SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said on Thursday its monetary policy board decided to reform its standing lending facility, a monetary policy tool for supplying liquidity to banks,…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will loosen loan regulations for homeowners having difficulty repaying “jeonse” deposits to tenants, for a year starting on Thursday, the financial regulator said. Jeonse refers…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean consumers’ sentiment improved for a fifth consecutive month to a 15-month high in July, with their inflation expectations resuming a decline, a central bank survey…
‘Conversation’ Started With North Korea Over Fate Of US Soldier, UN Says Micaela Burrow on July 24, 2023 A “conversation” has begun with North Korea over U.S. Army Private Travis…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia on Sunday wrapped up an air and naval exercise in the Sea of Japan aimed at “safeguarding” the security of waterways, the Chinese defence…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Group of Seven, European Union and three other countries plan to appeal to China for help to stop North Korea evading United…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports are expected to recover going forward, but at a sluggish pace compared with the past due to a narrower gap in competitiveness against China,…
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – South Korea’s economic growth likely slowed a bit last quarter as languishing exports and high interest rates hurt private consumption that accounts for about…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s producer prices fell in June on an annual basis for the first time in 31 months, central bank data showed on Friday, dragged down by…
Pentagon Can’t Say Whether Soldier Who Bolted Into North Korea Is Alive Micaela Burrow on July 20, 2023 Two days after an Army private ran across the border into North…
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with the leaders of Japan and South Korea in August in the United States, South Korea’s presidential office said on Thursday.…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports to North Korea fell 6.6% last month versus May, customs data shows, though they remained eight times higher than in June 2022 when the secretive…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is likely to milk the border crossing by a U.S. soldier for propaganda purposes but will probably not be able to gain…
By Ed Davies (Reuters) – The U.S. military identified a soldier who made an unauthorised crossing into North Korea on Tuesday as Private Travis T. King and said he was…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has decided to raise the minimum wage by a three-year low of 2.5% in 2024, its Minimum Wage Commission said on Wednesday, amid slowing growth…
‘Bad Joke’: Soldier Detained In North Korea Ran Across Border Laughing After Escaping From Escort, Witness Says Micaela Burrow on July 18, 2023 The U.S. soldier detained in North Korea…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier has crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. One of the officials…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s home prices were flat in June, data showed on Monday, as prices in the capital Seoul city stopped falling for the first time in a…
SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S., South Korea and Japan held a joint naval missile defence exercise on Sunday to counter North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats, the South’s navy…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tesla began selling its Model Y rear-wheel drive car on Friday in South Korea at a price of 56.99 million won ($45,139), the automaker’ s website said,…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), launched for the second time on Wednesday, uses solid-fuel technology, giving it the capability to launch with…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Customer withdrawals from MG Community Credit Cooperatives (MGCCC), a troubled South Korean credit union, have clearly stabilised amid government efforts to ward off a liquidity crunch, the…
By Idrees Ali CAMP SMITH, Hawaii (Reuters) – The United States’ top general met his South Korean and Japanese counterparts for a rare trilateral meeting in Hawaii on Tuesday, as…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine as a “criminal act” and demanded an immediate withdrawal of the…
US Spy Aircraft Fled After North Korea Scrambled Jets, Kim Jong Un’s Sister Says Micaela Burrow on July 10, 2023 North Korea said it mobilized aircraft to fight, sending a…