MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said she met with South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho, and looked forward to a trilateral meeting with Japan’s…
SEOUL (Reuters) – There is no need for the South Korean central bank to tighten monetary policy further for now, despite the prospect of interest rates staying higher for longer…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank governor said there was a high possibility interest rates would stay higher for longer and there was a need to improve the system…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean house prices weakened for an 11th consecutive month in April – its longest streak of declines in 11 years – but the pace of falls…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s labour minister said on Thursday that lifting the weekly work hour cap to 69 hours from 52 will give working mothers more choice and help…
SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States will likely limit the level of advanced semiconductors made by South Korean companies in China, a senior U.S. official said. In October, South Korea’s…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean consumers’ inflation expectations fell in September for a second month after six months of rises, although the decline was small, a central bank survey showed…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean consumers’ inflation expectations fell in August after six months of rises, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday, while their assessment of economic conditions improved.…
SEOUL – South Korea’s Korean Air Lines and Asiana Airlines are cancelling flights to Taiwan for one or two days because of Chinese military exercises in the area, local media…
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL – South Korean export growth rate likely rebounded in July, but remained in the single-digit level, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, while consumer inflation is…
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL -South Korea’s prime minister said on Wednesday he would recommend to the president a pardon for Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of the world’s biggest memory…
SEOUL – South Korean consumers turned pessimistic about overall economic conditions in June for the first time in more than a year, while their inflation expectations hit a decade high,…
SEOUL – South Korean industries, including auto, steel, petrochemical and cement, face accumulated losses worth about 1.6 trillion won ($1.24 billion) as of Sunday due to the ongoing trucker strike,…
By Jihoon Lee and Cynthia Kim SEOUL – Young South Koreans are buying homes in defiance of sharp rate rises that has once again put the spotlight on a severe…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – Yoon Suk-yeol seals his surge to the summit of South Korean politics on Tuesday when the man who once dreamt of becoming a pastor, but…
By Jihoon Lee and Choonsik Yoo SEOUL -South Koreans expect inflation to average around 3.1% over the next 12 months, led by rising global energy prices, the highest they have…