Trump's return to office raises uncertainty over U.S.-South Korea relations as political turmoil in Seoul challenges effective leadership and diplomacy.

In light of uncertainties over US trade policies and the rising tide of trade protectionism, it has become urgent for China, Japan, and South Korea to achieve new breakthroughs in economic and trade cooperation.

Beijing has pledged to continue to promote close communication "in various fields" with Seoul despite its current political turmoil, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae-yeol on Tuesday.

In response to a question about South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's remarks on Thursday, in which he cited cases threatening the security of South Korea and claimed that Chinese solar power facilities will destroy forests nationwide,

South Korea's main opposition party vowed on Tuesday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo but reversed an earlier plan and decided to wait until later in the week, party officials said, as the risk of further political uncertainty heightened.

A focus on a foreign policy seen as favourable to the West, limited attention on the political discord in South Korea, and a hesitation to be seen interfering in domestic matters, left its partners blindsided.

Andrei Lankov is a historian of North Korea at Kookmin University, Seoul. He is the author of The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia. In 2017, the highly militarized regime of Kim Jong Un of North Korea found itself confronting a rare coalition of China,

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