SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s annual consumer inflation accelerated to 3.4% in August while the month-on-month rate was the fastest since early 2017, which should keep policymakers on alert for…
North Korea’s Second Attempt At Spy Satellite Launch Ends In Failure Jake Smith on August 24, 2023 North Korea’s attempt to launch a spy satellite into orbit this week ended…
By Hyonhee Shin, Soo-hyang Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea appears to have made progress in its space program, despite a second rocket failure on Thursday, but…
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol departed for the United States on Thursday for a summit with U.S. and Japanese leaders as the three…
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday called for an overhaul of the country’s disaster response system to better cope with climate change-induced crises,…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s import prices fell in annual terms for a fifth month in June and marked the steepest drop in more than eight years, central bank data…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean steelmaking and materials conglomerate POSCO Group, headed by POSCO Holdings, said on Monday it plans to invest 121 trillion won ($93 billion) by 2030 for…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Confidence among South Korea’s services sector firms has continued to improve, with their outlook for July the most optimistic in nine months, but manufacturers turned a bit…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States targeted North Korea’s missile development in fresh sanctions, issuing the punitive action after South Korea earlier on Thursday said its neighbor fired two short-range…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to “hold hands” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bolster strategic cooperation on their shared goal of building a…
(Reuters) – The United States has called for a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss North Korea’s attempted satellite launch this week, the spokesperson for the U.S. mission…
By Josh Smith and Sakura Murakami SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea is unlikely to be deterred from its quest to place cargoes in space, analysts said, even though a malfunction…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea made a failed attempt at launching its first spy satellite on Wednesday, with the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Russia “will prevail” in its fight against what he described as “imperialists,” state news agency KCNA said on Tuesday, in…
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea’s central bank chief welcomed an easing in inflation but said it was “a little bit premature” to suggest it will start to cut rates…
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It turns out South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol can sing. At the end of a festive dinner at the White House on Wednesday,…
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At a summit with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to reassure South Koreans that the…
SEOUL (Reuters) -The head of South Korea’s central bank said on Monday some short-term interest rates had fallen more than he had expected, adding it was probably due to a…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the United States next week for a summit with President Joe Biden as the allies grapple for…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution Ltd is in talks with Toyota Motors Corp to supply electric vehicle (EV) batteries, LGES Chief Executive Officer said on…
By Hyonhee Shin and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday he would restore Japan’s fast-track trade status after a summit with Japanese…
By Jihoon Lee and Choonsik Yoo SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean exports tumbled for the first 20 days of March and producer inflation eased last month, data showed on Tuesday, reinforcing…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday vowed to strengthen deterrence against North Korea’s threats by establishing a nuclear planning and implementation system with the United…
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s trade minister will meet with counterparts in Washington this week to express concerns that the U.S. Chips Act could make the U.S.…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on individuals and companies that it accused of illicitly generating revenue for the government of North…