South Korea
- Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors parse Australia inflation data - Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Wednesday as investors await inflation data coming out of Australia.
- South Korea's Lee snaps Xi selfie with Chinese 'backdoor' phone - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung snapped a selfie with Xi Jinping using a smartphone gifted to him by the Chinese leader, who had joked at their last meeting that the device might be capable of spying."A selfie with President Xi Jinping
- Asia-Pacific markets open mixed after record global stock rally despite Venezuela tensions - Investors continued to assess ongoing geopolitical tensions following the U.S.′ attack on Venezuela.
- Kim’s daughter visits family mausoleum, promoting her potential status as heir in North Korea - The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum, a step that experts say bolstered her status as her father's potential heir. The visit, which occurred on New Year’s Day on Th
- Asia-Pacific markets set to open flat in year-end trade - Asia-Pacific markets were poised for modest gains on the holiday-shortened and final trading day of the year.
- North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles - North Korea said Monday it fired long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea to test the country’s nuclear deterrence, days after it showed apparent progress in the construction of its first nuclear-powered submarine. Sunday’s launch
- Families Demand Answers a Year After Deadliest Plane Crash in South Korea - Many details of the Jeju Air disaster that killed 179 people remain unclear despite multiple investigations by officials and protests by the victims’ families.
- Park Chan-wook and the Funny Thing About Stomach-Churning Horror - When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.
- North Korea's Kim orders factories to make more missiles in 2026 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to step up production of missiles and construct more factories to meet his military's growing need for the projectiles, state media said Friday.In a visit to munitions factories accompan
- North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine - North Korea on Thursday displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull, as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the techno