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  • 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
    South Korea Economy
    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
    News in-depthNato
    China’s rise pushes Asia-Pacific nations to embrace Nato

    North Atlantic alliance to expand co-operation with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    Semiconductors
    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
    Exchange traded funds
    South Korea metaverse ETF performance slumps

    10 have launched in the country since October last year

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    LexJune Yoon
    The Lex Newsletter: Ari and Justin may no longer Beliebe the Hybe Premium content

    South Korean management company’s shares hit by boy band BTS’s decision to take a break

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Staff at crypto operator Terraform Labs hit with flight ban

    South Korean prosecutors take action as they investigate company behind $40bn luna wipeout

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    LexBTS
    K-pop/BTS: boy band is not bulletproof — nor is its talent agency Premium content

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

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    BTS
    Boy band BTS rattles K-pop shares by announcing temporary break

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

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders
    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
    South Korean business & finance
    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
    Cryptocurrencies
    South Korea launches investigations into company behind luna crypto crash

    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

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    InterviewIndustrial metals
    South Korean steelmaker warns green push will benefit China and India

    Posco says tough environmental rules may put group at disadvantage to rivals

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    South Korea Economy
    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

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    South Korean business & finance
    South Korean IPO pipeline dries up on worries about global growth

    Listings plummet as companies struggle to obtain lofty valuations following record in 2021

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    South Korean business & finance
    Soaring steel prices hit South Korean shipbuilders’ turnround hopes

    Return to profit delayed as big three builders struggle to renegotiate orders and pass on costs

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    $40bn crypto collapse turns South Korea against the ‘Lunatic’ leader

    Implosion of cryptocurrency offering 20% yield makes developer Do Kwon ‘the most hated man in Korea’

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea

    Washington seeks to reassure allies of its support as Pyongyang pushes ahead with nuclear weapons

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    US foreign policy
    Biden waters down Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to win support

    US president dilutes wording on regional trade deal as he departs on first Asia trip

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
    South Korea’s museum boom is making up for lost time

    The country has embarked on a ‘K-art’ spree — but critics worry about a build-now, fill-later attitude

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Shrimp to Whale by Ramon Pacheco Pardo — how South Korea became a powerhouse

    This careful retelling of two millennia of history celebrates the country’s economic and cultural success but ignores its dark sides

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    News in-depthNorth Korea nuclear tensions
    Nervous South Koreans seek ways to counter North’s nuclear threat

    New president Yoon Suk-yeol has pledged to ‘dramatically strengthen’ defences

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
    Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
    Samsung’s reliance on fossil fuels poses growing risk to investors

    South Korean group lags behind rivals Apple and TSMC on decarbonisation

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessChristian Davies
    K-pop’s big corporate showdown boosts Korean activists

    Fledgling domestic fund wins vote to appoint auditor at entertainment behemoth

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