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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has issued warnings and made various efforts to prop up the won, one of the world’s worst performing major currencies this year. The won, near …

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris had one job this week, to visit the tense Korean Penninsula and reaffirm America’s alliance with South Korea. Instead, she announced a new alliance with …

SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Thursday she visited South Korea to reinforce the strength of the two countries’ alliance, as she held a meeting with …

By Soo-hyang Choi and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has completed preparations for a nuclear test and a possible window for carrying it out could be between Oct. …

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals used in electric vehicles …

By Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea plans to announce financial reforms later this year, including its policy on shareholder returns, that could help reduce the “Korea discount” in …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the United States are working on arranging a summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden in New York around Sept. 20 to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has made clear it has no hostile intent toward North Korea and continues to seek diplomacy with the country, White House press secretary Karine …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia demanded at the United Nations on Thursday that the United States and Britain provide evidence to support their allegations that Moscow was …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – American and South Korean officials will meet next week to discuss “comprehensive measures” to deter North Korea, Seoul said on Thursday, as the two …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Russia could be about to buy millions of artillery shells and rockets from old Cold-War ally North Korea, the White House said, an allegation …

SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Lone Star Funds said it was disappointed in the amount an international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay as damages over its sale …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Korean Deputy Trade Minister Ahn Sung-il raised concerns on Tuesday with the Biden administration over the revamped $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit that makes vehicles assembled outside …

By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank will raise its key interest rate again on Thursday to fight inflation, according to a Reuters poll of economists, but …

BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea imported more than 1 million facial masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring victory over COVID-19, Chinese trade …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States’ “ironclad commitment” to the defense of South Korea and Japan in a call with South Korean Foreign Minister …

By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea and the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine will develop “equally beneficial bilateral cooperation”, Donetsk leader Denis Pushilin said in a letter …

SEOUL – In Seoul for meetings with South Korean leaders, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he fully supports efforts to completely denuclearize North Korea. “I would like …

SEOUL – North Korea denounced U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday for supporting deterrence against North Korea during her visit to South Korea this week. Pelosi and …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – North Korea made preparations for a nuclear test during the first six months of this year, according to an excerpt of a confidential United …

SEOUL – South Korea’s factory activity shrank in July for the first time in nearly two years, as output and new orders weakened amid continued inflation and supply chain woes, …

SEOUL – A South Korean central-bank board member affirmed on Wednesday that interest rates should rise further but added that increases should be gradual, since downside risks to both exports …

SEOUL – General Motors Co’s South Korea unit has resumed production at its two factories in the country this week following a production halt that lasted about two weeks over …