(Reuters) – The Norwegian central bank on Thursday excluded two oil and gas companies from its $1.4-trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, citing ethical concerns …
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports likely fell in April for a seventh consecutive month and their longest falling streak in more …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea and the U.S. agreed to boost economic partnerships in critical technology industries such as microchips, electric vehicles and batteries, said …
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States should redeploy tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea to send a clear message to North Korea …
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. As world markets tread water ahead of U.S. …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will voluntarily join a global stress test on banks, hoping to gain from a thorough analysis of risks they face …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s overall exports to North Korea in March rose sharply compared with the same month last year for the second month in …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s producer inflation slowed in March to the weakest level in 25 months, central bank data showed on Friday, led by …
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in …
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korea and Japan’s finance ministers will hold a bilateral meeting early next month for the first time in seven years, heralding …
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea says it has tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), its first known use of the …
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and South Korea plan to launch talks on an information security agreement to facilitate intelligence-sharing and promote security ties, a Canadian …
US Gets 500,000 Artillery Shells On Loan From South Korea Due To Fill Plummeting Stocks Micaela Burrow on April 12, 2023 The U.S. reached an …
TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government said the emergency evacuation warning it issued and later retracted against residents of the northern island of Hokkaido after …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s import prices dropped in March at their fastest pace in 27 months, dragged down by weaker oil prices, central bank …
By Idrees Ali and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence analysts believe a recent military parade in North Korea “probably oversells” the threat its …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial regulator said on Tuesday the government would set up a 1 trillion won ($758.97 million) public fund to support …
(This April 9 story has been refiled to clarify meaning in paragraph 6) SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is aware of news reports about a …
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Friday said it will provide 7 trillion won ($5.32 billion) in financial support for its battery …
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Bank of Korea will opt to support a rapidly slowing economy by holding its main interest rate at …
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL(Reuters) – North Korea criticized the U.S. for refusing to extradite a man who was accused of staging a break-in at North …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Satellite images show a high level of activity at North Korea’s main nuclear site, a U.S. think tank reported on Saturday after …
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s top financial regulator on Friday called on the country’s major banking groups to cooperate with the government’s efforts to help cut …
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s exports likely fell in March at the steepest pace in nearly three years, a Reuters survey showed …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will host a third “Summit for Democracy”, President Yoon Suk Yeol said in a statement with U.S. President Joe Biden …
By Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea unveiled on Wednesday a package of measures aimed at boosting domestic consumption, but stopped short of offering …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer sentiment improved in March to its highest level in nine months, with inflation expectations easing from a month earlier, …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s GEM Co Ltd, a battery and material recycler, has signed a joint venture agreement with SK On and ECOPRO Materials to …
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired four cruise missiles off its east coast on Wednesday as its rivals South Korea and the United …
By Soo-hyang Choi BUSAN, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. troops launched their largest amphibious landing drills in years involving a U.S. amphibious …
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un does not appear poised to carry out a nuclear test during U.S.-South Korea …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister said on Thursday the economic and financial policy authorities would keep closely monitoring the markets situation and take …
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. forces will hold their largest-ever live-fire exercises in June in a show of force to …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has sharply lowered official reference housing prices for this year, which will result in a large fall in taxes for …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States, China and Russia argued during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday over who …
North Korea Drills ‘Nuclear Counterattack,’ Appears To Launch Missile From Silo Micaela Burrow on March 20, 2023 North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un oversaw drills …
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s overall exports to North Korea more than doubled in the first two months of 2023 from a year earlier, with major …
North Korea Says It Aimed To ‘Strike Fear Into The Enemies’ With Latest Missile Test Nino Cambria on March 17, 2023 North Korea claimed Friday …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met on Thursday in Tokyo, aiming to thaw years of …
SEOUL (Reuters) – One of the Bank of Korea’s board members said on Thursday that core inflation should be watched more closely than the headline …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is considering requiring banks to hold more capital as part of efforts to make the banking system better prepared for …
By Josh Smith and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s willingness to resolve historical disputes in the name of improving relations with Japan is …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s home prices fell for a ninth consecutive month in February but the pace of declines slowed for a second month …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s import prices for February fell in annual terms for the first time in two years on weaker oil prices, central …
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Workers at an apartment construction site in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, have discovered more than 110 bombs, shells, …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s current account logged a record deficit in January, central bank data showed on Friday, as exports of goods slumped and …
By Yena Park and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s finance minister said on Thursday foreign exchange authorities were in talks to reactivate market stabilizing …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said the lagged effects of its aggressive streak of monetary tightening would have a bigger negative impact on …
In a separate statement, North Korea’s foreign ministry called the B-52 flyover a reckless provocation, according to the AP. “There is no guarantee that there …
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s economy contracted 0.4% in the fourth quarter from a quarter earlier, revised central bank data showed on Tuesday, matching its …