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While the US threatens South Korea with high tariffs as it demands that its ally remove non-tariff barriers, a new report has revealed that the US notified partners of the most technical barriers to trade.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung argued on Sunday that the chief task of our times is to go beyond political democracy and minimalist conceptions of democracy to achieve socio-economic democracy and real-life democracy.

“We have faith in the National Assembly and the administration and will send all students back to class,” Lee announced.

"I want to tell the far-right protesters this: you will go home knowing that solidarity and friendship are far stronger and everlasting than hate.".

The sordid saga of Yoon Suk-yeol has made our senior political writer Seong Han-yong feel, once again, that the Korean presidency is cursed.

Financial markets both inside and outside the US seem unfazed by Trump’s letters to major trading partners such as Korea and Japan that amount to ultimatums about steep reciprocal tariffs.

To be sure, the US has plenty of problems, including, most notably, the short-term problem of distracted leadership.

Since the US has already placed steep tariffs on steel (50%) and automobiles (25%), the tariff on semiconductors would effectively hobble all three of Korea’s main export items.

When asked if he could’ve mistaken the noise of the drone with anything else, Matsegora said, “The drone circled the area at least three times. Pyongyang is normally dead silent at that time of night, so it is impossible for me to have been mistaken.”.

Resetting inter-Korean relations along the lines of integration and mutual respect is pragmatic and future-oriented, and would also boost our strategic autonomy in an era of rapid geopolitical changes.

The fan in Yoon's cell can be turned on for 24 hours but will turn off for 10 minutes after being on for 50, for fear of potential fire hazards.

During his second term, it’s clear that Trump has ignited and expanded internal and external divisions, just as he did during his first term.

“Since I was a standing commissioner throughout the period that the commission’s independence was being undermined, I sent GANHRI a written statement summarizing everything that happened during that period,” Nam told the Hankyoreh on Tuesday.

The narrative of Korea being a “free rider” is inaccurate. In fact, Korea’s financial contribution has grown over the years. It reached about 1.04 trillion won in 2020, Trump’s final year as president, and continued to rise even after Biden took office.

The team conducting the independent probe will now have to wrap up its investigations on the listed suspicions and lay charges against Yoon before the end of the 20-day detainment period.

Trump’s identity is somewhere between “businessman” and “MAGA warrior.” While he hewed closer to the businessman role during his first term, he has been skewing toward the “MAGA warrior” side during his second.

Yoon's arrest comes 124 days after his release from custody on March 8, when a court decided to order his release after investigators had placed him in pre-trial detention on suspicion of leading an insurrection.

“Seeing how the Paju city government and police have been working to resolve the issue, I felt we family members of abductees in North Korea should play our part in hastening inter-Korean dialogue,” Choi said.

Even if Trump succeeds in adding other “triumphs” to his list, there are clear limitations he will encounter in playing a capricious, global peacemaking daddy when his opponents simply reject his role of daddy cool.

Lula said it’s “not right” for “the president of a country the size of the United States [to threaten] the world on the Internet.”.