South Korea to woo China's Xi with state visit
Digest more
President Trump met with President Xi on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit last week. APEC's host, South Korea, is carefully balancing its relations with the U.S. and China.
China’s President Xi Jinping will meet his new South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung as both leaders work to rebuild ties between their two countries, after years of Seoul moving closer to the US.
China and South Korea signed a bilateral currency swap and other economic cooperation agreements on Saturday, as their leaders held summit talks in a bid to improve bilateral ties. The won-yuan swap line of a maximum 70 trillion won ($49.
Stéphanie Guillaume built a new life in Seoul, starting on a student visa before switching to a business visa.
South Korean analysts have welcomed the new trade and investment agreement with Washington, announced to coincide with President Donald Trump's visit.
Seoul will invest $200 billion, or as much as $20 billion a year, and set aside another $150 billion to invest in its American shipbuilding operations, a South Korean official said.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju on Saturday (1 November), marking Xi’s first visit to South Korea in 11 years. Lee urged Xi to help revive dialogue with North Korea and support efforts toward denuclearisation.
The following are some of the details released by South Korea's chief policy adviser Kim Yong-beom and from a U.S. White House factsheet on the trade deal reached between the two countries.
The authorities have been scrambling to accommodate this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, which is known for tombs, temples and pagodas.
A casual dinner outing in Seoul by three tech billionaires has led to a significant surge in South Korean fried chicken stocks. Jensen Huang, Lee Jae-yong, and Chung Eui-sun were spotted dining at Kkanbu Chicken,
Is it better than in the States? Honestly, the answer might be yes. But I have to say, for this one thing, the US does it better.
President Trump marked the penultimate day of his three-country swing through Asia Wednesday by announcing a trade deal between the US and South Korea — after officials from both countries previously downplayed the prospects of a breakthrough.