South Korea

The government has said that it will exempt travelers arriving from South Korea from quarantines at designated facilities if they test negative for the coronavirus when entering Japan.

President Yoon Suk-yeol reiterated a willingness to support North Korea with necessary medical supplies and medicines as Pyongyang battles a coronavirus outbreak.

New leader Yoon Suk-yeol told parliament Monday he wanted to discuss how his government can contribute to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.

Hundreds of thousands of people with Korean heritage live in Japan. Most of their ancestors came to Japan before and during World War II.

A senior South Korean official reportedly said that Seoul plans to offer working-level talks with North Korea in an apparent move to help it contain the outbreak.

Fewer women are having children and those who do are in no rush, with the sky-high costs of housing and education making financial security a must.

Tattoo artists, long treated as criminals for their work, say that it is time to end the stigma against their business.

The real divide between South Korea's right and left is over foreign policy. Change will be most evident here, and Japan particularly is likely to find a Yoon presidency easier.

Signs are encouraging for Tokyo. Throughout the presidential campaign, Yoon Suk-yeol criticized sitting President Moon Jae-in for letting Japan-South Korea relations deteriorate.

The launches were the latest in a record-breaking series of weapons tests this year and came ahead of a planned visit to South Korea and Japan next week by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Unfortunately, the leadership in Tokyo and Seoul have either forgotten the wisdom of the 1990s or have become too obsessed with the details of outstanding historical issues.

The building, named for the approximately 150,000 hand-painted blue tiles that adorn its roof, had been home to South Korea's leaders since 1948.