The agreement that Japan secured has added pressure on South Korea to defuse the threat of high tariffs on its exports to the United States.

South Korea and the United States have been discussing a shipbuilding tie-up that could include investments to modernise U.S. shipyards and more help to repair the U.S. naval fleet as Seoul seeks better tariff terms,

North Korea issued a warning to Washington, insisting that any attempt by President Donald Trump’s second administration to revive stalled denuclearisation talks would be “nothing but a mockery.” In a statement broadcast by North Korean state media,

South Korea’s state-run energy companies, including Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), are drawing renewed attention as President Donald Trump pushes to revive the United States’ nuclear energy industry with an ambitious plan to quadruple national capacity to 400 gigawatts (GW) by 2050.

Three South Korean cabinet-level officials met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington in a push to close a trade deal, Seoul said on Wednesday, squaring off with a key U.S. official driving a hard bargain just ahead of a deadline.

The European Union pledged to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy resources from the United States. Experts say that’s unrealistic and could hurt Europe’s climate goals.

South Korea’s top economic, trade, and foreign affairs officials have converged on Washington, D.C., in a last-ditch effort to finalize a trade agreement with the United States before President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline for imposing 25% reciprocal tariffs.

President Donald Trump commemorated National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day with a message honoring the nearly 2 million Americans who fought in the Korean War. The July 28 statement praised veterans who served in what’s often called the “Forgotten War.”