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South Korea’s consumer confidence hits four-month high on chip boom

2026-07-28T05:34:11.000Z
The global AI-related boom accounted for nearly two-thirds of a 20% rise in Asean+3 export growth in Q1 2026.
Asean Business

AI demand to support growth in Asean+3 region amid Middle East headwinds: Amro

2026-07-27T09:42:35.000Z
Nvidia is teaming up with SK Group to build more than 2 gigawatts of AI data centres on the Korean Peninsula. 
Companies & Markets

Nvidia to invest US$1 billion in Naver and expand SK Group accord

2026-07-25T05:05:53.000Z
Friday’s settlement is nearly a third lower than the amount a lower court had ordered Chey to pay in 2024.
Telcos, Media & Tech

SK Hynix tycoon ordered to pay US$643 million divorce settlement

2026-07-24T11:02:44.000Z
The move allowed the buyers to complete the transaction while postponing payment of 60 per cent of the purchase price.
Property

South Korea’s president slammed for selling home, giving buyer generous mortgage

2026-07-21T07:14:36.000Z
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said swift measures were needed to address concerns over leveraged investment products. 
International

South Korea’s Lee says leveraged products criticised for amplifying stock volatility

2026-07-21T02:58:08.000Z
South Korean electronics giant Samsung, Vietnam’s largest foreign investor, has invested about US$24 billion and plans to add another US$1 billion in 2026.
Asean Business

Singapore, South Korea reshape Vietnam’s FDI mix as Chinese inflows halve

2026-07-20T03:14:44.000Z
The won was Asia’s worst-performing currency in the first half of 2026, sinking on Jun 6 to its weakest level since the global financial crisis.
Capital Markets & Currencies

South Korea to ease forex rules for foreigners to trade won in push to liberalise market

2026-07-19T04:51:47.000Z
SK Hynix’s recent US listing has extended South Korea’s influence into Wall Street.
Capital Markets & Currencies

‘We are all Korean investors now’: Why South Korea’s AI-heavy market is setting the tone for global stocks

2026-07-19T02:51:03.000Z
Disillusionment and uncertainty about the future could explain why more young people in countries such as South Korea are reluctant to start a family.
Global Enterprise
THE BROAD VIEW

What today’s youth slang reveals about Asia’s fertility crisis

2026-07-17T05:00:00.000Z
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