Japan PM Takaichi’s debut summits with China, South Korea reflect pragmatic foreign policy

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi capped a busy week of diplomacy by calming regional jitters that her hawkish and ultraconservative views as a lawmaker would destabilise international relations. Observers told The Straits Times that...

Marcos: ICI stands on firm legal ground

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday expressed confidence on the legal standing of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) which he created in September through an executive order. He said he was not surprised, and had expected,...

asia North Korea says denuclearisation is unrealisable 'pipe dream' before China, South Korea summit

SEOUL - North Korea said on Saturday (Nov 1) that denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealisable "pipe dream," according to state media KCNA. Chinese...

US President Bashes His Way Through East Asia

Image from The Trevor Project Assessing the damage from Typhoon Trump, which blew through East Asia last week, is difficult as some of the agreements with regional states were hastily cobbled together and may prove of scant consequence or...

Nvidia partners with South Korea to strengthen AI infrastructure

U.S. chipmaking giant Nvidia has announced a major partnership with the South Korean government and leading companies including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor to accelerate the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) development...

Nvidia partners with South Korean govt, Samsung, Hyundai, SK Hynix to boost AI development

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, shakes hands with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool...

PH, South Korea to expand ties on defense, security, infrastructure

BUSAN, South Korea – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have reaffirmed their countries’ deep strategic partnership, agreeing to expand cooperation in defense, infrastructure, and transnational crime...

asia South Korea's Lee says global trade order at critical inflection point

GYEONGJU, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday (Oct 31) the Asia-Pacific region was at a critical inflection point with a rapidly changing global economic order, as he chaired a leaders' summit in the city of Gyeongju....

asia South Korea to woo China's Xi with state visit as Apec wraps up

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Chinese President Xi Jinping will wrap up his three-day visit to South Korea on Saturday (Nov 1) with a state visit hosted by President Lee Jae Myung, the newly elected US ally who has pledged to balance Seoul's ties with...

APEC summit closes in South Korea after Trump, Xi agree on trade truce

(UPDATE) GYEONGJU, South Korea — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations were set to wrap up their annual economic forum on Saturday after US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on a temporary truce on their trade war,...

‘Seaweed’ out, now ‘GIM’···With exports of ‘gim’ at an all-time high, push to change its international name

Gim products displayed at a large supermarket in Seoul in April this year. Yonhap News This year, exports of domestically produced gim hit an all-time high. According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) agri-food export...

asia South Korea's Lee hopes to tackle AI and demographic issues at Apec summit

GYEONGJU, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Saturday (Nov 1) he hoped to co-operate with Asia-Pacific countries to tackle issues related to artificial intelligence and demographic changes at an annual summit of the...

Foreign Minister says ASEAN and APEC summits mark strong diplomatic success for Thailand

Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow says Thailand’s participation in the ASEAN and APEC summits in South Korea helped boost international confidence and deepen ties with major global partners. BANGKOK, Thailand – Foreign Minister Sihasak...

North Korea’s longtime ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam has died, Pyongyang says

Seoul, South Korea AP — Kim Yong Nam, a quintessential North Korean bureaucrat whose lifelong loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty allowed him to serve as the country’s ceremonial head of state for two decades, has died, state media reported Tuesday....

Nearly all Seoul residents back expanding e-scooter-free streets

Nearly all Seoul residents support expanding e-scooter-free streets across the city, a recent survey by the Seoul Metropolitan Government showed. According to the survey, 98.4 percent of respondents said they were in favor of the policy, which...

Sheikh Khaled meets President of South Korea

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, met South Korean President Lee Jae-myung at an economic summit on Friday. He met Mr Jae-myung on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) forum in Gyeongju, South Korea....

Nvidia says to supply 260,000 cutting-edge chips to South Korea

US tech giant Nvidia said on Friday it will supply 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea, as CEO Jensen Huang met President Lee Jae Myung and the heads of Korea's biggest companies on the sidelines of the APEC summit. South Korea...

Seoul Declaration at WEA General Assembly reasserts biblical authority, addressing pluralism and same-sex marriage

Delegates attend a business session at the World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, where the draft Seoul Declaration was presented for discussion and feedback before a plenary vote. Hudson Tsuei, Christian Daily...

Pianist Kun-woo Paik’s immaculate playing anchors OMM’s celebration of South Korea-Singapore ties

Esplanade Concert Hall Oct 31, 7.30pm Celebrating 50 Harmonious Years Of Singapore-Republic Of Korea Relations was the other title of this concert by the Orchestra of the Music Makers conducted by Chan Tze Law. Classical musicConcert...

Trump to restrict exports of Nvidia AI chips to China? What we know

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Nvidia's advanced Blackwell chip for artificial intelligence (AI) would not be available to “other people,” Reuters reported. Nvidia dominates the AI chip market and recently hit a $5 trillion market...