THE NEW AMERICAN EXPORT — The U.S. has long exported its cultural products to South Korea, flexing its soft power within the country through Hollywood products and academic exchanges. It now appears to be exporting something different — Donald Trump’s politics of defiance and norm-breaking.

South Korea's ambassador to the United States is expected to attend US President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony this month as the government's representative, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.

On Jan. 6, 2025, a joint session of the U.S. Congress officially certified Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election. It was an uneventful occasion, marked by neither contestation -- breaking with the tradition of Democratic challenges to Republican victories since 1988 -- nor violence, a stark contrast to the chaos of Jan. 6, 2021.

Washington, a return to normalcy would come as a relief regardless of who’s in charge in Seoul. The current crisis has been a nightmare from which the Americans would hope to awaken and discover

Misinformation continued to surge online in South Korea following President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment over his botched attempt to impose martial law in December 2024. In the latest example, social media posts shared pictures they falsely claimed showed billionaire Elon Musk meeting with Yoon to convey the support of US President-elect Donald Trump .

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would move to try to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”

The power struggle in South Korea has made the stock exchange jittery and pushed its currency to historic lows. Even its biggest companies are uncertain about what's coming next.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he will implement the “toughest” anti-US policy, less than a month before Donald Trump takes office as US president.

The launch event came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat and other issues.

Asia can teach the world about adapting to Trump.

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said Thursday it plans to make a record $16.6 billion investment in the country, boosting EV and AI development, as it navigates geopolitical challenges and uncertainties.