Kim Tong-Hyung

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  • Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Japan-China summit on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Gyeongju on October 31, 2025.Asia

    Trump may have skipped APEC—but Xi’s using it to sell China as globalization’s last defender

    By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un talk before a meeting in the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ) on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea.Asia

    Trump rekindles speculation of a meeting with Kim Jong Un—but North Korea now holds the cards

    By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2025/10/11: People look at a 24-hour Yonhap news TV broadcast at Seoul Railway Station showing a news broadcast with a Hwasong-20 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) display during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. North Korea has showed off its newly developed Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, among other new weapons, at a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. (Photo by Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Asia

    North Korea unveils new intercontinental ballistic missile that may be tested in coming weeks

    By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, and others
  • Buses carrying Korean workers detained arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.Law

    More than 300 South Korean workers nabbed in immigration raid fly home after a week in detention

    By Kate Brumback, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • FILE – The Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America is seen on March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)Politics

    Hundreds detained at Georgia’s top economic development project as immigration crackdown collides with U.S. manufacturing push

    By Russ Bynum, Kim Tong-Hyung, and others
  • Vehicles are parked to be exported at a port next to Hyundai Motor’s manufacturing facility in Ulsan, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Kim Yong-tea/Yonhap via AP)Finance

    South Korea is asking the Trump administration to be left off tariff increases because it already barely taxes U.S. imports

    By Kim Tong-Hyung and The Associated Press
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 03: In this handout image provided by South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office on December 03, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of “anti-state activities plotting rebellion.” (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)Politics

    South Korea’s president avoids impeachment attempt after most ruling-party lawmakers boycott vote

    By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, and others
  • FILE – V, a member of South Korean K-pop band BTS poses for photographers during a press conference to introduce their new album “BE” in Seoul, South Korea on Nov. 20, 2020. Singers RM and V of the K-pop band BTS began their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management agency announced Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. This came a day before two of their bandmates, Jimin and Jung Kook, were also expected to report for duty. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)Politics

    Korean megaband BTS goes on hiatus at least until 2025 with all 7 members fulfilling mandatory military service

    By Kim Tong-Hyung and The Associated Press
  • Moon BinSuccess

    25-year-old K-pop star Moon Bin found dead in his home: ‘Suddenly left us and became a star in the sky’

    By Kim Tong-Hyung and The Associated Press