South Korea’s central bank hikes rate for 1st time since 2023 to curb inflation, debt
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s central bank on Thursday raised its key interest rate for the…
Bin bag panic grips South Korea as huge Iran war crisis budget agreed
In Seoul last week, South Koreans were stripping shop shelves of plastic bin bags. Not food, not medicine.…
China’s AI adoption may limit economic fallout of its rapidly ageing population: analysts
Declining fertility rates have long been viewed as a drag on economic growth, but the outlook may not…
South Korea’s Surprise Contraction Points to Broad Fragility
(Bloomberg) — South Korea’s economy shrank in the final quarter of 2025 due to a broad pullback in…
South Korea Is Pulling Out All Stops to Try to Prop Up Won
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — In South Korea, calls for action to stem the won’s decline are getting louder by…