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Korea expresses regret over U.S. House report alleging discriminatory treatment of Coupang

Korea said a U.S. House report unfairly echoed Coupang’s claims and vowed to keep the dispute from affecting bilateral security talks.

2026.7.2

U.S. House passes funding bill to end longest gov't shutdown

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a funding bill to end the longest-ever government shutdown.

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A RC-12X Guardrail reconnaissance aircraft takes off from Camp Humphreys, a U.S. military base in Paengseong-eup, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, on May 23. [NEWS1]

Why the U.S. House omitted Korean troops from early drafts of its 2026 budget

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act reaffirming 28,500 U.S. troops in Korea, reflecting ongoing concerns about U.S. military posture and alliances in the Indo-Pacific region.

2025.7.16

From left, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are seen during a press conference at Camp David in Maryland in this file photo. [YONHAP]

U.S. House committee resolution highlights Seoul-Washington-Tokyo cooperation

The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday recognizing the importance of trilateral cooperation between South Korea, the United States and Japan.

2024.5.19

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center left, holds a meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Wednesday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

President Yoon will be first Korean leader to address U.S. Congress in a decade

President Yoon Suk Yeol will become the first Korean leader to make an address to a joint session of Congress in nearly a decade on April 27, which U.S. lawmakers see as an occasion to highlight the two countries' shared commitment to democracy.

2023.4.7

President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, greets Rep. Michael McCaul, who is leading a U.S. congressional delegation of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on a trip Korea, at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul Wednesday. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

U.S. lawmakers officially ask Yoon to address Congress

President Yoon Suk Yeol was officially asked by a visiting U.S. congressional delegation Wednesday to give an address to the U.S. Congress during his state visit to the United States later this month, the presidential office said.

2023.4.5

The U.S. House of Representative passed two resolutions on strengthening the South Korea-U.S. alliance Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Pro-Korea resolutions are passed in U.S. House

The U.S. House of Representatives adopted two resolutions Wednesday on strengthening the South Korea-U.S. alliance with bipartisan support, highlighting that the partnership plays a crucial role in ensuring peace and stability in the region.

2020.11.19

Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman of California, second from left, poses with a group of Korean Democratic Party lawmakers led by Rep. Song Young-gil, third from left, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington Monday. [OFFICE OF REP. SONG YOUNG-GIL]

DP delegation discusses denuclearization with U.S. congressmen

Brad Sherman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, Monday told lawmakers of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party that the Joe Biden administration is expected to take measures toward the denuclearization of North Korea

2020.11.17

Members of the House of Representatives from the U.S. Democratic Party, including the resolution's sponsor Rep. Tom Suozzi, left, meet with Korean lawmakers visiting Washington in January 2019. Two resolutions on the Korea-U.S. alliance with bipartisan support are set to be voted on in the House this week. [YONHAP]

Congress to vote on resolutions reaffirming strength of alliance with Korea

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on a pair of resolutions calling for a stronger alliance with Korea, according to a U.S. congressman and ally of President-elect Joe Biden.

2020.11.15