South Korean pharmaceutical firm Celltrion said on Tuesday that in an attempt to offset the risk of U.S. tariffs it had become the preferred bidder to acquire a U.S. manufacturing factory from an unnamed global pharmaceutical company.

North Korea said relations between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump are “not bad” but any attempt to resume dialogue between the two countries should start from recognizing the North as a nuclear power.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Tuesday the United States' desire for dialogue with it will only remain a "hope" as long as Washington cannot accept the fact that reality has changed since the two countries' summit meetings in the past, state media KCNA reported.

South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Tuesday he would try to derive a mutually beneficial trade agreement with the United States, in comments ahead of his departure to Washington to meet U.

Asian skin care has been a booming global business for a more than a decade, with consumers in Europe, North and South America, and increasingly the Middle East, snapping up creams, serums and balms from South Korea,

South Korea, facing 25% tariffs, is rushing to reach a trade deal with Washington, with National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac visiting the U.S. recently for high-level talks and Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo also in the U.S. for negotiations, as pressure grows on officials to clinch a deal that is no worse than Japan's that cut tariffs to 15%.

Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

North Korea has welcomed its first tourists to its ghostly new “Benidorm” beach resort. But the initial batch of visitors have reported that they are followed everywhere and their phones are likely bugged. The newly built resort, called Wonsan‑Kalma, has opened for Russian tourists on package tours.