Why South Korea's stock market is driving wild Wall Street swings

Once dismissed as a market trading at a discount to its global peers, South Korea has become a focal point for investors.
The Diplomat

South Korea and Mongolia Enter a ‘Golden Era’ of Partnership

Lee’s state visit emphasized a new level of Mongolia-South Korea ties in a changing regional geopolitical environment.
Yahoo

South Korea faces a reckoning: Political dysfunction, moral drift and the path to unification

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The South Korean flag flies in front of the Constitutional Court during the trial of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, ...
Los Angeles Times

South Korea needs a stronger response from the U.S. to help save its democracy

The Republic of Korea’s ascent as a global beacon of liberal democracy and capitalism has been built on its robust alliance with the United States. Now this exemplary democracy faces its most ...

KKR to control South Korea's $1.3 billion renewables platform with SK as AI power demand rises

The announcement came after South Korea announced on Monday three massive investment projects, spanning semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers.
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Export Nation or Ecosystem Power: South Korea’s Choice in the AI Industrial Age

Navin Girishankar argues South Korea's second "Miracle on the Han River" hinges on becoming an ecosystem power—fusing capital, standards, tech, and know-how for the AI age.
The New York Times

Victory Korea reflects a growing belief in the country’s global status – on and off the pitch

As part of our Language of Soccer World Cup series, The Athletic is speaking to supporters of all 48 nations competing at the 2026 edition to capture their unique football culture, distilled into a ...
CNBC

South Korea charts one-of-a-kind course in AI race with U.S. and China

South Korea has tasked its tech companies with creating a national AI model. The project will feature South Korean technologies from semiconductors to software. South Korea is looking to create a ...
The Diplomat

Assessing North Korea’s New Economic Five-Year Plan

In this photo provided by North Korean state media, Kim Jong Un gives a speech at the concluding session of the Ninth Party Congress, Feb. 24, 2026. Credit: KCNA North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress ...
Yahoo

South Korea’s president vows to restore 2018 inter-Korean military agreement to ease tensions

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, said Friday he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and ...
NBC News

North Korea's Kim watches missile test-firings from country's first destroyer

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday that leader Kim Jong Un had observed the first test-firings of missiles from a recently launched destroyer — the first such warship for the North — ...
The Business Standard

South Korea promises free homegrown AI chatbot this year

Roughly half of South Korea's population of 51 million used generative AI applications in February, according to market ...