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Trump Jr. meets Korean business chiefs in back-to-back sessions
Apr 30, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US tariffs add risk premium to dollar assets: Maurice Obstfeld
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US tariff increases are adding risk premiums to dollar-denominated assets, undermining the dollar’s role as a glob...
Apr 29, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Seoul mulls joint review of Alaska LNG project with Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam
South Korea has proposed forming a consortium with Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam to jointly assess the feasibility of investing in the $45 billion Alaska...
Apr 27, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Seoul, Washington agree on July tariff deal framework in '2+2' trade talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – South Korea and the US have agreed to work together to craft a comprehensive tariff-liberalization package by July 8, markin...
Apr 25, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Trump Jr. to visit Seoul next week to meet Korean business leaders
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the US President Donald Trump, is set to visit Seoul next week and meet with Korean business leaders grappling wi...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Economy
Trump’s tariffs are hitting exports, early Korean data show
The effects of President Trump’s new tariffs are starting to be felt across the world, preliminary South Korean trade data suggest, as Seoul pr...
Apr 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea's Han, Trump discuss transactional diplomacy in 1st direct talks
South Korea’s Acting President and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo spoke with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss various issues of mut...
Apr 09, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
IFEZ posts 2nd-highest FDI performance with $309.6 million in Q1
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority said on Monday that it attracted $309.6 million in reported foreign direct investment (FDI) in the fi...
Apr 08, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ousted; new presidential election coming
South Korea’s Constitutional Court permanently removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, making him the country’s second pre...
Apr 04, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG review strategies as Trump slaps Vietnam with steeper tariffs
South Korea’s two leading electronics makers – Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. – are being forced to reassess their...
Apr 03, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korean court to rule on impeached President Yoon’s fate April 4
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday will give its ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached in December for declaring marti...
Apr 01, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Wycombe Abbey to establish 1st Korean campus in Incheon’s Midan City
Wycombe Abbey, one of the UK’s leading independent boarding schools, has been chosen as the top bidder to establish an international school in ...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea, China, Japan resume FTA talks after 6-year hiatus
South Korea held an economic ministers’ meeting with China and Japan on Sunday to discuss cooperation, including resuming negotiations about a ...
Mar 31, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung's Lee meets with Xi amid Beijing’s balancing act vs Washington
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong, along with other global tech leaders, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday as Ch...
Mar 28, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korean court reinstates impeached PM Han as acting president
South Korea’s constitutional court on Monday ruled against the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, restoring him to his position as act...
Mar 24, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
US Chamber of Commerce sees Korea’s business penalties as trade barrier
The US Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest lobbying group, told Washington that South Korea’s penalties on businesspeople are amon...
Mar 23, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea eyes laws akin to US AMPC to offer subsidies for its battery makers
South Korea, home to global top battery makers such as LG Energy Solution Ltd., SK On Co. and Samsung SDI Co., is seeking to enact laws that would la...
Mar 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
S.Korea wary of inclusion on US ‘Dirty 15’ nations list for reciprocal tariffs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US government plans to unveil country-specific reciprocal tariffs on April 2, with particular attention to nations impos...
Mar 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea sees record February auto exports before looming Trump tariffs
South Korea enjoyed record February auto exports on strong demand in the US ahead of its looming tariffs, the government said on Tuesday, while the d...
Mar 18, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korean court cancels Yoon’s detention; Insurrection case continues
A South Korean court on Friday cancelled impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention warrant, ordering him to be released from jail, although...
Mar 07, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Trump says Korea interested in Alaska gas project; Korean firms skeptical
South Korea, Japan and other countries want to partner with the US in a $44 billion natural gas pipeline project in Alaska, President Donald Trump sa...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Asia’s defense stocks climb on hopes of more European arms spending
Defense stocks in key Asian markets jumped on Tuesday, buoyed by expectations that European nations will boost security spending amid fears that the ...
Mar 05, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
China likely to lift ban on South Korea’s K-wave as early as May
BEIJING – China will likely lift its ban on Hallyu, or Korean popular culture in the country, as early as May, moving away from its “wolf...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Woori Financial CEO Yim Jong-yong should stay for governance: FSS chief
Woori Financial Group Chief Executive and Chairman Yim Jong-yong should keep his post through to the end of his term and lead the banking group&rsquo...
Feb 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Samsung, LG consider moving electronics plants to US from Mexico
South Korea’s leading electronics companies such as Samsung and LG are considering moving their plants in Mexico to the US to respond to Presid...
Jan 21, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Yoon becomes first S.Korean sitting president to be formally arrested
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first sitting president to be arrested on rebellion charges as part of a probe into his...
Jan 19, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea sharply cuts 2025 growth forecast, opens door for extra budget
South Korea sharply lowered its economic growth forecast for this year amid the prolonged political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s...
Jan 02, 2025 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
Korea’s new acting president assures economy resilient, security tight
South Korea’s new Acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Friday he is confident that the country’s economy is resilient and its national ...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea’s Acting President Han impeached; Stocks, won plummet
Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s acting president and prime minister, was impeached in Parliament on Friday amid a deepening political crisis batter...
Dec 27, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Business & Politics
South Korea mulls visa waiver for Chinese group tourists
South Korea is considering temporary visa exemptions for Chinese group tourists to boost the domestic tourism sector, after being spooked by the botc...
Dec 26, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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