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South Korea exports set to rise for 12th month on chip boom: Reuters poll
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, May 28 (Reuters) - South Korean exports likely rose for a 12th straight month in May, as a global boom in AI…
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The BTS Machine Lurches Back to Life
Ten years ago, outside of Korea and Japan, fans of acts like BigBang and Loona were often seen as members of a fringe subculture. Not so…
Style
The Soft Power of BTS
The mega-popular K-pop stars have been on hiatus for nearly four years. Their new album, “Arirang,” tests the group’s staying power in the…
Culture
Straits Trading unit to divest South Korea logistics property for 432 billion won
The Straits Trading Company is divesting a freehold logistics facility in Incheon, South Korea, for 432 billion won (S$377.6 million) as…
Culture
South Korea bourse CEO sees Kospi at 6,000, vows to cut ‘zombie’ firms
The index’s surge over the past 12 months is the best among more than 90 global equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg The world-beating…
Culture
South Korea makes checks on increasing US dollar deposits as won falls
South Korean authorities summoned seven local banks last week to question them about increasing US dollar deposits, officials and bank…
Business
South Korea to End Bear Bile Farming and Find New Homes for the 200 Bears Stuck in the Industry
NEED TO KNOW South Korea began bear bile farming for health purposes in the 1980s Though the bile is used in medicinal treatment for…
Culture
South Korea central bank to assess incoming data to decide whether and when to lower rates
South Korea’s central bank will decide whether and when to implement any further interest rate cuts next year based on a comprehensive…
Culture
South Korea pension fund initiates new round of strategic FX hedging to support won
The won sharply reversed course on the news to rally as much as 1.6% to 1,458.0 per dollar South Korea’s national pension fund has…
Culture
S Korea pension fund initiates new round of strategic FX hedging to support won
The won sharply reverses course on the news to rally as much as 1.6% to 1,458.0 per dollar South Korea’s national pension fund has…
Culture
South Korea digs deeper into intervention toolkit as won slides
The won has been Asia’s worst-performing currency in the second half of the year In South Korea, calls for action to stem the won’s…
Culture
South Korea central bank sees upside inflation risk with a weaker won
South Korea’s central bank said on Wednesday (Dec 17) that headline inflation in 2026 could exceed earlier forecasts, if the won stays at…
Culture
South Korea police raid e-commerce giant Coupang over data leak
Personal information of 33.7 million customers had been leaked – almost two-thirds of the population South Korean police raided the Seoul…
Business
South Korea Pushes No-Fault Liability After Upbit Hack
Photo by BeInCrypto South Korean regulators are pushing strict no-fault liability rules on cryptocurrency exchanges, following a $28…
Culture
SoftBank’s Arm plans to set up chip training facility in South Korea
It will train about 1,400 high-level chip design specialists to bolster the relatively weak system-semiconductor and fabless segments…
Business
South Korea 1-1 Wales: Crymu held after Korean equaliser
Wales were held to a 1-1 draw by South Korea in a thrilling Women’s international friendly encounter in Malaga. It was the first-ever…
Culture
South Korea keeps rates steady as FX risks limit easing scope
South Korea’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged as widely expected on Thursday as a tumbling won reduced the scope for further…
Culture
Hyundai pledges record US$85.8b investment in South Korea
Hyundai called it “the company’s largest-ever domestic investment commitment” South Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Group pledged on…
Business
Kidnapping fears revive old hoax about gangs targeting motorists in South Korea
A years-old hoax claiming gangs are throwing eggs at car windshields to force their victims to stop has found a new lease of life in South…
Fashion
I Traveled to Korea for Salmon Sperm Injections and Was Turned Down—Meet the Under-the-Radar Laser I Tried Instead
Vanessa Lee is a Who What Wear editor in residence, aesthetic nurse, certified face reader, and founder and CXO of The Things We Do. I…
Culture
SK Hynix’s 240% rally prompts Korea Exchange to warn investors
The exchange caution is a pre-warning before a higher-level alert is triggered, which would limit margin trading A 240 per cent rally in…
Business
South Korea vows to pursue rapprochement with North Korea
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said he wants to continue the policy of rapprochement with North Korea despite regular hostility…
Business
South Korea, Nvidia Team Up In 260,000 GPU AI Push
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. South Korea is teaming up with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a monumental bet on AI one that might…
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N. Korea missile image falsely linked to Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict
As deadly border clashes erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan in early October 2025, an image of a missile circulated online with…