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Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he is arranging a trip to South Korea for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol in return for his March visit to Tokyo

The Independent UK

Japan, S.Korea revive stalled economic talks as global risks rise

Japan and South Korea held their first finance leaders' meeting in seven years on Tuesday and agreed to resume regular dialogue as tensions in the wider region and slowing growth prod them to increase co-operation and mend strained relations.

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon says nuclear consultative group upgrades U.S. alliance

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday that a planned nuclear consultative group and new partnerships on supply chains and science and technology are an "upgrade" to the country's alliance with the United States.

Reuters

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Japanese PM plans to visit South Korea from Sunday, Kyodo says

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is planning to visit South Korea on May 7 and 8 for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted the premier as telling reporters on Tuesday.

Reuters

Special silver medals for Perth curlers at World Senior Championships in Korea

Both Scotland's women and men enjoyed a productive tournament performance in Korea

Daily Record

Hungry museum visitor eats valuable banana artwork after skipping breakfast

An artwork called 'Comedian' was eaten by a 'hungry' student who was visiting the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea - and the incident was filmed by a friend

Daily Mirror

No change to Formula E Hankook tyre for 2024 despite criticisms

The South Korean manufacturer became the sole tyre supplier to the championship for 2023, replacing Michelin rubber which had been used since the inaugural season in 2014.

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U.S., Japan, South Korea leaders to meet at G7 Hiroshima Summit - U.S. officials

Leaders from the United States, Japan and South Korea will hold a meeting at the time of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima this month, senior U.S. administration officials said.

Reuters

Gucci's Cruise 2024 to be held at Gyeongbokgung Palace in South Korea

Gucci's Cruise 2024 collection will be stages at Gyeongbokgung Palace, in Seoul on May 15, 2023. This will also mark the brand's 25 years in the country.

The Times of India

North Korea blasts U.S.-South Korea summit deal for escalating tension

North Korea criticised a recent U.S-South Korea agreement to bolster the deployment of American strategic assets in the region for escalating tension to the "brink of a nuclear war," state media KCNA said on Monday.

Reuters

Korea National Contemporary Dance Company review – rhythmic repetition and gleeful jumping

Double bill of Jaeyoung Lee’s Mechanism and Sung Im Her’s Everything Falls Dramatic opens the sixth annual Korea showcase, which this year tours for the first time

The Guardian - UK

Ron DeSantis critics gloat over ‘brutal’ reviews of his UK trip: ‘Horrendous, low-wattage, bored’

The Florida governor and his wife travelled this week to Israel, Japan, Korea and the UK on an economic trade mission

The Independent UK

14 best places for street food in Newcastle

Here's a pick of top spots around the city serving street food - including Greek, Korean, Lebanese, Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian and Chilean

Chronicle Live

South Korea may look perfect, but behind the facade lies a devastating suicide crisis

The death of a K-pop star has focused minds again on the young people struggling to cope in this hyper-competitive society, says Raphael Rashid, a Seoul-based journalist and author

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Al Jazeera

Kim Jong Un’s sister warns US-S Korea pact risks ‘serious danger’

Kim Jong Un’s sister said N Korea would respond in ‘direct proportion’ to her country’s enemies – the US and S Korea.

Reuters

Japan PM Kishida to visit South Korea for summit with Yoon - Kyodo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit South Korea early next month and hold a meeting with President Yoon Suk Yeol, around May 7-8, Kyodo reported, citing multiple unnamed Japanese and South Korean diplomatic sources.

The Independent UK

N. Korea insults Biden, slams defense agreement with Seoul

The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new U.S.-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat, which she insists shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang

Reuters

On lethal aid to Ukraine, South Korean leader says Seoul considering its options

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday it was necessary to ensure Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not succeed and that Seoul was considering its options when it came to lethal aid to Kyiv.

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Bangkok Post

Sources of East Asia's industrial capabilities

As the US works to limit China's access to advanced technologies like semiconductors, it cannot ignore its own dependence on small Asian economies like South Korea and Taiwan for many of those same technologies. The question the US and its allies must ask, then, is how reliable these economies are…

The Hindu

Sindhu, Prannoy make quarterfinals exits from Badminton Asia Championships

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu squandered a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships in Dubai

The Hindu

Tackling the threat: On the U.S.-South Korea cooperation agreement, the Washington Declaration

Though the treaty between the U.S. and South Korea will strengthen the nuclear umbrella across the Korean Peninsula, all sides must pursue peace-building in the long term

Belfast Live

Belfast twinned with Sejong in South Korea as smart cities

The Mayor of Sejong will be hosted in Belfast in August

The Conversation

US-Korea summit: Joe Biden's 'American Pie' won't include stationing nuclear weapons on the peninsula

The rendition of Don McLean’s classic pop song American Pie by Yoon Suk Yeol may have dominated the headlines as the South Korean president enjoyed dinner at the White House with Joe Biden – Yoon is, reportedly, a devotee of “noraebang”, Korean karaoke. But the frivolity of the moment was…

WEKU

The U.S.-South Korea Washington Declaration meets with criticism in Seoul

An outpouring of criticism has focused on concerns that Seoul gave more than it got, and that the Washington Declaration might even make South Korea's neighborhood a more dangerous place.

Roll Call

Paris in the spring, Korea in the House: Photos of the week - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Debt limit, South Korea's president and Paris Hilton highlighted the action in the Capitol over last week of April.

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