By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s factory activity contracted in December, a business survey showed on Tuesday, due to falling new orders, which were squeezed by weaker Chinese…
(Reuters) -South Korea’s financial watchdog has recommended imposing a fine of at least 10 billion won ($7.67 million) each on HSBC Holdings and BNP Paribas for naked short selling, Bloomberg…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top diplomats of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches and urged Pyongyang to…
SEOUL (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet for talks in South Korea on Sunday, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Friday, as the…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s exports in October rose in annual terms for the first time in 13 months, as shipments to the United States were robust while…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s foreign exchange reserves fell for a second month in September and by the biggest amount in four months, central bank data showed on Friday, as…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said on Thursday it needs to make coordinated efforts to contain household debt, which is at levels that could undermine economic growth and…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial authorities said they would control household debt by tightening certain loan regulations, as rising mortgage demand drove up household borrowing by the biggest amount…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial market watchdog on Thursday urged foreign firms trading on the country’s stock market to strengthen internal controls to prevent illegal naked short-selling. The Financial…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will provide up to 181 trillion won ($137 billion) of cheap loans to exporters until the end of this year and waive visa processing fees…
By Hongji Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police arrested 16 people on Thursday for entering a building housing the Japanese embassy in Seoul, carrying off and bundling some into a…
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold a virtual meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on Monday, the…
By Heekyong Yang and Zoey Zhang SEOUL/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese battery materials firms are ramping up investment in South Korea, announcing projects worth at least $4.4 billion this year to…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial market watchdog gathered local securities firms on Thursday to assess real estate-related risks and urged for thorough and preemptive preparation against them amid concerns…
SEOUL (Reuters) – For the first time since the 1980s a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) is in South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday, as the…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said on Monday there was a need to manage financial stability in addition to price risks as the country’s high household debts have…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean state-run banks are providing at least two trillion won ($1.54 billion) of liquidity support to a credit union hit by customer withdrawals, joining…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s downtrend in exports likely slowed in June, with the trade balance set to swing to a surplus for the first time in…
(Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will be visiting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday in the latest effort to improve bilateral ties. However, the trip will…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial regulator fined two firms for naked short selling in the local stock market, for the first time under the new law of heavier penalties.…
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Two elderly South Korean victims of wartime forced labour took to the streets in wheelchairs on Tuesday, saying they rejected a compensation deal announced…
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United states deployed a B-52 bomber for a joint drill with its ally South Korea on Monday, in a show of force against North Korea’s nuclear…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s consumer prices for February grew at their slowest pace in 10 months, bolstering views that the central bank is done with its…
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is considering relaxing controls on exports to South Korea as its president, Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to improve ties amid a strained East Asian security…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s financial regulator has imposed a fine of 11.88 billion won ($9.66 million) on U.S.-based Citadel Securities, saying it disturbed the local stock market with high-frequency…