Thousands of South Koreans protested in capital city Seoul over US Prez Trump’s visit on5. Protestors with “No Trump!” placard voiced their opposition against POTUS ahead of his APEC summit visit. South Koreans expressed anguish over Trump’s reported demand to S.

Despite weeks of frantic diplomacy, the chances of South Korea and the United States sealing a trade deal before next week’s Apec summit appear to be slim, with strong domestic backing enabling Seoul to resist a compromise seen as perilous to the national economy.

South Korean Foreign Affairs Minister Cho Hyun discusses an elusive trade deal with the US, his views on North Korea, as well as the upcoming APEC summit in an interview with Correspondent Lim Yun Suk on CNA's East Asia Tonight.

The 2025 APEC summit is scheduled to take place in the southeastern city of Gyeongju from next Friday, with a summit between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump also expected.

North Korea fired a flurry of short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, Seoul's military said, a week ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's scheduled visit to the APEC summit.

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Friday called on U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to meet during the

North Korea said on Thursday it had tested a "cutting-edge" new weapon system using hypersonic missiles aimed at bolstering its defences against Pyongyang's foes.

North Korea successfully tested a "new cutting-edge weapons system" involving hypersonic missiles, state-run media reported Thursday, amid heightened regional tensions.