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    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Natural gas
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      Race to lock in liquefied natural gas for winter poses risks of further price jump

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korean president snubs Nancy Pelosi as China tensions rise

      Seoul accused of trying to placate Beijing after US House Speaker’s controversial visit to Taiwan

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
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      South Korea’s most popular export landed in London with clean-cut boy bands and a vision of utopia

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

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

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
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      Move follows warnings from investors, analysts and employees that chipmaker is losing its technological edge

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
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      Kim Jong Un says Korean peninsula on the ‘brink of war’

      North Korea’s leader threatens to ‘wipe out’ foes with nuclear weapons

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
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      South Korea probes $3.1bn crypto-linked forex transactions

      Regulators investigate ‘abnormal’ currency deals at Woori Bank and Shinhan Bank

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      Shinzo Abe’s assassination has drawn scrutiny of the work of the controversial Unification Church

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
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      Kim Jong Un regime blames South Korea balloons for Covid spread

      North Korean state media says large outbreak is due to ‘alien things coming by wind’

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
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      China-South Korea ETF cross-listing scheme stalls

      The programme was announced last year but companies say there has been no progress

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
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      Ukraine war offers South Korea’s Hanwha chance at Nato defence market

      Defence contractor wants to be a ‘reliable partner’ to Europe

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
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      Samsung’s subdued profits reflect fading pandemic electronics surge

      Shares gain as investors bet that low consumer demand has already been priced in

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea launches bid to resolve compensation for wartime slave labourers

      Relationship with fellow US ally Japan has been strained by legacy of colonial occupation

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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      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

    • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
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      North Atlantic alliance to expand co-operation with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

    • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
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      Japan’s biggest chipmakers from Toshiba to Sony brace for engineer shortage

      Industry body says 35,000 engineers needed within 10 years to revive country’s semiconductor sector

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
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      10 have launched in the country since October last year

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
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      South Korean management company’s shares hit by boy band BTS’s decision to take a break

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
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      South Korean prosecutors take action as they investigate company behind $40bn luna wipeout

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      Hybe has had nine years since the group’s debut to reduce its dependence

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      Market value of group’s agency Hybe falls $1.7bn as singers choose to pursue solo projects

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
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      South Korea’s consumers force business to rethink plastic use

      The country has a high recycling rate, but a growing zero-waste movement gives companies no room for complacency

    • Friday, 10 June, 2022
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      Hyundai and Posco’s operations hit by intensifying South Korea trucker strike

      Four-day walk out is swelling, snarling supply chains in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
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      Legal pressure mounts on developer Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs after its tokens collapsed

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      News in-depthJapanese politics & policy
      ‘Now or never’: Japan and South Korea seek a relationship reset

      New leaders of crucial US allies aim to improve ties but may struggle to set aside historic disputes

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