World leaders are congregating this week in the historic southeastern city of Gyeonju in North Gyeongsang as President Lee Jae Myung faces his biggest diplomatic test since taking office.

Trump told reporters on Friday he would be open to a last-minute meeting with Kim Jong Un, citing their "very good relationship."

The U.S. named Kevin Kim as its acting ambassador to South Korea, the American embassy in Seoul said on Monday, as the Trump administration swaps out representatives ahead of the president's visit to South Korea on Wednesday.

North Korea has performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months, days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea

Nearly a month after a high-profile immigration raid at a Hyundai construction site, Georgia's governor is in South Korea to reaffirm ties and mark 40 years of economic collaboration between the two regions.

Son Heung-min is more popular than K-pop in South Korea, and as a result LAFC is quickly becoming the country's favorite soccer team.