South Korea

Culinary Class Wars’ Anh Sung-jae talks fame and rise of K-beef fever

WHAT does the judge on one of the highest-rated cooking shows have to do with the debut of Korean meat in Singapore?

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's remarks came after apartment prices in Seoul rose for 52 consecutive weeks, defying government efforts to cool the market with steps including tighter lending rules.

South Korea’s president vows to smash ‘devil’ of housing speculation

He says that soaring housing costs are forcing young people to abandon plans for marriage and childbirth

South Korea's consumer price index rose 2.0 per cent from a year earlier.

South Korea’s January inflation rises 2% year on year, in line with forecast

Core CPI, excluding volatile food and energy prices, rose 2% from a year earlier

Customers at a shopping centre in Jakarta. Asean, with nearly 700 million consumers and rapidly expanding middle classes, represents one of the fastest-growing demand bases in the global economy.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asean+3, not the US, is now the world’s largest market

This structural shift has measurable consequences for how shocks propagate

The PMI for manufacturers in South Korea, published by S&P Global, rose to 51.2 in January, from 50.1 in December, marking the highest reading since August 2024.

South Korea’s factory activity expands at strongest pace in nearly 1-1/2 years: PMI

The South Korean government has raised its growth forecast for this year to 2.0 per cent from 1.8 per cent

Seoul’s population of 9.3 million exceeds the number of people living in New York City in a space that’s about 75% the size of the American city.

Home prices rising by the week shatter ownership dreams in Seoul

Tougher mortgage limits have transformed South Korea’s capital into one of the most restrictive home-loan markets in the world

A shadow has been cast over a trade agreement Trump had reached with President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju on Oct 29, 2025.

Show of impatience: Trump’s renewed tariff threats send Seoul scrambling

The US president says he would raise tariffs on motor vehicles and other South Korean imports from 15% to 25%

Apartment prices in Seoul have climbed for about a year, rising nearly 9% in 2025 despite a series of government measures, complicating the Bank of Korea’s policy outlook.

South Korea to fast-track housing supply in Seoul to cool prices

The persistent strength in housing prices has added to concerns over household debt and financial stability

First Lady Kim Keon Hee received one year and eight months jail for accepting bribes from Unification Church officials in return for political favours.

South Korea court sentences ex-First Lady Kim to jail term for bribery

Prosecutors demanded 15 years in jail and fines of US$2 million