South Korea’s president to visit US with 15 business leaders after Japan

South Korea’s president to visit US with 15 business leaders after Japan

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan and the US starting on Aug. 23, accompanied by 15 business leaders from the country...

BOK flags stablecoin risks ahead of Circle president's visit

BOK flags stablecoin risks ahead of Circle president's visit

The Bank of Korea (BOK) has urged the National Assembly to regulate dollar stablecoins, warning their growing use poses a threat to the country&rsqu...

S.Korean President Lee to meet KPop Demon Hunters director Maggie Kang, TWICE

S.Korean President Lee to meet KPop Demon Hunters director Maggie Kang, TWICE

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet with Maggie Kang, director of the Netflix animated feature KPop Demon Hunters, along with K-pop girl ...

S.Korea’s Lee to visit Japan next week for talks with Ishiba, resumes shuttle diplomacy

S.Korea’s Lee to visit Japan next week for talks with Ishiba, resumes shuttle diplomacy

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Japan next week for talks with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, resuming the so-called shuttle dip...

S.Korea-US summit set for Aug. 25 with focus on security, economy

S.Korea-US summit set for Aug. 25 with focus on security, economy

President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea and US President Donald Trump will meet face to face for the first time on Aug. 25 in Washington to discuss a...

Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status

Trump’s chip tariff threat stirs jitters; impact on Samsung, SK Hynix limited given MFN status

NEW YORK – A revived threat from US President Donald Trump to impose a 100% tariff on imported semiconductors has reignited concerns in South ...

CLSA, Citi, JPMorgan slam South Korea’s tax reform plans as anti-market

CLSA, Citi, JPMorgan slam South Korea’s tax reform plans as anti-market

South Korea’s latest tax overhaul is triggering a wave of criticism from foreign investment banks, with analysts warning that the proposed tax...

President Lee meets with Samsung chief amid stalled US-Korea trade talks

President Lee meets with Samsung chief amid stalled US-Korea trade talks

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung met with Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Thursday amid growing speculation that Seoul may leve...

President Lee meets Hyundai, LG chiefs, promotes ‘one team’ approach

President Lee meets Hyundai, LG chiefs, promotes ‘one team’ approach

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held back-to-back meetings with the chairmen of Hyundai Motor Group and LG Group this week to discuss global tr...

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years

To Lam, general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party and the country’s de facto ruling leader, is expected to make a state visit to So...

South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree

South Korea’s ex-President Yoon re-arrested over martial law decree

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken back into custody early Thursday over his short-lived martial law declaration last December, a...

Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ plan to build plant in Mexico shelved amid Trump tariffs

Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ plan to build plant in Mexico shelved amid Trump tariffs

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a leading South Korean electronics parts maker, has abandoned plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Mexico and ...

S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race

S.Korea to elevate science minister to deputy prime minister to lead in AI race

South Korea will elevate its new science minister to a deputy ministerial post, giving him authority to serve as the top coordinator of the governme...

Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge

Shinsegae chair likely to head Asian arm of pro-Trump Rockbridge

Chung Yong-jin, chairman of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae Inc., is likely to head the Asian operations of the Rockbridge Network, a gro...

S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, career technocrats

S.Korea to have 1st civilian defense minister in decades, career technocrats

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Monday announced a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle, naming a mix of career technocrats, senior lawmakers and &mda...

S.Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba agree to deepen ties, resume shuttle diplomacy

S.Korea’s Lee, Japan’s Ishiba agree to deepen ties, resume shuttle diplomacy

KANANASKIS, Canada – South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung held his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishi...

Samsung to thrash out strategy amid Trump, Middle East crisis

Samsung to thrash out strategy amid Trump, Middle East crisis

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s most valuable company, is convening its most senior executives this week to plot its path back to the t...

US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit

US-South Korea talks scrapped after Trump's early G7 exit

A planned meeting between South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and US President Donald Trump was canceled on Monday after Trump unexpectedly left ...

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

President Lee: Businesses at center of policy priorities for economic growth

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Friday pledged strong government support for the country’s businesses, while emphasizing the need for ...

Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn

Partners Group sees infrastructure secondaries quadrupling to $60 bn

Infrastructure secondaries are gaining momentum as the infrastructure sector attracts investors seeking stable and predictable returns amid heighten...

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

Lee vows policy overhaul to spur dividend payouts

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday that the government is preparing tax and regulatory reforms to spur dividend payouts as part ...

Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders ahead of G7 summit

Lee Jae-myung to meet with top business leaders ahead of G7 summit

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung plans to meet with the country’s top business leaders before departing for the Group...

S.Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties

S.Korean President Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba seek closer ties

South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung on Monday had his first official telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shige...

S.Korea’s Lee to make diplomatic debut at G7 after phone call with Trump

S.Korea’s Lee to make diplomatic debut at G7 after phone call with Trump

South Korea’s new President Lee Jae-myung will attend the summit of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries in Alberta, Canada, next week, ...

Lee Jae-myung vows to end politics of division, seek pragmatic diplomacy

Lee Jae-myung vows to end politics of division, seek pragmatic diplomacy

Lee Jae-myung was formally sworn in as South Korea’s new president on Wednesday, pledging to unite a divided nation, revitalize the economy an...

Asian manufacturing activity stumbles again under weight of Trump tariffs

Asian manufacturing activity stumbles again under weight of Trump tariffs

Factory activity slowed across much of Asia in May as uncertainty over U.S. tariffs continued to cause steep declines in new orders, purchasing ma...

Liberal Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president

Liberal Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president

South Korea’s liberal politician Lee Jae-myung has been elected the country's next president. Lee has pledged to revive Asia’s fourth-la...

S.Korea imports Canadian oil for 1st time under Trump's 2nd term

S.Korea imports Canadian oil for 1st time under Trump's 2nd term

South Korea has imported crude oil from Canada for the first time amid escalating tariff tensions between the US and Canada since Donald Trump's ret...

US considers withdrawing thousands of troops from South Korea

US considers withdrawing thousands of troops from South Korea

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Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK's ByungJu Kim, business leaders

Bill Clinton in Seoul to meet with MBK's ByungJu Kim, business leaders

Michael ByungJu Kim, co-founder, partner and chairman of Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners Ltd., is set to meet with former US President ...

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