South Korea

Trump says U.S. will share tech that lets South Korea build a nuclear-powered submarine

By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, Associated Press

The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday after meeting with the country’s president.

North Korea touts missile tests as Trump visits South Korea

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that it has conducted successful cruise missile tests, the latest display of its growing military capabilities and one that came a day before U.S. President Donald Trump visited South Korea. Trump…

Trump scores golden gifts as United States and Seoul advance trade talks

By Chris Megerian, Associated Press

Although a deal is not yet signed, the two sides are addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy.

Will Trump meet with Kim? Speculation flares ahead of U.S. president's visit to South Korea

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

If realized, it would mark the two’s first summit since their last meeting at the Korean border village of Panmunjom in June 2019, and fourth overall.

Trump will promote big investments in Japan and South Korea, but details are fuzzy

By Josh Boak, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is going to Japan and South Korea next week to promote an epic financial windfall — at least $900 billion in investments for U.S. factories, a natural gas pipeline and other projects.

U.S. will allow South Koreans with short-term visas and waivers to work at industrial sites, Seoul says

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

The announcement came weeks after South Korea flew home more than 300 of its nationals who had been detained in a massive immigration raid at a battery factory being built on Hyundai's sprawling auto plant campus near Savannah, Georgia.

Trump says he and Xi will meet in South Korea next month and he'll later go to China

By Didi Tang, Associated Press

In a Truth Social post afterward, Trump said Xi would come to the United states and noted the leaders made progress on "the approval of the TikTok Deal.

South Korean workers return home after days in detention following US immigration raid

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

Their roundup and the U.S. release of video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key U.S. ally.

South Korean workers who were detained in a Hyundai factory raid are now headed home. Here's what else to know

By Kate Brumback, Russ Bynum, Associated Press

The workers went by bus from southeast Georgia to Atlanta earlier in the day and are expected to land in South Korea on Friday afternoon.

More than 300 South Korean workers detained in immigration raid leave Atlanta and head home

By Kate Brumback, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the detainees released by U.S. authorities included 316 Koreans, 10 Chinese nationals, three Japanese nationals and one Indonesian.