A Chinese activist who had spent time in jail for criticizing Xi Jinping used a jet ski to travel across the Yellow Sea from China to South Korea.
Samsung, Hyundai, others to rejoin South Korea’s top business lobby
SEOUL — Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung, Hyundai, SK and LG are returning to a controversial business lobby tainted by an influence-peddling scandal under then-President Park Geun-hye in the …
South Korea’s MFG bought some 66,000 T corn in private deal – traders
HAMBURG, Aug 23 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Major Feedmill Group (MFG) purchased an estimated 66,000 metric tons of animal feed corn expected to be sourced from South America or South Africa in a …
S. Korea’s business sentiment worsens in August
Sentiment among South Korean businesses over economic situation continued to worsen for the second straight month in August amid ling …
Protests mount in South Korea over Japan’s plan to release Fukushima water
SEOUL, Aug 23 (Reuters) – South Korea’s majority opposition party and civic groups around the country stepped up protests on Wednesday against Japan’s plan to release water from the Fukushima nuclear …
North Korea warns of thermonuclear war as defensive exercise gears up in the South
North Korea condemned an ongoing exercise between the United States and South Korea and warned it could prompt ‘thermonuclear war’ on the peninsula.
South Korea Stock Market May Spin Its Wheels On Wednesday
The South Korea stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, collecting more than 10 points or 0.4 percent along the way.
North Korea’s Kim lambasts premier over flooding, in a possible bid to shift blame for economic woes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un severely rebuked his premier and other senior officials over what he called their irresponsible response to recent flooding of farmlands along …
South Korean city to seize crypto from thousands of tax evaders: Report
The South Korean city of Cheongju has requested seven South Korean crypto exchanges to inquire into holdings of 8,520 tax evaders.
China’s cathode billionaire targets US battery market via South Korea IPO
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Batteries news every morning. A Chinese billionaire who controls a key part of the battery supply chain is in talks to list some of his empire in South Korea, a step that could help his …