Trump Jr. to visit S. Korea next week as trade war rumbles on

Seoul: US President Donald Trump s son will visit South Korea next week, a local conglomerate said on Wednesday, as Seoul grapples with US tariffs and...

Seoul: US President Donald Trump's son will visit South Korea next week, a local conglomerate said on Wednesday, as Seoul grapples with US tariffs and its own leadership vacuum.

Donald Trump Jr. "will be visiting South Korea next week", a spokesperson for South Korean conglomerate and retail giant Shinsegae told AFP, without disclosing the exact date.

South Korea, a US ally and major exporter to the United States, has been hit with 10 percent blanket tariffs as well as 25 percent levies on its auto and steel exports to America.

Export-dependent South Korea has suffered a leadership vacuum since December, when former president Yoon Suk Yeol briefly declared martial law. The disastrous declaration resulted in Yoon's removal.

The United States initially threatened South Korea with "reciprocal" tariffs of 25 percent until Trump paused his programme of levies for all countries except China for 90 days.