South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans across the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they drifted into southern waters and were rescued.

North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says that it remains unclear whether Seoul and Washington can conclude their tariff negotiations by next week’s deadline set by President Donald Trump

Southeast Asian countries and Indo-Pacific partners, including South Korea and the United States, have called for efforts to achieve the "complete denuclearizat

While most embassies to North Korea operate out of Beijing, Türkiye’s ambassador to Pyongyang remains concurrently accredited from Seoul. This gives Ankara a potentially crucial backchannel role in de-escalation diplomacy, especially at a time when North Korea’s traditional diplomatic channels have nearly collapsed since the pandemic.

South Korea will seek to ease inter-Korean tensions and renew dialogue with North Korea, while firmly responding to the North's nuclear and missile threats by working with the international community,