• July 25 2024
  South Korea Society

  ‘A Moncler winter jacket has become like a school uniform’: children’s luxury booms in South Korea

  Parents and grandparents spoil their kids with expensive fashion products as low birth rate leads to smaller families

  
• July 24 2024
  Inside BusinessChristian Davies

  Seoul push to end ‘the Korean discount’ hits a snag

  Critics of a Doosan group restructuring argue the country needs a fiduciary duty standard for shareholders

  
• July 23 2024
  Kakao Corp

  Billionaire founder of Kakao arrested in K-pop stock manipulation case

  South Korean internet company’s chief in custody over bidding battle with agency behind boy band BTS

  
• July 17 2024
  South Korean business & finance

  Prosecutors push for arrest of tech billionaire at centre of K-pop bidding battle

  Move to detain Kakao founder Brian Kim follows regulator’s vow to crack down on insider trading

  
• July 17 2024
  Political espionage

  Former CIA analyst charged with acting as South Korean agent

  Sue Mi Terry accused by US prosecutors of accepting luxury gifts to disclose information and write articles

  
• July 16 2024
  News in-depthSouth Korea Politics & Policy

  More South Koreans want Seoul to have its own nuclear weapons

  Stronger Putin-Kim ties and possible Trump re-election increases public support for independent deterrent

  
• July 14 2024
  News in-depthSamsung Electronics Co Ltd

  Samsung’s ‘chip crisis’: AI ambitions hit by unprecedented worker unrest

  Korean tech giant risks losing disenchanted engineers to domestic rival SK Hynix

  
• July 10 2024
  Technology sector

  Samsung launches foldable phones with enhanced AI to stay ahead of Chinese rivals

  Smartphone maker adds new capabilities in niche premium segment to combat being undercut on price

  
• July 8 2024
  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

  Samsung Electronics hit by unprecedented 3-day strike

  Thousands of workers take action over pay and conditions at South Korean tech company

  
• July 7 2024
  Batteries

  Battery maker SK On declares ‘emergency’ as EV sales disappoint

  Supplier to Ford and Volkswagen may have to be rescued by its South Korean parent as losses mount

  
• July 5 2024
  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

  Samsung expects profits to surge on demand for AI chips

  World’s largest memory chipmaker forecasts 15-fold rise in second-quarter figures

  
• July 3 2024
  Batteries

  Indonesia boosts EV ambitions with first battery factory

  South-east Asian country is pushing to move up electric vehicle value chain

  
• June 27 2024
  IPOs

  Webtoon Entertainment to debut on Nasdaq as latest Korean cultural export success

  Online comics platform prices IPO at top of range for $2.7bn valuation

  
• June 26 2024
  North Korean balloons carrying rubbish briefly close South’s busiest airport

  Launches come amid high tensions on Korean Peninsula days after Vladimir Putin visit

  
• June 24 2024
  Fire at South Korean lithium battery plant kills 22

  Most of dead at factory reported to hail from China as cause of explosion that sparked blaze remains unclear

  
• June 21 2024
  South Korea Politics & Policy

  South Korea to consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Putin-Kim pact

  Tensions rise on Korean peninsula after Russian president raises giving Pyongyang high-precision weapons

  
• June 21 2024
  Special ReportAsia-Pacific Climate Leaders

  South Korea and Japan criticised for approach to climate collaboration

  Environmentalists question joint decision to promote hydrogen and ammonia as emission reduction tools

  
• June 20 2024
  North Korea

  Japan and South Korea sound alarm over Putin-Kim military pact

  Mutual defence pledge marks one of Moscow’s strongest commitments in Asia

  
• June 12 2024
  Moral Money

  The rise of the €1 home Premium content

  Also in today’s newsletter, a financed emissions jigsaw puzzle

  
• June 11 2024
  News in-depthTechnology sector

  Data leak at SoftBank joint venture sparks blame game between Tokyo and Seoul

  Japanese officials say South Korea’s Naver should cut stake in Line Yahoo on security grounds

  
• June 2 2024
  InterviewAerospace & Defence

  South Korea seeks to join top arms dealers with new fighter jet engine

  Hanwha Aerospace has partnered with the government to move up the defence value chain

  
• May 29 2024
  North Korea

  Seoul says North Korea is dropping balloons filled with ‘filth and garbage’

  Pyongyang retaliates against leafleting campaign by pro-democracy activists from South

  
• May 27 2024
  South Korean business & finance

  Maker of Shin instant ramen expands overseas as Korean noodles become hit

  Nongshim’s products have gone mainstream in US, where the company plans to add production lines

  
• May 27 2024
  Asia-Pacific

  China hails ‘new beginning’ at summit with Japan and South Korea

  Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo agree to revive talks on free trade deal

  
• May 26 2024
  Geopolitics

  China warns South Korea against politicising trade before Japan talks

  Supply chains are ‘deeply intertwined’, says Premier Li Qiang ahead of summit