Trump's return to office raises uncertainty over U.S.-South Korea relations as political turmoil in Seoul challenges effective leadership and diplomacy.

Defence ministry in Beijing issues warning after US Space Force extended its operations to Japan for the first time this month.

South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country’s deepening demographic crisis.

China’s slowing economic growth and its increasing use of electric vehicles and liquefied natural gas are reducing the country’s appetite for crude.

South Korea’s political crisis shows no sign of abating. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment and impending arrest will usher in months of leadership uncertainty. The chaos will be welcomed by China and North Korea, but for the U.S., its influence with a key ally is at risk.

China-North Korea relations have significantly cooled this year as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to office.

South Korea’s Congress passed an impeachment bill for President Yoon Suk Yeol. While the constitutional court of Korea is expected to deliver a final verdict within 180 days, the odds are not in the president’s favor due to his imposition of martial law and adverse public opinion.

China's battery materials sector is thriving, backed by government subsidies, low electricity costs, and cheaper labor, enabling aggressive investment. In contrast, South Korean firms, lacking comparable support,

If Trump is allowed by Elon Musk to stick to his guns, he can apply to China the principle he announced for his domestic opponents: “Success will be our retribution.”

Andrei Lankov is a historian of North Korea at Kookmin University, Seoul. He is the author of The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia. In 2017, the highly militarized regime of Kim Jong Un of North Korea found itself confronting a rare coalition of China,

South Korea has played a crucial role in Manila’s maritime security strategy. Can that cooperation survive if the Yoon administration comes to an abrupt end?

South Korea’s Congress passed an impeachment bill for President Yoon Suk Yeol. While the constitutional court of Korea is expected to deliver a final verdict within 180 days, the odds are not in the president’s favor due to his imposition of martial law and adverse public opinion.