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    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      North Korea
      Chinese broker exposed by FT investigation into North Korea oil trade arrested

      South Korean authorities detain shipping agent amid fears of flight risk after activities revealed

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung defies pressure to rein in chip investment through downturn

      Analysts still expect world’s biggest memory chip maker to slash output to counter supply glut and price falls

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      Nato chief calls on South Korea to provide military aid to Ukraine

      Jens Stoltenberg cites Kyiv’s ‘urgent’ need for ammunition during trip to deepen ties with Seoul and Tokyo

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      South Korea Economy
      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

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      LexJune Yoon
      The Lex Newsletter: South Korean banks just got interesting Premium content

      Timing is right for shareholders to extract better terms from local lenders

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Moral Money
      Abortion rights crash into US boardrooms Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, the economic risks of South Korea’s female labour shortage

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessChristian Davies
      Kepco debt crisis exposes South Korean vulnerabilities

      Reliance on power company for national strategic objectives risks impeding transition to greener energy

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      News in-depthNorth Korea
      North Korean drone incursion rattles nerves in Seoul over air defences

      Pyongyang’s ‘psychological campaign’ of provocation reveals gaps in South Korea’s security strategy

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      MSCI Inc
      South Korea eases market rules to court foreign investors

      World’s 10th-largest economy pushes to win developed status for inclusion in MSCI world index

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      KT&G Corp
      Activist fund takes aim at South Korean tobacco maker KT&G over dividends

      Singapore-based Flashlight Capital calls for group once targeted by Carl Icahn to return $1.86bn to shareholders

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      HTSI
      Is Hanwoo the next Wagyu steak?

      In Seoul the ‘future’ of beef is setting griddles alight

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      OutlookChristian Davies
      Lessons in preparing for war on the Korean peninsula

      As Kim Jong Un ratchets up his nuclear arsenal, Seoul residents face questions over how to plan for a crisis

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      News in-depthKorea Electric Power Corp
      Energy crisis roils Kepco and local debt market

      South Korean utility resorts to bumper bond issuance as it struggles to cope with rising costs

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      News in-depthWomen in business
      ‘It’s a boys’ club’: South Korea’s woeful record on women in work

      The gender pay gap is the worst among OECD countries for the 26th year in a row

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      InterviewPharmaceuticals sector
      SK Bioscience says ‘national pride’ prevents China from accepting foreign Covid jabs

      South Korean vaccine maker looks elsewhere to expand overseas business

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      The Big Read
      North Korea’s evolving nuclear threat: too great to deter?

      Kim Jong Un’s growing arsenal is setting the scene for a risky game of military one-upmanship with the US and its east Asian allies

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung profits fall 69% as demand for semiconductors slumps

      World’s biggest memory chipmaker has been ramping up production despite price falls and supply glut

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Semiconductors
      South Korean chip production slumps as inflation hits electronics demand

      Samsung set to increase capital spending to grab market share in downturn, say analysts

    • 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

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Exchange traded funds
      South Korea’s Mirae builds up in European ETF industry

      Group buys market maker GHCO in space dominated by near-duopoly

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      North Korea
      Fuel transfer from South to North Korea sheds light on sanctions evasion

      Rare spotting of ship-to-ship delivery illustrates difficulty of enforcing energy isolation of Pyongyang

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      South Korea’s hunt for crypto fugitive Do Kwon leads to Serbia

      Prosecutors seek co-operation with Belgrade as search intensifies for Terraform chief

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      InterviewPOSCO
      Posco chief warns strong dollar is dragging down profits

      South Korea’s largest steelmaker grapples with weaker demand as global economy cools

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Exchange traded funds
      Hong Kong’s CSOP AM sets sights on South Korea’s retail ETF market

      Move would make it the first Chinese firm to enter the local ETF space

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      LexJune Yoon
      The Lex Newsletter: China will soothe zero-Covid misery with Korean media Premium content

      Relaxation of curbs on film and gaming companies coupled with lockdown restrictions herald revival for pandemic trade

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