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International

South Korea to triple AI spending, boost defence budget

Prices for food and lodging gained 3.2% and transportation costs also increased 3.4%.
International

South Korea’s inflation picks up, backing case for BOK rate hold

South Korea's industrial output index fell 3.5 per cent in October from a month earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to Statistics Korea.
International

South Korea factory output contracts in Oct: PMI

South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung (centre) presenting gifts to China's President Xi Jinping (left) after their meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Nov 1.
International

China, South Korea leaders discuss cultural ties a decade after ban

Busan Institute of Science and Technology students lowering a mannequin dressed in traditional Korean funeral cloth into a coffin during a funeral administration class.
Lifestyle

Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea

Lawrence Wong (left) shakes hands with South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung after their joint press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov 2.
Economy & Policy

Singapore, South Korea upgrade ties to strategic partnership

Remaining in South Korea for the Apec summit, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng was expected to meet Japan’s first woman premier, Sanae Takaichi.
International

Xi primed to meet Japan, Canada leaders after Trump summit

US President Donald Trump (left) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands as they arrive for talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct 30, 2025.
Global Enterprise

Trump-Xi meeting: Trump expects a trade deal to be signed on Thursday, calls Xi a ‘very tough negotiator’

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (right) and US President Donald Trump (left) attend a dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct 29, 2025.
International

Trump gives green light for South Korea to build nuclear powered submarine

Trump was treated to red-carpet welcome on the tarmac in the southern city of Busan earlier on Wednesday, featuring a cannon salute and a brass band rendition of Village People’s YMCA.
International

Trump announces trade breakthrough with South Korea on Asia trip; to meet with Xi on Oct 30

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