New South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will host Vietnam’s top leader To Lam on a visit next week, two people familiar with the plan said, as they aim to boost cooperation on technology at a time of …
Blowout South Korea stock rally on a knife-edge over tax plans
South Korea’s tax policies have thrown the outlook for Asia’s best-performing major stock market into doubt, with investors assessing the impact of higher corporate tax and trading levies on the …
Wife of South Korea’s ousted ex-President Yoon appears for questioning over corruption allegations
The wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol has appeared for questioning by a special prosecutor, as investigators expanded a probe into suspicions of stock manipulation, bribery,
Japan’s new stealth warship just won over a big buyer, in a historic first for its post-WWII weapons industry
Japan has clinched the sale of 11 Mogami-class stealth frigates, beating out warships from Germany, Spain, and South Korea in the bid.
U.S. tariff talks wake-up call for S. Korea to double down on innovation: finance minister
The recent negotiations with the United States over its aggressive tariff scheme underscored the urgent need for South Korea to build “a super-innovative economy” and strengthen its global …
U.S. tariff talks wake-up call for S. Korea to double down on innovation: finance minister
The recent negotiations with the United States over its aggressive tariff scheme underscored the urgent need for South Korea to build “a super-innovative economy” and strengthen its global …
South Korea begins removing border propaganda speakers in conciliatory gesture toward North
The speakers had previously been used to blast anti-North Korean propaganda, but the new liberal government in South Korea halts the broadcasts as it looks revive dialogue with Pyongyang.
South Korea says it has no written pact on US trade deal
SEOUL (Reuters) -There is no written agreement yet on a trade deal between South Korea and the United States announced by President Donald Trump this week, the Asian nation’s trade minister said on …
‘Shrimp among whales’ South Korea faces a US vs China dilemma
South Korea is coming under intense US pressure to pick a side, even as its new president would prefer to equivocate.
How South Korea’s K-beauty industry is being hit by Trump tariffs
Cars and smartphones may rank among South Korea’s biggest exports to the US, but few goods inspire a more devoted following than the Asian country’s beauty products. K-beauty – a term that covers a …