SEOUL: South Korea's Lee administration is scrambling to take the edge off the United States' new tariffs, as the nation's ...

South Korea's presidential security adviser headed to Washington on Sunday for trade and defence talks as Seoul discussed an extension of the freeze on U.S. tariffs that is set to expire within days.

South Korea's National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac was set to travel to Washington, D.C., on Sunday for talks with his U.S.