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Xi and Trump look ready to move relations to less confrontational mode
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US president in South Korea for first meeting with Chinese counterpart since reelection to White House
South Korea mulls $350bn US investment - the price of avoiding Trump’s tariffs
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Trial of man accused of Shinzo Abe’s murder to shine light on dark side of Japan
Tetsuya Yamagami, seen by some as a ‘folk hero’, bore grudge over Moonies’ links to Japanese elite
Donald Trump vs Xi Jinping: who holds the stronger hand?
As tensions escalate, our correspondents examine the contrasting styles and strategies of the two leaders ahead of a pivotal summit
Chips are down for Europe after landing in the crossfire of US-China trade war
European Union’s substantive trade issues with China has already wiped out renewable energy companies and now threatens car industry
Fearghal Curtin’s bold marathon tactics pay off to set new Irish record
Curtin (27) wins the Gyeongju International Marathon with a time of 2:07:54
What is K-pop and why is it everywhere?
The huge success of the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters has brought the Korean pop genre to the West, with near-sell-out Dublin and Cork shows on the way
Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to meet in South Korea next month
US president plans to go to China next year amid trade tension between the two superpowers
Irish grandmother’s ICE ordeal shows risks facing documented and undocumented immigrants in US
The arrest of an Irish grandmother over a $25 bad cheque a decade ago shows how hardline Trump’s policies have become
South Korea wants workers detained in Georgia raid to be allowed re-enter US
About 300 South Koreans were among 475 people arrested as part of an immigration operation on Thursday
Lisbon funicular crash: Police release nationalities of 16 people killed
British, Canadians, Portuguese and South Koreans among dead
South Korea’s former first lady in solitary confinement after bribery arrest
Wife of former president Yoon Suk Yeol, who was charged with insurrection over bid for martial law, also detained
South Korea death toll rises to 14 after landslide and flooding
Twelve more people are missing since heavy rains began on Wednesday
India orders its airlines to examine fuel switches on some Boeing models
South Korea will take similar measure as scrutiny of fuel switch locks intensifies
More than 20 Irish companies on Asian trade mission
Agriculture minister Martin Heydon and State agencies bid to boost markets for Irish food
Irish early risers try to help get South Korea’s suicide rate down
Globally the suicide rate is declining, but in South Korea it’s going up
The Irish Times view on the South Korean election: a vote for stability
The country’s new president promises a pragmatic foreign p
South Korea election: New president Lee Jae-myung pledges to revive democracy and economy
Lee’s decisive victory in snap election stands to usher in sea change in Asia’s fourth-largest economy
South Korea election: projected victory for Lee Jae-myung could herald big foreign policy shift
Election was triggered by the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, the conservative president who declared martial law last December
Lee Jae-myung: The man set to take over South Korea’s turbulent democracy
South Korea's presidential election comes after country’s former leader was impeached for imposing martial law
South Korea’s former president Moon indicted for alleged bribery
Corruption charge connected to employment of his former son-in-law at a now-defunct small budget airline
South Koreans celebrate Yoon’s expulsion but ousting does not heal divisions
Country’s chief justice formally expelled the president from office on Friday
South Korea’s president removed from office over martial law bid
Yoon Suk Yeol’s shortlived attempt to impose military rule triggered political crisis
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as disaster chief points to ‘harsh reality’ of climate crisis
Raging fires have killed at least 27 and displaced about 37,000
South Korea wildfires kill at least 24, force more than 27,000 to evacuate
Pilot killed in firefighting helicopter crash amid battle to contain some of country’s worst forest fires in decades
Fraud and abuse in South Korea’s foreign-adoption programme in 1970s and 1980s highlighted
Children were falsely documented as abandoned orphans and children’s identities were switched, commission finds
South Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han Duck-soo as acting president
Han was accused of not opposing president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration
South Korean court cancels impeached president Yoon’s arrest warrant
Ruling paves way for Yoon’s release from jail following arrest over brief imposition of martial law
Fifteen injured after South Korean jets accidentally drop bombs on homes
Air force says eight Mk82 bombs from two jets fell outside shooting range during live-fire exercises
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