South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that the country is working hard to strike a trade deal with the United States on impending tariffs but expressed uncertainty about when talks would be concluded.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a former vice finance minister, Koo Yun-cheol, to be finance minister, his office said on Sunday. Koo is widely known as a policy expert,

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a five-term liberal lawmaker as defense minister, breaking with a tradition of appointing retired military generals