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President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Trump, Xi spoke on phone Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan and Ukraine, U.S. and Chinese officials say

By Seung Min Kim and Didi Tang - Associated Press

“Your pastor is the freest man in Korea,” Rev. Rob McCoy, senior pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks, California, told thousands of worshippers at Segero Presbyterian Church, in Busan, a port city in South Korea, on Sunday. “He is exercising freedom of religion and standing for truth, regardless of the cost.” Photo credit: Screenshot from Segero Church service.

Seoul’s assault on churches mired in revenge politics, judicial aggression, murky allegations

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

People pass under an electric display board calling for a reduction in plastic production near the venue for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House: U.S. will redouble plastics-pollution effort after deal failure at Busan

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

From right, Anthony Agotha, special envoy for Climate and Environment Diplomacy, European Union, Juan Carlos Monterrey, head of Panama's delegation, Olga Givernet, French Delegate Minister for Energy, and Camila Zepeda, head of Delegation for Mexico, talk to each other after a press conference at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Plastic treaty talks draw to a close with production limits still under debate

By Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

Environment activists hold a press conference calling for a strong global plastics treaty outside of the venue for the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)

Negotiators get closer to agreeing on a plastic pollution treaty

By Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, arrives at the general assembly of the BIE, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in Paris. Three candidates for World Expo 2030 will be considered for election in November 2023: the Republic of Korea, for Busan; Italy, for Rome; and Saudi Arabia, for Riyadh. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ** FILE **

South Korea, Saudi Arabia in down-to-the-wire duel for right to host 2030 World Expo

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, center, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa pose for a photo prior to the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

China, Japan, South Korean diplomats agree on trilateral leaders’ summit

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

High waves crash a shore as the tropical storm named Khanun approaches to the Korean Peninsular, on Jeju Island, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Dozens of flights and ferry services were grounded in South Korea on Wednesday ahead of the tropical storm that has dumped heavy rain on Japan's southwestern islands for more than a week. (Park Ji-ho/Yonhap via AP)

Khanun begins blowing into South Korea with strong winds after dumping rain on Japan for a week

By Kim Tong-Hyung and Yong Jun Chang - Associated Press

List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List 4/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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