SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister reaffirmed on Friday his view that consumer prices would ease around the April-May months, a week after data showed the country’s annual inflation had …
See North Korea display its latest, largest nuclear missiles
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation she’s being primed as a future leader as her father showed …
South Korea’s housing crunch offers a warning for other countries
Few are in as bad shape as South Korea’s. House prices fell by 2% in December alone, the biggest monthly drop since official figures began in 2003. The slump has been particularly brutal for …
South Korea FX steps to boost global status, business for firms – vice fin min
By Choonsik Yoo and Yena Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s plans to loosen restrictions in its currency market will raise the won’s global status and, as a result, boost business opportunities for …
S. Korea vows to meet ‘global standard’ for inclusion in WGBI
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) — South Korea will continue to revamp its market policies to attract more foreign investors to join the World Government Bond Index (WGBI) this year, the finance ministry said …
America Needs to Reassure Japan and South Korea
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol warned that in the face of mounting North Korean provocations, South Korea might consider building its own nuclear weapons or asking the United States to deploy …
South Korea Shares May Head South Again On Thursday
The South Korea stock market moved higher again on Wednesday, one day after snapping the two-day winning streak in which it had …
Ex-gov’t employee in South Korea summarily indicted for alleged attempt to sell Jungkook’s lost hat
Prosecutors have summarily indicted a former foreign ministry employee on charges of attempting to sell BTS member Jungkook’s lost hat online for 10 million won ($7,950), legal sources said …
South Korean court orders government to pay Vietnamese woman who survived gunshot during the Vietnam War
A Vietnamese woman was shot when South Korean marines rampaged through her village during the war in 1968. A court in South Korea ordered the government to pay the woman $24,000.
South Korea’s Kakao buys 9.05% stake in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment worth $172.8m
Kakao’s investment in SM Entertainment comes a month after Kakao Corp subsidiary Kakao Entertainment secured 1.2 trillion South Korea Won (approx $966m) investment from what it …