Most of China's key economic indicators will be released next week, with a big focus on GDP. Other data highlights include Japanese CPI, trade and core machinery orders, South Korean unemployment, and Singaporean GDP. Also, Bank Indonesia is expected to stand pat

Drills and meetings. The United States, Japan and South Korea held joint air drills over international waters near South Korea’s Jeju Island. The

While South Korean imports to the U.S. face 25% tariffs, the same as Trump promised in April, the rate on Japan has been raised by 1 percentage point to 25%.

Two leading U.S. defense analysts have proposed a sharp reduction in American forces stationed in South Korea, recommending a cut from roughly 28,500 troops to about 10,000. Their recommendations come amid heightened concern over China’s expanding influence and a broader effort to recalibrate the United States’ military posture in East Asia.

Asia stock markets mostly advance on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump announced new tariff rates on 14 countries, removing some uncertainty in the market.  He also signed an executive order extending the reciprocal tariff deadline to August 1 from July 9,

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, has upset historic Korean-American ties by pursuing what he calls a “pragmatic” policy of attempting to play Washington against Beijing.

South Korea won’t abandon attack helicopters altogether. The country’s Marine Corps is acquiring Marine Attack Helicopters, an up-gunned variant of the Marineon/Surion family built domestically by KAI. Furthermore, the army is inducting Mirion Light Armed Helicopters, also built by KAI.

MSC Cruises' MSC Bellissima has won the "Asia Best Cruise Ship Award" for the second consecutive year. The accolade was made at the 10th Asia Cruise Forum held in Jeju, South Korea. MSC Cruises said in a press release that the ship's deployment has increased in Japan,

And after all that data searching, it named Seoul, South Korea, the coziest city in all of Asia and the No. 19 coziest city overall.