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Lee-Trump talks called off due to US leader's early G7 exit

President Lee Jae-myung’s first summit with US President Donald Trump will not happen Tuesday, the presidential office said Monday, following reports that Trump would depart Canada earlier than expected.

Now we are six: G7 leaders try to salvage their summit after Trump's early exit

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N. Korea to send 6,000 military builders, sappers to Kursk region

North Korea will send 5,000 military construction workers and 1,000 sappers to Russia's Kursk region, Russian media reports said Tuesday, while Moscow's security chief visited Pyongyang for talks with
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[Exclusive] North Korea distancing from South Korea since martial law: NIS chief nominee

South Korea's spy chief nominee Lee Jong-seok said Tuesday that North Korea appears to be keeping a strategic distance from the South since the martial law debacle last December. Lee said in a written
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[Bio USA] Samsung, Celltrion, SK lead Korea’s largest showing at Bio USA 2025

BOSTON — South Korean biotech companies are making a strong showing at the BIO International Convention 2025, which kicked off Monday in Boston for a four-day run. Widely regarded as the world’s large

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S. Korea urges nationals to immediately leave Iran, Israel

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised its travel advisory for Iran, urging its nationals to leave the country immediately in response to ongoing missile strikes between Israel and Iran. Eff

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Woori seeks to narrow investor gap with reforms, strategic expansion

While foreign investors have poured into South Korea’s major banking stocks over the past year, Woori Financial Group remains an outlier. Unlike peers KB, Hana and Shinhan— whose foreign ownership ran

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Interview: In 'Life of Ballerino,' men dance their dazzles and struggles

It felt more like a K-pop concert. With every leap and turn, cheers erupted from the audience, applause ringing out as if they were watching their favorite idols on stage. But this wasn't a pop specta

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From stigma to status symbol: Lime-green plates lose bite after a year on road

The lime-green license plate, introduced last year to curb the misuse of high-priced corporate vehicles, is facing growing skepticism over its effectiveness.