Korea
Geopolitics
Trump wants another Kim Jong Un summit before the year is out
Diplomacy conducted by personal instinct tends to move in bursts. It bypasses the careful scaffolding of preconditions and working groups, and bets everything on a relationship that may exist more vividly in one leader's imagination than in any shared reality.
Geopolitics
Trump cuts South Korea war games, saying Seoul gave no help with Iran
Trump has ordered the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, saying Seoul offered no help against Iran, in a post that touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un.
Business
Sydney colour-cube maker CMY Cubes wins spot in Korea's state accelerator
CMY Cubes, a Sydney startup that makes translucent colour-mixing cubes, polyhedrons and optical puzzles grounded in real colour science, has been selected for the 2026 K-Startup Grand Challenge, South Korea's flagship government accelerator run by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.