South Korea, Japan and Taiwan have underscored the potential pitfalls of possible U.S. tariffs on chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME), warning that the duties, if imposed, would raise costs for the U.

The South Korean Foreign Ministry said the lanes will be in place at GMP and PUS, where arriving Japanese passengers will go to a designated lane only for Japanese nationals. Similarly, South Korean passengers arriving at FUK and HND’s Terminal 3 will go to lanes aimed at moving South Koreans through quickly.

The one-month trial program in June will be available to passport holders from either country who have visited the other at least once within the previous year.

Pyongyang has carried out frequent missile tests in violation of United Nations Security Council sanctions and continues to build out its nuclear weapons program. The Kim Jong Un regime insists both are necessary for self-defense, citing "provocations" by the U.S. and its allies.

Japan spoke with Washington following Trump’s imposed auto tariffs before South Korea did, but South Korea appears to have a clearer path to a U.S. deal.

A report found that China invested the most public financing in Asean clean energy with over US$2.7 billion. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Korean Buddhist statue from the 14th century that was stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago has been returned following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ow

Japan's government says that in cooperation with South Korea fast-track immigration control for their citizens will be in place at four airports in the two countries for the month of June.

South Korea's presidential candidates faced off in a heated first TV debate on Sunday evening, ahead of a snap election on June 3 to choose a successor to former President Yoon Suk Yeol who was impeached over his short-lived martial law declaration in December.

Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple more than 12 years ago returned home on Monday following years-long legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ownership.

The top military officers of South Korea and the United States vowed to further strengthen the allies' trilateral security cooperation with Japan during their first video talks earlier this week, the South's military said Wednesday.