Senior diplomats of South Korea and Japan agreed Thursday to continue high-level in-person talks between the two neighbors at the "earliest date possible," Seoul's foreign ministry said, amid the political turmoil from President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.

Japan's economy faces a sharp decline, with per capita GDP dropping behind South Korea for the first time since 1980.

South Korea’s diplomatic and security relations with Japan experienced a dramatic turnaround under Yoon. Tokyo fears that progress won’t last under a new president.

From iconic fish-shaped pastries to snacks, the U.S., China, and Japan are leading the way in savoring the K-food wave.

Japan and South Korea will celebrate 60 years of normalized relations in 2025, but given the current situation, they will have difficulty in making bold, mutual compromises to change the status quo. The best that can be expected for now is a maintenance of the status quo.

U.S. lawmakers and diplomatic officials stressed the need for close cooperation among the United States, South Korea and Japan in response to the possible impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Japan and South Korea are modernising their F-15 fighter fleets. Japan has awarded Boeing a $450.5 million contract to upgrade the F-15J fighters in its Air Force, as announced by the US government on 10 December. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will modernise its fighters to the Japan Super Interceptor configuration.

Kyushu Railway Co. said Monday it will terminate its ferry service between Fukuoka in southwestern Japan and South Korea's Busan as

South Korea also topped Japan in 2023, the Cabinet Office said in the annual economic data released Monday. South Korean GDP figures received a boost from the nation's retroactive revisions.

South Korea's main opposition party vowed on Tuesday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo but reversed an earlier plan and decided to wait until later in the week, party officials said, as the risk of further political uncertainty heightened.

South Korea held the largest share of the US import market for battery materials last year, a trade association said on Sunday, outranking rivals China and Japan.

The South Korean government has imposed sanctions on 15 individuals and one entity from North Korea for engaging in illicit cyber activities.