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From Trump tariffs to social programs, Mexico's first female president takes stock in address

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated her government's handling of its tumultuous relations with the Trump administration, progressive gains and controversial judicial reforms in her first state of the nation address Monday.

2025.9.2

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stands after giving a speech during the National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead in Tokyo on Aug. 15, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. [EPA/YONHAP]

Japanese Prime Minister expresses 'regret' during World War II memorial, first in 13 years

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba referenced “regret” in his memorial address on Friday, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, marking the first such mention in 13 years in an address by the head of the former imperial nation.

2025.8.15

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People watch President Yoon Suk Yeol's televised public address at Seoul Station, central Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

China opposes 'unfounded' espionage claims by Yoon during public address

China strongly objected Thursday to remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol, who accused Chinese nationals of espionage during a public address defending his controversial imposition of martial law.

2024.12.13

President Yoon Suk Yeol bows before giving an address at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, on Thursday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Defiant Yoon says he will face impeachment vote head on, accuses 'frenzied' opposition of 'paralyzing state affairs'

President Yoon Suk Yeol accused opposition parties of “paralyzing state affairs with abuse of impeachments” and said that he will "firmly face" impeachment or investigations in a public address to the nation Thursday morning.

2024.12.12

President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, shakes hands with Han Dong-hoon, interim leader of the conservative People Power Party and former justice minister, at the Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon, new PPP head meet for first time at New Year's speech

President Yoon Suk Yeol met with the interim leader of the conservative People Power Party for the first time at the Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday...

2024.1.3

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Financial firm chiefs stress coexistence, innovations on dawn of new year

The heads of Korea’s financial holding firms on Tuesday vowed to reinforce coexistence with society and push ahead with bold innovations in a joint New Year’s address, noting growing wealth inequality and a rapidly changing consumer market.

2024.1.2

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Read full text of President Yoon Suk Yeol's address to UN General Assembly

"The nuclear and missile programs of North Korea pose not only a direct and existential threat to the peace of South Korea, but also is a serious challenge to peace in the Indo-Pacific region and across the globe," Yoon said.

2023.9.21

China must address the nuclear threat

As the second largest economy and the third strongest military power, China must act in a way befitting of its stature now.

2023.9.7

President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, enters with 100-year-old independence fighter Oh Seong-gyu, pushed in a wheelchair by a military officer, for the 78th Liberation Day ceremony at a Ewha Womans University auditorium in Seodaemun District, central Seoul on Tuesday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

Yoon stresses 'partnership' with Japan on Liberation Day

President Yoon Suk Yeol called Korea and Japan "partners" who share similar values and interests and stressed the importance of trilateral security cooperation with the United States in his Liberation Day address Tuesday.

2023.8.15

If Yoon moved Americans, he can do Koreans

As the president celebrated his first year in office, he must restart with the commitment to earn the faith of the people.

2023.5.11