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South Korea's nuclear deal with Westinghouse sparks controversy

Controversy surrounds the 50-year agreement between state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, or KHNP, and Westinghouse Electric ...
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The United States and South Korea Are Allies and Trade Partners. Will They Reinforce Ties at Their Summit?

Looming over the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are recent tariff ...

North Korea is where this 95-year-old wants to die. South Korea won’t let him go

Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his communist beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak ...

Air Liquide to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas for $3.3 billion to bolster Asia footprint

Air Liquide has signed a binding deal to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, ...

South Korean companies 'very good in maneuvering' political winds: Strategist

Peter Kim of KB Securities says the South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has been 'very pragmatic' and sees progress and ...

North Korea's Kim calls for rapid nuclear buildup amid U.S.-South Korea exercises

Pyongyang regularly criticizes such drills as rehearsals for invasion and sometimes responds with weapons tests, but Seoul ...

South Korea Sees Economy Performing Weakest Since Pandemic Shock

South Korea projected sluggish growth this year that would mark the slowest pace since the pandemic-induced contraction of ...

South Korea makes AI investment a top policy priority to support flagging growth

South Korea vowed on Friday to make investment in artificial intelligence a top policy priority, as the government slashed ...