariffs overshadow meeting

Peru's President Dina Boluarte welcomes Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in Lima, Peru November 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Angela Ponce

Peru, Japan strengthen ties with defence and mining agreements

Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected

Xi seizes role as global defender of free trade against Trump

Taiwan's APEC representative Lin Hsin-i speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru November 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Gerardo Marin

Taiwan's APEC representative says no handshake or dialogue with China's Xi, only wave

Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, APEC Summit, Lima, November 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis

Xi says he will work with Trump team as he meets Biden in Peru

Former Taiwan Vice Premier Lin Hsin-i attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru, November 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis

Taiwan's APEC representative invites Biden to visit island

Xi Jinping. File Photo: Collected

Xi tells Ishiba China hopes Japan will 'properly handle' history, Taiwan issues

FILE PHOTO: A Taiwanese flag flaps in the wind in Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo

Taiwan appoints presidential advisor as APEC summit representative

Pacific Rim leaders have once again showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza in the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Photo: Reuters

Despite divisions over global wars, Apec leaders back WTO reform

U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnam President Vo Van Thuong and Philippines' President Bongbong Marcos take part in a family photo during an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

APEC's 'San Francisco Principles' on sustainability, inclusiveness

Leaders attend the retreat session of the APEC Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea November 18, 2018. Photo :Reuters

APEC rows on Gaza, Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnam President Vo Van Thuong and Philippines' President Bongbong Marcos take part in a family photo during an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Indo-Pacific trade deal prospects dim as 2024 US election year politics loom