South Korea is set to relocate the presidential office back to the Blue House in a move aimed at erasing former leader Yoon Suk Yeol’s legacy a year after his failed bid to put the country under martial law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-blue-house/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #yoonsukyeol #southkorea #leejaemyung
SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to discuss cooperation in AI and semiconductors, as well as infrastructure investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/05/softbank-son-south-korean-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #southkorea #masayoshison #artificialintelligence #leejaemyung
There is still work left to deal with the fallout of the failed martial law bid one year ago and ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-martial-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #leejaemyung #yoonsukyeol
President Lee’s successful negotiations with Trump are being heralded as the "Korean model." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/11/23/world/south-korea-us-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #us #leejaemyung #donaldtrump #europeanunion #minjooparty #southkoreajapanrelations #southkoreausrelations #hyundaimotor #sanaetakaichi
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says his country needs to calmly watch rising Japan-China tensions stemming from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark over Taiwan and do its best to maximize its national interest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/politics/south-korea-lee-comments-japan-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #leejaemyung #sanaetakaichi #taiwan
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's leadership style is proving to be a double-edged sword a month into her tenure. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/21/japan/politics/takaichi-one-month-leadership/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #xijinping #leejaemyung #taiwan
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's summit diplomacy with the United States, China and South Korea has won her high marks from respondents of an opinion poll by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/jiji-poll-takaichi-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #surveys #donaldtrump #xijinping #leejaemyung #ldp #nipponishinnokai
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Xi Jinping have held their first meeting, as the Chinese leader took center stage and reforged old ties at an Asian summit from which U.S. leader Donald Trump was largely absent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/02/asia-pacific/politics/china-xi-south-korea-lee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #southkorea #leejaemyung #xijinping #apec
Facing deepening fractures in the global trade order, Asia-Pacific leaders adopted a joint declaration that emphasized the need for resilience and shared benefits in trade at the end of the annual APEC summit Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/asia-pacific/politics/apec-summit-trade-wrapup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #apec #indopacific #southkorea #trade #tariffs #donaldtrump #us #china #leejaemyung #xijinping #globaleconomy
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday that he was not concerned about the future of his country’s ties with Japan, following a meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi earlier in the week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/politics/south-korea-lee-japan-takaichi-worries-vanished/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #leejaemyung #history #wwii #sanaetakaichi
North Korea said on Saturday that denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, which South Korea said will be discussed in a summit with China later that day, is an unrealizable "pipe dream," according to state-run media. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/asia-pacific/north-korea-denuclearization-pipe-dream/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #nuclearweapons #china #xijinping #leejaemyung
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet his new South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung as both leaders work to rebuild ties between their two countries, after years of Seoul moving closer to the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/asia-pacific/politics/xi-lee-china-south-korea-summit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #china #xijinping #leejaemyung #us #northkorea
In her first week as prime minister, Sanae Takaichi impressed at home and abroad through deft diplomacy with ASEAN leaders and a successful summit with Donald Trump that strengthened the Japan-U.S. alliance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/10/31/takaichi-shines-on-dilomatic-stage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #shinzoabe #malaysia #asean #philippines #ferdinandmarcosjr #anthonyalbanese #australia #china #apec #petehegseth #ldp #russia #northkorea #southkorea #leejaemyung #xijinping
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday arrived in South Korea, where she will hold her first summit meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/politics/japan-pm-in-south-korea-for-apec/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #leejaemyung #apec
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will share its closely held nuclear tech to allow Seoul to build nuclear-powered submarines in the United States, a move that could have implications for Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/south-korea-us-nuclear-powered-submarines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #southkorea #donaldtrump #nuclearenergy #submarines #asia #defense #leejaemyung #southkoreajapanrelations #nuclearweapons
U.S. President Donald Trump landed in South Korea on Wednesday for the last leg of his Asia trip, optimistic about a trade-war truce with China after summit talks with South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/politics/trump-south-korea-trade-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #apec #southkorea #northkorea #missiles #leejaemyung #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #taiwan #china #xijinping
The U.S. and South Korea remain stuck on "all” the major details of a $350 billion investment pledge, South Korea's president said, signaling they may not finalize a trade deal before a summit meeting with Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/us-korea-fund-trump-lee/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #southkorea #leejaemyung #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
Experts say that while the U.S. president may look to return to talks with the North Korean leader, he’s unlikely to convince him to give up his nukes through summitry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/asia-pacific/politics/trump-kim-meeting-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #northkorea #donaldtrump #kimjongun #nuclearweapons #missiles #southkorea #leejaemyung
Japanese diplomacy has landed in a precarious position following the exit of Komeito from the LDP-led ruling bloc, as a spate of summits and meetings scheduled for the end of this month fast approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/japan/politics/japan-prime-minister-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #us #china #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #leejaemyung #xijinping #asean #apec
South Korea's president apologized for the first time over state-sanctioned malpractices in sending tens of thousands of children overseas for adoption, saying "unjust human rights violations" were committed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/asia-pacific/south-korea-adoption-failure-apology/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #southkorea #leejaemyung #adoption
