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A truck carrying a shipping container travels past cranes at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, July 9, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

Asia

South Korea to probe 'made in Korea' violations ahead of US tariffs

South Korea is among 20 countries worldwide, and one of only three in the Asia-Pacific region, that has a free trade agreement with the United States

A house is surrounded by wildfire that devastates the area, in Uiseong, South Korea, March 24, 2025. Photo: Yonhap via REUTERS

Asia

South Korean wildfires spread, three more disaster zones named

Han Jong-hee, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., attends at the company's annual general meeting at the Suwon Convention Center in Suwon, South Korea, March 19, 2025. Photo: SeongJoon Cho/Pool via REUTERS

Asia

Samsung Electronics says co-CEO Han Jong-hee has died of cardiac arrest

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks to members of media ahead of a no-confidence debate at the parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Politics

Thai PM faces censure motion as opposition takes aim at father's influence

Printed Chinese and Japanese flags are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo/File Photo

Politics

Japan protests Chinese government statement it says misquoted PM Ishiba

South Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, 24 March 2025. Photo: JEON HEON-KYUN/Pool via REUTERS

Politics

South Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han Duck-soo as acting president

(L to R) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul pose for the cameras during the 11th Trilateral Foreign Minister’s Meeting (Japan-China-ROK) in Tokyo on March 22, 2025, Japan. Photo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS

Asia

Japan, China, South Korea meet at geopolitical 'turning point in history'

Han Jong-hee, co-chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics Co., attends at the company's annual general meeting at the Suwon Convention Center in Suwon, South Korea, March 19, 2025. Photo: SeongJoon Cho/Pool via REUTERS

Global Economy

Samsung CEO says company will pursue deals as it struggles for growth

Top of Mt Fuji is covered by snow in this photo taken by Kyodo, Japan, 6 November 2024. Photo: Reuters

Asia

Mount Fuji hikers to be charged $27 on all trails

Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba looks on as he speaks during a press conference a day after Japan's lower house election, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/File PHoto

Asia

Japan PM Ishiba's cabinet approval hits record low: Asahi

South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok speaks during the 106th Independence Movement Day ceremony at Soongeui Women's University on March 01, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Asia

South Korea asks US for tariff exemption: trade ministry

Officials inspect an area with damaged buildings after South Korea's Air Force said that Mk82 bombs fell from a KF-16 jet outside the shooting range during joint live-fire exercises near the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea, March 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Asia

South Korea charges air force pilots with criminal negligence in accidental bombing of village

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers his 6th State of the Nation Address (SONA), at the House of Representative in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo

Asia

Philippines' ex-President Rodrigo Duterte arrested at ICC's request over 'drugs war'