In 1897, Joseon changed its name to the Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk) and pushed ahead with reforms and an open-door policy, but it was too late. Japan soon won major victories in its wars against the ...

Jinwan Park is a nonresident James A. Kelly Korea Fellow at Pacific Forum. Just three months ago, Japan and South Korea seemed to be making steady progress in mending ties, seeking to overcome the ...

Russia and Japan have never signed an official peace treaty to end the second world war because of a dispute over the Kuril Islands. The Soviet army seized the Kurils at the end of the war in 1945 and ...

WASHINGTON -- Japanese and South Korean shipyards may see a surge in U.S. orders beginning in 2025 if a bill proposed by a bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate members becomes law.

There is extreme animosity in Korea toward Japan, due to Japan’s annexation of Korea at the beginning of the 20th century and brutal Japanese rule there through the end of the Second World War.

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 ...