The U.S. and South Korea had a "very successful" meeting on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, as the two countries opened trade talks with Seoul seeking a path to diminish the stiff tariffs President Donald Trump is angling to impose.

The US and South Korea could reach an “agreement of understanding” on trade as soon as next week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday, following talks between the two nations.

South Korea is among three Asia-Pacific countries that have a comprehensive trade pact with the United States, eliminating nearly all tariffs between the two countries. It was fir

South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in said on Friday that prosecutors were becoming political and abusing their power and that his indictment on bribery charges was a good example.

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called his bribery indictment "unjust" and accused prosecutors of abusing their power in what he called a politically motivated investigation.

Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been indicted on corruption charges in connection to his purported role in his former son-in-law's employment at an airline company.