Lee Jae-myung
SoftBank’s Arm plans to set up chip training facility in South Korea
It will train about 1,400 high-level chip design specialists to bolster the relatively weak system-semiconductor and fabless segments
South Korean President Lee calls for harsher penalties after Coupang data breach
The company’s CEO endures hours-long grilling for shocking data loss
World-beating stock rally creates new headaches in South Korean market
Up 61% so far in 2025, Kospi is on track to post their strongest gains in a quarter century
South Korea to triple AI spending, boost defence budget
SOUTH Korea will triple spending on artificial intelligence and make its biggest defence budget increase in six years, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday in his annual parliamentary budget speech...
South Korea’s Lee says global trade order at critical inflection point
[GYEONGJU, South Korea] South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday the Asia-Pacific region was at a critical inflection point with a rapidly changing global economic order, as he chaired a le...
Trump gives green light for South Korea to build nuclear powered submarine
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Thursday he has given approval for ally South Korea to build a nuclear powered submarine, a day after the two countries said they have reached a broad trade deal.
South Korea awards Trump its highest medal, gifts him a golden crown
President Lee Jae-myung says the move recognises the US president’s role as a ‘peacemaker’ on the Korean peninsula
‘New space for middle powers to play a more active role’: South Korean leader
In an interview with The Straits Times, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung talks about the agency both countries have in a turbulent world, the deepening of bilateral ties, and his favourite Korean ...
Trump says South Korea, Japan will pay billions ‘upfront’ in investment
Seoul official says funds to be disbursed per project, not in lump sum
South Korea scraps plan to expand tax on stock investments
The proposal has sparked a public backlash from many South Korean investors
