South Korea estimates North Korea has up to 120 nuclear warheads, far above Trump’s figure
South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said on Thursday,…
Samsung plans board meeting to discuss new shareholder return package on Friday afternoon
Samsung Electronics plans to hold a board meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss a new shareholder return package,…
Samsung hikes chipmaking prices by up to 15pc on demand spike, sources say
Samsung Electronics has raised prices for some advanced contract chipmaking services by up to 15 percent for new…
South Korea’s Lee urges talks with North Korea to replace armistice with peace
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Saturday for talks with North Korea to pursue peaceful coexistence,…
South Korea’s Lee backs stronger self-defence, says drills not aimed at North Korea
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Tuesday for stronger independent defence capabilities, while saying annual civil-defence exercises coinciding with joint U.S.-South Korea military drills were defensive and not intended to threaten North Korea.…
US commander discusses scaling back joint South Korea drills, media reports
U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Xavier Brunson visited South Korea’s Defence Ministry on Tuesday to discuss plans to…
More Trump-Kim ‘love’? What we know about North Korea
US President Donald Trump says Kim Jong Un had responded to his recent overtures and praised his relationship…
South Korean AI chip tycoon appeals record divorce asset ruling
South Korea’s AI chip tycoon has appealed a court ruling ordering him to pay $666 million to his…
Outflanked by AI, stars fade for South Korea’s blind fortune-tellers
Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon’s fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination…
S Korea to tighten ETF, ETN spreads and expand mock trading to single-stock leveraged products from Aug 19
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) will tighten spread limits for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and notes (ETNs) and…
SK Hynix explores options for US$3 bln Chongqing plant, Bloomberg says
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker from South Korea, is weighing options for its Chongqing assets, including…
South Korea ministers clash publicly over North Korea policy as Lee pushes engagement
South Korea’s Foreign and Unification ministers publicly disagreed this week over how to engage North Korea, exposing differences within President Lee Jae Myung’s government as it seeks to…