S. Korea faces mounting strategic pressure as rivalry between the U.S. and China intensifies across the Indo-Pacific, raising questions how to balance

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S., Japanese and South Korean officials met in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss ways to thwart an illicit tech workers scheme that enables North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, to fund ...

In Korea as in the United States, we need to investigate and understand what works and what does not. This past week, the Center for Korean Studies hosted an important conference with leading scholars from across the world,

South Korea Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo reaffirmed Thursday that Seoul would carry out the tariff agreement reached with the United States last year.

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung in the Oval Office, Aug. 25, 2025.

South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said the government will review US investment projects until the enabling law is passed. Under the trade deal with the United States, South Korea is supposed to invest $350 billion in the United States.

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The United States and South Korea face increasingly dangerous threats in China and North Korea. Support for an independent nuclear ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is escorted by President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea at the Gyeongju National Museum, South Korea, Oct. 29, 2025. Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held a second summit ...