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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      South Korea’s pension fund forecast to run out in 2055 as demographic crisis hits

      Ageing population and underemployment add to pressures as Seoul pushes for reform

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea’s former president Lee Myung-bak to be pardoned

      Conservative leader given 17-year prison sentence in 2018 for charges including corruption and embezzlement

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      South Korean business & finance
      How a liquidity crunch in South Korea began at Legoland

      Policymakers struggle to contain defaults as rate rises put pressure on emerging markets

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      InterviewSouth Korean business & finance
      ‘Sense of crisis’ has gripped South Korean chip industry, warns minister

      Lee Jong-ho says new legislation will boost competitiveness in supply chain and security

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      Bank of Korea
      Bank of Korea denies imminent US swap deal as won falls

      South Korea battles to defend currency under pressure from Fed rate decision

    • Sunday, 18 September, 2022
      InterviewSouth Korean business & finance
      South Korea complains of growing friction with US over high-tech trade

      Seoul’s trade minister accuses Joe Biden of about-face on electric vehicle subsidies

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      South Korea looks at ‘contingency plans’ to stabilise the won

      Finance minister steps up verbal intervention as currency hits 13-year low against the dollar

    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
      North Korea nuclear tensions
      US and South Korea launch war games for first time in 4 years

      Military drills come as regional tensions mount over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme and Taiwan status

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea disputes China’s account of foreign minister talks

      Countries offer contrasting versions of missile defence policy as tensions increase

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong to win presidential pardon

      Billionaire scion of company’s ruling family served 19 months for bribing a former president

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Semiconductors
      Samsung and SK Hynix rethink China exposure following US chips act

      Leading Korean chipmakers re-evaluate further Chinese investments in wake of Washington restrictions

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      South Korean consumer prices rise at quickest rate since 1998

      Inflation piles pressure on central bank to increase rates by 50 basis points for first time

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      South Korean inflation surges by most in almost 14 years

      Consumer price index rises 5.4% in May, adding further pressure on Asia’s fourth-biggest economy

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      South Korea’s recovery slows as worries over China lockdowns rise

      Exports fell in April as analysts warn that demand is weakening while Beijing grapples with Covid fears

    • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
      InterviewGlobal trade
      S Korea trade minister calls for post-Covid focus on supply chain resilience

      Crisis has forced lasting shift in governments’ policy approach, according to Yeo Han-koo

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      South Korean inflation races to fastest pace in a decade

      Consumer prices jump in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy amid Covid outbreak and supply chain turmoil

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      Covid outbreak buffets South Korean growth

      Restrictions to contain the virus blamed for economy expanding just 0.3% in third quarter

    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea’s ‘Bernie Sanders’ touts universal basic income ahead of polls

      Leading presidential candidates embrace radical economic shifts to tackle growing inequality

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      Global Economy
      Low vaccination rates blamed for ‘diverging’ south-east Asia growth

      Asian Development Bank says economic recovery in some countries is being held back by Covid outbreaks

    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      News in-depth
      South Korea shatters national debt taboo to tackle inequality

      Old-age poverty and youth unemployment spark crisis fears despite recession rebound

    • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
      South Korea proposes record spending to deal with pandemic

      President says aggressive fiscal approach must be maintained as coronavirus cases surge

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      South Korea becomes first big Asian economy to raise interest rates

      Fears over rising property prices and record household debt outweigh surging Covid threat

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      South Korea looks to fintech as household debt balloons to $1.6tn

      Digital lenders set to fill gap as banks pull back in heavily indebted nation

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      South Korean economy grows at record pace but Covid clouds outlook

      Second quarter GDP expands 5.9% year on year on exports and consumption rebound

    • Saturday, 24 April, 2021
      Asia-Pacific equities
      South Korea’s retail investor army declares war on short-sellers

      Amateur traders gaining political clout after becoming dominant force in $2tn stock market

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