South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will make a state visit to China from Jan. 4 to 7 and meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, the Blue House said, as it aims to keep up momentum to restore ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-lee-visit-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #china #leejaemyung #xijinping #supplychains
In Tokyo, South Korea’s National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac has affirmed good ties with senior Japanese Cabinet members ahead of a visit by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to Japan expected early next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/politics/south-korea-japan-tie-motegi-kihara/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #minorukihara #toshimitsumotegi #sanaetakaichi #leejaemyung
South Korean police launched a raid on Monday to search the offices and compounds of the Unification Church in and near Seoul. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-unification-church/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #unificationchurch #leejaemyung
North Korea fired a barrage of artillery from a multiple rocket launcher system, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang kicked off a key meeting of its ruling party top brass. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/asia-pacific/north-korea-artillery-salvo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorea #kimjongun #leejaemyung
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
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering holding talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Nara Prefecture in mid-January, a Japanese government source said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-summit-nara/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #leejaemyung #southkoreajapanrelations
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