Donald Trump
Unbiased History & Stories on Korea for Global Audience
Sponsored by Open Korea Foundation
-
Trump signals breakthrough in US-Korea tariff talks ahead of APEC summit
US President Donald Trump (right) speaks during a meeting with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House on…
-
Who’s who of global corporate titans to gather in Gyeongju for APEC CEO Summit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (center) meets with Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee (left) and SK Chairman Chey Tae-won at the…
-
US officials mull Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting during Asia trip
North Korean lead Kim Jong Un (Left) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at Panmunjom, a village located in…
-
Seoul, Washington in ‘last-mile’ trade talks; US seen softening on up-front payment demand
Korean Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol (right) meets with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to exchange views on bilateral issues on…
-
US denounces China’s sanctions on Hanwha Ocean’s US arms
Hanwha Ocean acquired Philadephia-based Philly Shipyard, rebranded as Hanwha Philly Shipyard, in 2024 The US Deartment of Treasury on Thursday…
-
Politicians at Unification Church events over the past 10 years
🇰🇷Domestic South Korean Speakers – 오세훈 (Oh Se-hoon, Seoul Mayor) – 박형준 (Park Heong-joon, Busan Mayor) – 이용섭 (Lee Yong-seop,…
-
Seoul turns to US Treasury fund for dollar liquidity to cushion forex impact from tariff deal
Kim Yong-beom (left), South Korea’s presidential chief of staff for policy, and Kim Jung-kwan, Korea’s minister of industry and trade…
-
Bessent expects S.Korea-US tariff talks to conclude within 10 days
Korean Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol (left) talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessenin New York on Sept. 24, 2025 US…
-
South Korea’s top business leaders likely to meet US President Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Euisun, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo (from left to…
-
Seoul sends top economic team to US for last-ditch tariff talks as APEC summit looms
Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol leaves Seoul to attend the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C., on Oct.…
-
China sanctions Hanwha’s US affiliates amid escalating Beijing-Washington trade dispute
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (center) and Kim Dong-kwan (right, beside Lee), vice chairman of Hanwha Group, at opening…
-
S.Korea steps in as won breaches 1,430 on escalating US-China tensions
(Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korea’s foreign exchange authorities delivered their first verbal intervention in one and a half years on…
-
US revises proposal on Seoul’s $350 bn commitment: foreign minister
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun speaks at the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee on Oct. 13 (Courtesy of Yonhap)…
-
S.Korean finance chief to meet Bessent, raising hopes for tariff talks progress with US
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump in August, 2025 South Korea…
-
U.S. nonimmigrant visa issuance to Koreans drops sharply amid Trump’s second-term immigration crackdown
The first meeting of the “Visa Working Group” is held in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30 to prevent a recurrence…
-
Kospi surges past 3,600 for 1st time in post-holiday catch-up rally
(Courtesy of Yonhap news) South Korea’s stock market extended its record-breaking run on Friday, surging past the 3,600-point mark for…
-
Korea’s battery material maker Enchem scraps $143 mn US plant plan
Enchem’s electrolyte plant in the US state of Georgia (File photo) Enchem Co., a South Korean battery material maker, has…
-
Hyundai, Kia set record US sales in Q3 as green cars defy tariff threat
Hyundai Palisade (Courtesy of Hyundai Motor) Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. posted record quarterly sales in the US in…
-
Hard to be optimistic on US FX swap, not pessimistic on trade deal: S.Korean security adviser
South Korean National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac (Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korea’s national security adviser said Monday that Washington is…
-
Foreign investors offload $7.4 bn in Korean bonds on rate freeze bets, Forex uncertainty
The foreign change rate breaches 1,410 won per dollar last week, reaching the Korean currency’s weakest level in four months…
-
Korean pharmaceuticals, another victim of Trump tariffs
A 3D-printed miniature model depicting US President Donald Trump, U.S. flag and word “Tariffs” in this illustration created on April…
-
Korea’s finance chief says reaches FX deal with US, currency swap line pending
South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol (left) and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shake hands before a meeting in New York…
-
Korean won sinks amid US investment jitters; Seoul plans 24-hour FX trading
The Korea won tumbled past 1,410 against the US dollar on Sept. 26, 2025 for the first time since May…
-
Trump says S.Korea’s $350 bn US investment ‘up front’ as Lutnick asks Seoul to pay more
US President Donald Trump announces the Trump Gold Card, an investment immigration program, at the White House on Sept. 19,…
-
S.Korea’s Lee presses US Treasury Secretary Bessent on ‘rational’ tariff deal, currency swap line
President Lee Jae Myung (right) talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during their meeting at the South Korean permanent…
-
S.Korea says no US investments until visa, currency swap issues resolved
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok South Korea has warned that unresolved visa disputes and currency swap issues with Washington…
-
Seoul’s finance chief to discuss currency swap proposal with US Treasury Secretary Bessent
South Korea’s Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol NEW YORK – South Korea’s finance minister will hold talks with his US counterpart…
-
BlackRock CEO in talks with Lee pledges support to make S.Korea ‘AI capital of Asia’
President Lee Jae Myung (center) poses for a photo with Bae Kyung-hoon (right), minister of science and ICT, and BlackRock…
-
Lee says US push for $340 bn cash fund could trigger crisis like 1997
President Lee Jae Myung (right) waves as he boards Air Force One on Sept. 22 en route to the United…
-
S.Korea’s APEC Gyeongju turns into unexpected venue for Trump, Xi meeting
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka in 2019 (Courtesy of Yonhap) US President Donald Trump…
-
Lee to address UN general assembly; no bilateral meeting with Trump planned
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (Courtesy of Presidential Office) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will head to New…
-
US officers tied us up and pointed guns at us, South Korean engineers tell BBC
When Youngjin looked out of his office window and saw armoured trucks and immigration enforcement officers running around with guns,…
-
Trump to visit South Korea for APEC summit, meet President Lee
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (left) took office in June 2025 US President Donald Trump will visit South Korea…
-
Hanwha sets Busan, Philadelphia as twin hubs for MASGA US shipbuilding project
Jang Gwang-pil, vice president of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) Future Technology Research Institute, unveils the company’s…
-
S.Korea offers unlimited currency swap with US amid pressure over $350 bn fund
Kim Jung-kwan (center), South Korean minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, returns to Seoul on Sept. 14 from New York…
-
POSCO tipped to become 1st Korean company to join Alaska LNG project
A glacier in Alaska POSCO International Corp. is tipped to become the first South Korean company to join the $45…
