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    • Sunday, 26 November, 2023
      Aerospace & Defence
      South Korean defence industry rides global order wave

      After decades of preparation for war with North Korea, the country has become a top 10 defence exporter since the start of Ukraine conflict

      South Korean engineers work on a K-9 self propelled howitzer at Hanwha Aerospace factory in Changwon
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      North Korea
      North Korea scraps military agreement with Seoul as tensions rise

      South Korea had partially suspended the deal after Pyongyang launched its first spy satellite

      North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, centre right, and his daughter, centre left
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Batteries
      South Korean EV battery makers lay off workers and scale back investments in US

      LG Energy Solution and SK On slowing their expansion in response to sluggish demand

      The LG Group headquarters in Seoul
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      North Korea
      North Korea claims to have launched its first spy satellite

      Pyongyang’s third attempt follows Russia’s pledge to support Kim Jong Un’s space ambitions

      The Malligyong-1 military reconnaissance satellite was launched on Tuesday night, according to North Korean state media
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Lee Jae-yong
      Prosecutors seek 5 years for Samsung chief for alleged stock manipulation

      Lee Jae-yong also accused of orchestrating $3.9bn accounting fraud in connection with 2015 merger

      Lee Jae-yong
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      Global banks criticise South Korean short selling ban as ‘phantom farce’

      Regulators seen to be appeasing retail investors ahead of parliamentary elections next year

      A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      South Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea shoots for the stars in Asia’s space race

      Seoul has big ambitions for independent launches and a GPS-like satellite network

      People in Seoul watch a television screen showing live footage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching with South Korea’s first lunar orbiter Danuri
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Poland
      Multibillion-dollar South Korean arms deals at risk after Polish election

      Seoul worries political change and lack of funds could scupper Warsaw’s plans to buy tanks, howitzers and rockets

      Camouflaged howitzers manouvering
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      LexSouth Korea Politics & Policy
      Short sell bans: Korea’s blunt market tool has a political aim Premium content

      Market curbs are often welcomed by retail investors who sometimes see short sellers as vultures

      A screen displaying the Kospi and Kosdaq data at the Korea Stock Exchange in Seoul, South Korea on Novemeber 6 2023
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Europe Express
      How von der Leyen managed Ukraine’s EU membership hopes Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Why South Korea questioned the EU’s stance on state aid

      Ursula von der Leyen and Volodomyr Zelenskyy in front of the Ukraine and EU falgs
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      South Korea bans short selling until 2024

      Kospi stock index rises as much as 4% after regulator vows to investigate ‘naked’ short selling by institutional investors

      A screen displays the Kosdaq figure at the Korea Exchange in Seoul on Monday
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
      Samsung foresees end of punishing memory chip slump in 2024

      South Korean electronics group signals inventory glut is easing after billions of dollars in losses

      A man passes a Samsung store holding a phone
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Chipmaker SK Hynix says it opposes merger between Kioxia and Western Digital

      South Korean company’s sign-off is needed for Bain Capital’s attempt to create a US-Japan chip champion

      SK Hynix logo
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      LG Energy Solution
      EV battery maker echoes Musk warning that high rates will hit sales

      Shares of LG Energy Solution fall to a year-low after South Korean manufacturer delivers downbeat outlook

      People gathered in front of an LG Energy Solution booth at an exhibition
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      HTSIHTSI autumn travel special
      An insider’s guide to Seoul

      The singer-songwriter Eric Nam on the “electric energy” of the South Korean capital

      Eric Nam at Soko bar in Seoul
    • Sunday, 22 October, 2023
      South Korea Society
      South Korean Christians turn to AI for prayer

      Pastors welcome the time technology frees up so they can spend longer with followers but caution against overuse

      Smartphones showing bible app Meadow
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      Tech executive arrested over share purchases in K-pop bidding war

      Kakao’s chief investment officer accused of stock price manipulation during battle to acquire SM Entertainment

      Members of South Korean K-pop group Aespa
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Semiconductors
      Bain Capital’s ambitions to create US-Japan chip champion in jeopardy

      Kioxia and Western Digital merger opposed by South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix

      A picture of a Western Digital building
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      Korean degens have gone nuts for leveraged ETFs

      Autocallables are so passé

    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      South Korean regulators vow to curb ‘theme stocks’ craze

      Kosdaq one of world’s best performers as retail investors pile into superconductor, battery materials and salt stocks

      A man looks at a screen featuring the Kospi index
    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      Batteries
      Korea Zinc expands nickel production to meet US battery demand

      Plant under construction would make South Korean company the largest non-Chinese producer of nickel sulphate

      Park Ki-deok
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      InterviewSouth Korea Politics & Policy
      South Korea says China must push Pyongyang to curb nuclear plans

      Kim Yung-ho admits sanctions regime is ‘not working’ as North Korea and Russia pursue closer ties

      South Korea’s unification minister Kim Yung-ho
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      South Korea optimistic of inclusion in key world bond index

      Becoming a constituent of FTSE Russell WGBI could provide boost of up to $67bn in foreign capital inflows

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Travel
      Bed and breakfast with the Buddha

      South Korea’s ‘templestay’ programme offers accommodation — and a taste of inner peace — at monasteries across the country

      A traditionally decorated Buddhist temple with an ornate mokoshi roof carvings and a golden Buddha statue
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      South Korean business & finance
      South Korean film industry rocked by box office fraud allegations

      Flourishing sector that won global acclaim beset by scandal over millions of forged cinema ticket sales

      Still from ‘Emergency Declaration’
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