asia South Korean president Lee asks China's Xi for help engaging North Korea

GYEONGJU, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday (Nov 1), while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen co-operation...

South Korea urges China to revive dialogue with North Korea as Xi makes landmark Seoul visit

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju on Saturday (1 November), marking Xi’s first visit to South Korea in 11 years. Lee urged Xi to help revive dialogue with North Korea and support efforts toward...

South Korean Prez urges China’s Xi to assist in resuming talks with North Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the...

Trump on nuclear testing, the government shutdown, immigration and tariffs

It's been five years since President Trump appeared for an interview on 60 Minutes. A lot has happened since then, not least of which was his political comeback and triumphant return to the White House. On Friday, hours after he touched down from...

South Korean president Lee asks China’s Xi for help in engaging North Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the...

South Korea's Lee urges China's Xi to help resume talks with North Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the...

South Korea urges China to push North Korea back to talks

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung asked Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday to play a more active role in persuading North Korea to resume denuclearization talks, as the two leaders also agreed on a series of measures to expand economic...

How North Korea Uses Vietnam to Avoid UN Sanctions

Despite successive rounds of sanctions, North Korea continues to generate hard currency and preserve diplomatic access. This persistence stems less from loopholes than from a “small-node strategy”: dispersing revenue and embedding low-visibility...

South Korean president Lee asks China’s Xi for help engaging North Korea

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping’s help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the...

Asia-Pacific shift as Seoul and Beijing deepen cultural and economic ties

Seoul and Beijing accelerated bilateral engagement on Saturday when their leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju. President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea and President Xi Jinping of China signed a...

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks

During his meeting with Lee, Xi called for Seoul to work with Beijing to “practice genuine multilateralism,” according to Chinese state media, as he continued to position Beijing as the defender of the global trade order upended by Trump's...

Lee, Trump, Xi showcase diplomatic ties with cultural gifts during APEC

Published: 02 Nov. 2025, 18:40 President Lee Jae Myung, right, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump after gifting him a replica of a Silla-era gold crown at the Gyeongju National Museum in North Gyeongsang ahead of their bilateral summit...

Trump cites China, Russia as U.S. eyes nuclear test

U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will resume nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years, claiming that North Korea continues its nuclear tests and that Russia and China are also conducting them secretly. In a CBS “60 Minutes”...

Pakistan secretly testing nukes, claims Trump

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Pakistan has been secretly “testing nuclear weapons”, alongside Russia, China and North Korea, the comments coming as Washington itself considers resuming nuclear testing after more than three decades. In...

Readers sound off on religion’s absence, democratic socialists and proof of life

Politics is turning our sense of purpose toxic Bloomington, Ind.: As our world grows more secular and less theological, many people are drifting from organized religion. Yet the impulse to believe in something larger than ourselves hasn’t...

How North Korea will fight back against the South’s nuclear submarine plans

US approval aims to free up assets to counter China, but also escalates an inter-Korean naval arms race U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to greenlight a South Korean nuclear-powered submarine has paved the way for Seoul to finally develop a...

Captured North Korean war prisoners in Ukraine ask to be brought to South Korea

Published: 31 Oct. 2025, 14:31 North Korean prisoners of war, identified by their surnames Baek and Ri, captured by Ukrainian forces, eat food sent by North Korean defector groups while meeting with a documentary producer at a prisoner camp in...

Lee-Xi summit to focus on thawing ties, N. Korea issue

The upcoming summit between President Lee Jae Myung and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday will serve as a key test of how Seoul and Beijing navigate a decade of mistrust and a rapidly changing regional order, diplomatic observers said. Xi’s...

When North Korea’s police fail, an underground believer steps in to help

A mysterious act of kindness toward two stranded market vendors in South Hwanghae province has sparked widespread speculation about underground Christian believers after the helper’s cryptic parting words suggested forbidden religious faith....

2 N. Korean captives in Ukraine pled to take them to S. Korea: activist

Two North Korean prisoners of war in Ukraine, captured while fighting for Russia and detained since early 2025, have pleaded with a visiting documentary producer to bring them to South Korea, an activist said Friday. Jang Se-yul, head of a North...