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South Korea charts one-of-a-kind course in AI race with U.S. and China
South Korea is looking to create a near self-sufficient AI industry and position its technology as an alternative to China ...
Yonhap News Agency on MSN1h
(LEAD) U.S. officials considered demanding Korea raise defense spending to 3.8 pct of GDP in tariff talks: report
Officials of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration considered demanding that South Korea raise its defense spending to ...
South Korea to offer visa-free entry to Chinese tourists from late September
South Korea will offer visa-free entry to tourist groups from China, for a temporary period from September 29 through June ...
The Japan Times4h
Defense to take top billing at U.S.-South Korea summit as Trump eyes alliance reset
With China looming large, security ties will take center stage at the first summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and ...
The Diplomat8d
How Should South Korea Respond to China’s ‘Yellow Sea Project’?
It is clear that there has been a shift in Beijing’s perception of the Yellow Sea, and its new muscular stance is threatening ...
North Korea Openly Defies Sanctions With Help From China
At least four U.N.-sanctioned North Korean vessels entered Chinese waters to pick up energy this summer, North Korea watchers ...
Daily NK3d
From restaurants to IT: how China is restricting North Korean business independence
While relations between North Korea and China seem to be improving, things aren’t quite back to normal. The Chinese ...
Extension of US-China tariff pause ‘likely’ – South Korea eager to get trade pact signed, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says
They’re talking right now, but the decision-maker, of course, is President Trump,” Lutnick said of the state of negotiations ...
Ticker: US-China tariff talks closely watched; Tariffs on South Korea’s products threaten the ‘K-beauty’ boom
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng were meeting at the offices of Sweden’s prime ...
New York Post3mon
Despite their denials, China is losing the tariffs war
As President Trump brings manufacturing back to the US — and closes in on trade deals with India, Japan, and South Korea — China’s days as “the world’s factory floor” are numbered. And ...
US officials considered demanding Korea raise defense spending to 3.8% of GDP in tariff talks: report
Officials of US President Donald Trump's administration considered demanding that South Korea raise its defense spending to 3 ...