Asian markets were higher on Friday as investors cheered positive developments on the U.S.-China trade front.
Mainland Chinese stocks rose on the day, with the Shanghai composite up 0.88 percent to around 2,973.66 and the Shenzhen composite 0.314 (...)
A growing corruption scandal involving a newly-appointed justice minister is bringing South Koreans from both ends of the political spectrum into the streets in numbers rarely seen since protests helped bring down former leader Park Geun-hye in (...)
South Korea said Thursday it's unclear if North Korea will allow a live broadcast when it hosts the South's national soccer team for a World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang next Tuesday.
Seoul's Unification Ministry, which deals with inter-Korean (...)
The ties between Egypt and South Korea have seen considerable progress since the visit by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to Seoul in 2016, and the international cooperation portfolio between the two countries has now reached $396 million, most of it (...)
North Korea decried the stalled state of its nuclear standoff with the United States and told the international community Monday that the fault lies with Washington's ``political and military provocations.''
``It depends on the US,'' North Korean (...)
Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after crude prices surged following an attack on Saudi Arabia's biggest oil processing facility.
Hong Kong's benchmark tumbled 1% while Seoul advanced and Shanghai and Sydney were little-changed. Japanese (...)
North Korea fired a new round of short-range projectiles on Tuesday, South Korean officials said, only hours after it signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.
The launches were detected early in the (...)
South Korea's top court sent back jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye's corruption case to a lower court for separate trials for her previously convicted charges, a ruling that could increase her already-lengthy prison term.
South Korea's first female (...)
Japan's downgrading of South Korea's trade status took effect Wednesday, a decision that has already set off a series of reactions hurting their relations.
Japanese manufacturers now must apply for approval for each technology-related contract for (...)
North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a ``newly developed super-large multiple rocket launcher,'' another demonstration of its expanding weapons arsenal apparently aimed at increasing its leverage ahead of a (...)
Asian markets rose by the close on Friday, as investors looked ahead to an important speech from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later in the day.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.4 percent to close at 20,710.91 while the Topix index (...)
North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.
Saturday's (...)
The United States is ready to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday, a day after U.S. and South Korean militaries ended their regular drills that North Korea calls an invasion rehearsal.
During the (...)
North Korea on Saturday said leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon, seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear negotiations and their joint military exercises.
Pyongyang's Korean (...)
Thousands of South Koreans protested outside Japan's embassy in Seoul on Wednesday and city officials unveiled a new memorial to wartime 'comfort women' at the centre of a row over the two countries' shared history.
The day of remembrance for women (...)
South Korea said Monday that it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a tit-for-tat move following Tokyo's recent decision to downgrade Seoul's trade status amid a diplomatic (...)
North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system, which extended a streak of launches that are seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States while driving a (...)
South Korean police raided the office of a marketing agency on Thursday as part of a fraud investigation into Cristiano Ronaldo's non-appearance in a friendly match between Juventus and a K-League selection last month.
The game has become the (...)
North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.
The official (...)
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday discussions have begun with South Korea, aimed at getting the country to pay more for the cost of maintaining U.S. troops in the region to guard against any threat from North Korea.
"Talks have begun to (...)
North Korea fired missiles into the sea off its east coast for the fourth time in less than two weeks, South Korea said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang warned that hostile moves against it "have reached the danger line."
The North, criticising the (...)
Sales of Japanese-branded autos in South Korea slumped in July amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries that has led to consumer boycotts and efforts by Seoul to cut the economy's reliance on imports from Japan.
Toyota Motor's sales (...)
Asia stocks dropped on Friday after a surprise tariff announcement from the United States overnight escalated trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. is putting 10% tariffs on another (...)
Waving banners and signs and chanting anti-Japan slogans, thousands of South Koreans have marched in Seoul to express their anger at Japan's decision to downgrade South Korea's trade status amid an escalating diplomatic row.
Huge crowds swarmed the (...)
Cristiano Ronaldo may not be the most popular footballer in South Korea at the moment but he has an ardent fan in India cricket captain Virat Kohli, who changes his club allegiance every time the Portuguese forward is transferred.
Lionel Messi and (...)
