U.S.-South Korea relations

When President Yoon visits this week, President Biden will announce specific new nuclear deterrence efforts as well as a new cybersecurity initiative.

For decades, the alliance primarily centered on security, political, and people-to-people ties. Then KORUS changed the game.

Leaked documents suggesting the U.S. spied on South Korea’s internal discussions on Ukraine could sour President Yoon’s upcoming trip to Washington.

The next decade may present the U.S.-Korea alliance -- which soon marks 70 years -- with more profound changes than any prior decade. 

While Yoon failed to hold a formal summit with U.S. President Joe Biden, he succeeded in having an “informal meeting” with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio. 

The EV provisions of the IRA are seen by South Korea as both a violation of trade rules and contrary to the deepening economic partnership between the two countries.

Pelosi met her South Korean counterpart on Thursday, but could not meet South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol because of his summer vacation in Seoul. 

Behind the headlines, the latest joint statement touched on some issues central to the future of the internet and the digital economy.

The U.S. president will be visiting South Korea and Japan from May 20-24.

Amid supply chain worries and high-tech competition, there has been a distinct shift in the tenor of the business relationship between Seoul and Washington.

Seoul is walking a fine line, carefully calibrating its cooperation with U.S. initiatives in the Indo-Pacific.