Kim Jong-un has condemned South Korean-US military drills while touring his most advanced warship fitted with nuclear-capable systems. North Korea's leader vowed a rapid expansion of his nuclear forces to counter rivals, state media reported on Tuesday (August 19).

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met on Tuesday with the heads of some of the country's biggest conglomerates, including Samsung and Hyundai Motor, who will accompany Lee for his summit next week with U.

Lombard Odier's Homin Lee says that political pledge of KOSPI to 5000 has been a key factor in driving market-friendly reforms that will ultimately catalyze and support South Korea’s market momentum.

Speaking at the International Support for a Free and Unified Korea forum, Mahuad and leaders from Latin America and Africa shared experiences of healing division.

The wife of South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested as investigators seek to charge her over various suspected crimes, including bribery, stock manipulation and meddling in the selection of a candidate.

South Korea’s household debt last quarter expanded at the quickest pace since 2021, fueled by a jump in mortgage lending, likely adding to concerns at the Bank of Korea ahead of its policy meeting next week.

Regulators froze new lending products after forced liquidations and market distortions, but some analysts say improvements, not shutdowns, are the smarter path forward.

Born on April 9, 1945, Jang Seong-il, a “Hae-bang-ttungi” (a person born in 1945, the year of liberation from Japanese colonial rule), summarized his 80-year life as “feeling like I lived in many different countries.