South Korea

SINGAPORE (Sept 8): A new South Korean budget carrier says it can help push air fares down by as much as 30% and still stay profitable in a market already crowded with six rivals.

(Aug 22): A recent survey commissioned by the New York Times found that people who could find North Korea on a map were more likely to favour talks over military action. A glance at North Asia’s geography explains why.

(Aug 21): Annual military drills between the US and South Korea this week could reignite tensions after Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump traded barbs. For foreign firms that count on South Korea for significant revenue, any escalation that curbs com

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Aug 14): Two top US national security officials sought to tamp down fears of imminent nuclear war with North Korea following days of heightened rhetoric by President Donald Trump, as America’s top general prepares to meet with South Ko

TOKYO (April 17): Japanese stocks have been battered so badly that they’re too cheap to ignore, says the US$165 billion ($230.3 billion) investor Pictet Asset Management Ltd., after the Topix index tumbled to its fifth straight weekly loss.

(Feb 2): If Donald Trump slapped China with punishing tariffs, the pain would also be felt by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, vital cogs in a regional supply chain that allows China to build widgets and gadgets for the world.

SINGAPORE (Jan 20): AsiaMedic has signed a binding term sheet with its controlling shareholder Luye Medicals Group and the shareholders of LuyeEllium Healthcare Co to acquire LuyeEllium for $42.2 million.

(Jan 17): There’s something about those Nordic countries.

SINGAPORE (Jan 12): Saudi Arabia was said to cut February crude sales to China and southern Asian nations while largely sparing countries including Japan and South Korea, as it curbs supply as part of a deal between OPEC and other producers.

SEOUL (Nov 30): Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, under pressure from shareholders to improve investor returns, said on Tuesday it will consider creating a holding company in what would be the biggest shake-up in its 47-year history.