SEOUL: No thanks to his "xie xie" gaffe from a year ago, former opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who is widely regarded as ...

The presidential hopeful is known for his strength in domestic politics but has appeared weak when it comes to foreign policy. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The developments came as China has struck a publicly defiant tone and Trump sowed confusion by claiming that he had spoken ...

The damage to Washington’s image and its relationships with the rest of the world, including South-East Asia, may be lasting.

The gain in stocks was led by tech stocks. Shares of Apple, Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, Tesla, Microsoft and Alphabet, also known ...

The White House has hinted that its first trade deal could be with South Korea, saying that the talks are progressing faster ...

Beijing may target companies in a third country for the first time to restrict U.S. access to critical rare earth metals.

DeepSeek is under investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee over concerns it may share U.S. user data with the CCP or train its AI on American models.

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That judgement jibes with the view of President Trump that China represents an existential threat, as seen in the ongoing trade war.

South Korea expressed "deep concern" over a set of steel structures China installed in the Yellow Sea, while emphasizing that ...

Global credit ratings agency Fitch said it was "quite closely" watching how South Korea manages geopolitical challenges amid ...