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South Korea’s Yoon to visit US on 24-30 April for summit with Joe Biden, says Yonhap news

The two leaders are scheduled to hold summit and joint news conference on 26 April, and Yoon will deliver a speech to the US Congress on 27 April, the news agency said.

Japan, South Korea to hold security talks on 17 April, first in 5 years, Tokyo says

Talks among Japanese, South Korean defence and diplomatic officials will discuss topics such as strategic environments surrounding two nations, said Japanese ministries.

South Korea fines Google $32 mn for blocking release of mobile games on competitor’s platform

Korea Fair Trade Commission said Google hurt One Store's revenue by requiring video game makers to exclusively release their titles on Google Play in exchange for in-app exposure.

Kim Jong Un calls for more ‘practical, offensive’ war deterrence to counter US, South Korea

North Korean leader commented at meeting of Central Military Commission on Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to boost war deterrent, said state media KCNA.

South Korea plans to discuss ‘issues raised’ from leaked documents with US, says govt official

Several classified US military documents have recently been posted on social media offering a partial, month-old snapshot of the war in Ukraine.

US, South Korea, Japan express concern over North Korea’s ‘malicious’ cyber activities

Amid North Korea's rising nuclear threats, South Korea's nuclear envoy held talks with his US & Japanese counterparts in Seoul this week and condemned the isolated country's weapons tests.

US chip subsidy criteria could be a ‘burden’ to companies like Samsung, says South Korea

Conditions include sharing excess profit with the US government, and three industry sources said the application process itself could expose confidential corporate strategy.

Chip plants in China won’t be forced to shut if firms receive US funding, says South Korea

The proposed rules for funding recipients limit chip production capacity growth in China to 5% over 10 yrs as measured by wafers, & 10% for older legacy chips, trade ministry said.

South Korea announces ‘watch-list’ of banned items for third-party export to North Korea

The list specifically targets North Korea's satellite development after Pyongyang said it will develop a new spy satellite by April this year.

‘Dangerous provocative’, says North Korea over US-South Korea joint military drills

North Korea's ambassador warned that recent military action by US and South Korea could lead to a crisis, adding that the countries appeared to be preparing for a war of aggression.

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