U.S. President Donald Trump might visit China before going to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit between October 30 and November 1, or he could meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC event in South Korea,

South Korea's National Security Adviser, Wi Sung-lac, has departed for Washington, DC, with less than two weeks remaining before the August 1 deadline for tariff negotiations with the US, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Relatives of the Jeju Air disaster victims objected to the report in a stormy scene at a news conference, complaining that it blamed the pilots prematurely.

South Korea's space ambitions keep growing. The nation wants to build a moon base by 2025, The Korea Times reported on Thursday (July 17), citing a long-term exploration road map that the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) laid out that same day during a hearing at the National Research Foundation of Korea in Daejeon.

South Korea is considering legislation that would impose legally binding human rights obligations on many companies operating in the country, both domestic and foreign.

Torrential rains in South Korea over five days have caused 17 deaths and left 11 people missing, officials report.

South Korea’s annual monsoon season officially ended nationwide on July 20, with central regions joining the rest of the country in exiting the prolonged rainy spell. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) warned that a period of extreme heat is set to follow immediately.

Heavy rains pounded South Korea for a third day on Friday in a deluge that has killed at least four people, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and destroyed property and infrastructure.