(RTTNews) – The South Korea stock market on Wednesday snapped the two-day winning streak in which it had picked up more than 10 points or 0.4 percent. The KOSPI now rests just above the 2,505-point …
Suspected Chinese dissident rides jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea
A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country illegally is a prominent Chinese dissident who rode hundreds of miles across the sea to escape from China, activists say.
ASIA Spotlight falls on South Korea, Indonesia rate calls
On the Asian policy front, the Bank of Korea is expected to leave its key policy rate unchanged at 3.50% for a fifth consecutive meeting on Thursday and hold it steady for the rest of this year. With …
Asia markets largely set to rise ahead of central bank decisions in South Korea and Indonesia
Asia-Pacific markets are largely set to rise ahead of central bank rate decisions from South Korea and Indonesia, although both central banks are expected to hold their benchmark policy rates unchanged at 3.5% and 5.75% respectively.
A dissident who mocked Xi Jinping online fled China on a jet ski, crossing 180 miles of sea to reach South Korea
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.