Biden highlights trilateral partnership with South Korea and Japan as key policy achievement

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday underscored the forging of the trilateral partnership between South Korea, the United States and Japan as a feat of his administration's policy drive to reinvigorate America's alliances and partnerships.

2025-01-14

Biden administration to place new, last-minute export controls on AI semiconductors: Report

The U.S. Joe Biden administration is expected to introduce new export control regulations on semiconductors needed for AI development just as the administration nears its end in mid-January, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

2025-01-09

Blinken to make final trip to Korea in bid to shore up relations ahead of Trump

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to visit Korea for a final farewell trip as the Biden administration ends early next month, as Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul is also set to finalize a visit to Washington.

2024-12-25

Biden signs defense bill, reaffirms U.S. troop presence in South Korea

President Joe Biden has signed into law an annual defense policy bill that calls for maintaining some 28,500 American troops in South Korea and reaffirming the United States' deterrence commitment to the Asian ally, according to the White House.

2024-12-25

Top diplomats of S. Korea, U.S. agree to 'promptly' hold in-person meeting

The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States agreed on Saturday to "promptly" hold an in-person meeting, according to Seoul's Foreign Ministry.

2024-12-21

Trump's new world order unlikely to punish Korea, insiders say

Officials in diplomatic circles in the U.S. capital do not believe U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will shred joint measures with South Korea that are mutually beneficial.

2024-12-08

U.S. 'relieved' by end of martial law in South Korea: White House

The United States is “relieved” that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol backtracked on his decision to declare emergency martial law, a White House National Security Council spokesperson said in Washington on Tuesday.

2024-12-04

Yoon discusses North Korea-Russia ties with Xi, meets with U.S. and Japanese leaders at APEC

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a summit on Friday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru and exchanged views on a wide range of issues between the two countries.

2024-11-17

Biden set to express concern over North Korea's troop deployment to Russia in meeting with Xi

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to express "deep concern" over North Korea's troop deployment to Russia during a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping set to take place on the margins of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

2024-11-14

Yoon to meet Biden and Ishiba for trilateral talks on APEC summit sidelines in Peru

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a trilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru this week.