President Donald Trump tried again Tuesday to rewrite the history of US relations with South Korea. Trump has repeatedly delivered false assertions about the payments South Korea has made for decades to help cover the cost of the major US military presence in the country (more than 26,

South Korea welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to pause for 90 days some of the tariffs that hit dozens of US trade partners as it seeks to cut a trade deal with the US to lower the levies imposed on the Asian export powerhouse.

South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo on Tuesday spoke with President Donald Trump over the phone, a day before Trump's 25% tariff on the Asian ally is scheduled to kick in. It is the first time Trump spoke with any of South Korea's acting leaders since he took office in January,