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Biden pushes economic, security aims as he ends three-day South Korea visit

Earlier in his trip, Biden toured a computer chip plant run by Samsung, the Korean electronics giant that plans to build a $17 billion production facility in Texas

Biden highlights Hyundai announcement of $10 bn US investment in EVs

Appearing with Biden, Hyundai CEO Euisun Chung said Sunday his company would spend another $5 billion on artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles and other technologies

US, S Korea say will consider expanding military drills to deter N Korea

US President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said after meeting Saturday that they will consider expanded military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea

Biden and S Korea's Yoon call for alliance to tackle threats beyond N Korea

Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol are meeting in Seoul for their first diplomatic engagement since the South Korean president's inauguration 11 days ago.

N Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting in Seoul

US President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol will search for ways on Saturday to break a diplomatic stalemate with North Korea

Joe Biden arrives in South Korea for first summit with Yoon Suk-yeol

US President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea's nuclear program and supply chain risks

Biden to highlight US chip production in South Korea in his first Asia trip

Biden will open his trip to Asia with a focus on the Us tech sector, touring a Samsung computer chip plant on Friday that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory

South Korea reports 25,125 fresh Covid cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours

The daily caseload was down from 28,130 in the previous day and lower than 32,441 tallied a week ago, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)

White House says Biden, Chin'as Xi Jinping may talk in coming weeks

Biden lands in South Korea on Friday evening, where he meets new President Yoon Suk-yeol with North Korea at the top of the agenda

Biden, South Korea's Yoon to meet amid concerns over North Korea

Leader Kim Jong Un abandoned a freeze on intercontinental ballistic missile testing and appears poised to resume testing of nuclear bombs, perhaps while Biden is in the region

Joe Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea and Japan

Biden departs Thursday and is set to meet newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Crypto-loving S Koreans bet on Luna rising from ashes, worrying regulator

Reckoning they have little to lose with prices so ridiculously low, South Korean speculators in recent days have piled into Luna, a cryptocurrency that lost 99.99% of its value last week

Biden's upcoming Asia visit for Quad Summit to focus on Indo-Pacific

In his first trip as President to the Indo-Pacific region, Joe Biden will use to assert American leadership in this vital region of the world: Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor

S Korean companies likely to invest in US in line with Biden's visit

President Yoon Suk-yeol said on the 16th that he will discuss ways to strengthen global supply chain cooperation through the India-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with U.S. President Joe Biden

Hyundai to set up $7 bn EV plant in US during Biden's Asia visit: Report

Hyundai is finalizing those plans as President Joe Biden is set to travel to South Korea next week as part of his first visit to Asia during his presidency

S. Korea seeks to resume construction of 2 nuclear reactors in 2025: Report

The project to build the two 1,400-megawatt reactors has been on hold since 2017; they had been scheduled to be completed by 2023

PM Modi congratulates new S. Korean Prez, looks forward to bolstering ties

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's new president and the leader of the nation's first conservative government in five years was sworn in as new president on Tuesday

Why is the new South Korean prez moving out of the old presidential palace?

The new South Korean president wants to prioritise relations with the US and China may not like it

South Korea's new leader offers support if North Korea denuclearises

South Korea's new president says he'll present an audacious plan to improve North Korea's economy if it denuclearises.

New South Korean President takes office, briefed on North Korea

Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol took office as South Korea's president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges