South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has taken up golf again after an eight-year break to potentially bond with returning US President Donald Trump. Y

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol recently began practicing golf, for the first time in eight years, in preparation for future meetings with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Yoon's office confirmed on Tuesday.

President Yoon Suk Yeol's battle to reform a South Korea beset with structural problems under the specter of an increasingly aggressive neighbor to the North

South Korean media said Yoon visited a golf course on Saturday for a sport his office said he had last played in 2016.

The political firestorm coincides with South Korea facing a slew of critical foreign policy issues, such as Donald Trump’s election win to become the next president of the United States and North Korea’s reported entry into the Russia-Ukraine war.

President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke to Newsweek's Chief Executive Officer Dev Pragad, Global Editor in Chief Nancy Cooper and Senior Global Affairs Editor Matthew Tostevin in Seoul. The text of the interview below has been lightly edited for clarity and concision.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is preparing for the return of golf diplomacy under U.S. president Donald Trump.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game.

The South Korean presidential office said Tuesday that Yoon has been actively practicing the sport. Yoon will be aiming to cultivate a rapport with the incoming president, as Sout

Amid mounting concerns over what a second Trump presidency holds in store for the fight against climate change, it seems tee time with foreign leaders might well promise to be the only kind of “green” diplomacy the Republican president-elect has any interest in.

South Korea’s president has picked up his golf clubs for the first time in eight years to impress Donald Trump in any future meeting.