South Korea delays its own spy satellite liftoff, days after North's satellite launch

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has postponed the planned launch of its first military spy satellite set for this Thursday, officials said, days after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time. Under a contract with SpaceX, South...

North Korea restores border guard posts as tensions rise over its satellite launch, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea's military said Monday, after animosities spiked between the rivals over the North's recent spy satellite launch. The...

South Korea, Japan and China agree to resume trilateral leaders' summit, but without specific date

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Meeting for the first time in about four years, the top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China agreed Sunday to revive cooperation among the Asian neighbors and resume their leaders’ trilateral summit — but without a specific timing. Closely...

Top diplomats from Japan and China meet in South Korea ahead of 3-way regional talks

TOKYO (AP) — Top diplomats from Japan and China met for bilateral talks Saturday to try to resolve disputes including China's ban on Japanese seafood, which has hit Japanese exporters. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, met in South...

Diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China will meet about resuming a trilateral leaders' summit

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China are to gather in South Korea over the weekend to discuss resuming their leaders’ summit, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. An annual trilateral meeting among the leaders of the three Northeast...

South Korea says Russian support likely enabled North Korea to successfully launch a spy satellite

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has concluded that Russian support likely enabled North Korea to put a spy satellite into orbit for the first time this week, and it should be clear in several days whether it is functioning properly, officials said Thursday. The launch has...

North Korean missile launch after South Korea partially suspended their 2018 agreement likely failed

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed Wednesday night, hours after Seoul said it would resume front-line aerial surveillance in response to the North’s spy satellite launch. South Korea’s...

South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the sea but the launch likely failed

In the land of the rising stocks, clouds may be arriving

NEW YORK (AP) — After decades as some of the world’s most disappointing stocks, Japanese equities are suddenly lighting it up once again. The Nikkei 225 index has surged 28% this year through Monday, roughly 10 percentage points better than the S&P 500 index of U.S. stocks...

King Charles welcomes South Korea's president with state banquet, mingles with K-pop band Blackpink

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife at a glittering banquet at Buckingham Palace Tuesday, as Britain rolled out the red carpet for a formal state visit aimed at strengthening trade and defense ties between the two countries. The...