A former South Korean prime minister and the country’s one-time spy chief have been arrested in connection with the short-lived imposition of martial law by former President Yoon Suk-yeol in December ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is pushing forward with the next-generation submarine procurement project worth up to 60 trillion Korean won, visited Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje shipyard in ...

Seeing a new South Korea Prime Minister start feels like a TV show premiere. You’re not sure what kind of show it will be. It could be like House of Cards or Veep. The situation is more serious than ...

TOKYO (AP) — Just days after taking office, Japan’s new leader faces a series of back-to-back foreign policy tests, with a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo sandwiched between ...

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae Myung, makes a cameo as an air-traffic controller, helping guide planes to the runway. The slick video, commissioned to help promote the annual gathering of the ...

TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump begins one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday, meeting with the new Japanese prime minister, speaking to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. October 21, 2025, marked a historic first for Japan. The Japanese Diet elected ...