South Korea is weighing its options after President Donald Trump urged countries to join the US campaign to unblock shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, as the Asian ally remains wary of getting drawn into the Iran conflict.

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says that a summit between her brother and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won’t happen if Japan sticks to “its anachronistic” approach.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with a smiling U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, a day after South Korea's parliament passed a special bill enabling Seoul to implement a $350 billion investment pledge in the U.

Seoul will now have the legal framework it needs to carry out its investment commitment made to Washington in exchange for more favorable "reciprocal" tariff rates.

President Lee Jae-myung faces a difficult dilemma as he seeks to uphold the South Korea-U.S. alliance while avoiding entanglement in a drawn-out war against Iran.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, a South Korean official said. The meeting with the U.S. president came after Kim met U.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged South Korea, a major oil importer, to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, doubling down on President Donald Trump’s drive to coax security allies into helping America secure the key waterway.

Donald Trump said on Monday that he would increase tariffs on South Korean goods from 15% to 25% because the country’s legislature has yet to approve the trade framework announced last year. In a social media post, the president claimed the new rate ...

S. Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok held an unscheduled 20-minute meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss North Korea

South Korean lawmakers have passed the “Special Act on Investment in the United States” on Thursday, pledging an investment of USD 350 billion (roughly 517 trillion won). Previously, President

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung in the Oval Office, Aug. 25, 2025. Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok In a late January post on Truth Social, U.S. President Donald Trump ...