SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's acting president Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday he hoped for bilateral relations with the United States to develop more reciprocally under the Trump administration.

Acting Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho on Friday reaffirmed the South Korea-U.S. alliance during his talks with acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Joseph Yun, Seoul's defense ministry said. Kim met Yun at his ministry's headquarters in central Seoul,

North Korea defended its right to maintain a nuclear weapons program at a United Nations disarmament conference held shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the North as a "nuclear power.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will reach out to Kim Jong Un again, he said in an interview aired on Thursday (Jan 23), calling the North Korean leader with whom he previously met three times a "smart guy".

Lee, Fordham Law Leitner Family Professor of International Law and Nicholas Harkness, Professor and Director of the Korea Institute at Harvard University for a discussion co-sponsored by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's nuclear power plant operator Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power and state utility Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) have reached an agreement with United States' Westinghouse to end their intellectual property dispute, KEPCO said on Friday.

South Korea said denuclearization was still the goal after President Donald Trump used a phrase that could imply recognition of North Korea as a nuclear-armed state.

The U.S. Pacific Air Forces told Newsweek that the RC-135 spy planes were conducting planned, routine operations.

In his November 7, 2017, speech to South Korea’s National Assembly, then-President Donald Trump unambiguously noted that “this alliance between our nations was forged in the crucible of war and strengthened by the trials of history.

The new U.S. administration wants to reopen talks about denuclearization with the regime in Pyongyang. But experts say President Donald Trump risks provoking new tensions, including with South Korea.

Robert Carlin and Hecker write a hypothetical Kim-to-Trump letter based on their understanding of the situation on the Korean Peninsula.