Taisuke Mibae, deputy head of mission at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, enters the foreign ministry in the capital on Jan. 24, 2025. The ministry called him in to lodge a protest over Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya's reiteration the same day of Tokyo's territorial claim to South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo.

The South Korean government will reduce subsidies for biomass energy after rising domestic and international criticism of its link to deforestation. Environmental activists generally applauded the reforms but criticized loopholes and slow timelines for phasing out the subsidies.

Japan's largest LNG buyer, JERA, is seeking to diversify its supply by increasing purchases from the United States.

Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss strengthening their relations in the face of increasing security challenges in the region and political tumult in the host nation.

Japanese and South Korean fighters escorted U.S. bombers in the first air power demonstration of the year by the three countries.

With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.

The short-range missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, South Korea said. SEOUL and TOKYO -- North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

South Korea will tighten regulations on stock market listings to improve the quality and competitiveness, the financial regulator said on Tuesday, in the latest move by authorities aimed at making the domestic stock market more attractive to investors.

South Korea, Japan Foreign Ministers Stress Security Ties Amid Political Turmoil By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from South Korea and Japan met in Seoul on Monday to discuss strengthening their relations in the face of increasing security challenges in the region and ...

Hand-drawn caricature portraits have become all the rage in South Korea, even in the age of flattering photo filters and AI touch-ups. NHK World's Kim Chan-ju explores the trend.

Japan's unbeaten Naoya Inoue retained his undisputed world super-bantamweight titles on Friday in style by knocking out South Korean rank outsider Kim Ye-joon in the fourth round in Tokyo. It was Inoue's third title defence since becoming undisputed super-bantamweight world champion in December 2023.