South Korea
Coupang CEO resigns over historic South Korean data breach
The company faces a potential fine of up to one trillion won
South Korea police raid e-commerce giant Coupang over data leak
Personal information of 33.7 million customers had been leaked – almost two-thirds of the population
Kim Kardashian is hot on Korean beauty concierges, so are Singaporeans
Such services are booming in South Korea’s lucrative medical aesthetics tourism industry
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
Young South Koreans dump homeowner dreams to pile into soaring stocks
Housing costs in the capital Seoul have outpaced even hot markets such as New York and Tokyo while affordability has tightened
The battle for next-gen EV batteries takes off
Chinese tech still dominates, but could new innovation from South Korea and Europe catch up?
South Korea parliament clears 2026 budget to power AI-led growth
[SEOUL] South Korea’s parliament approved a 727.9 trillion won (S$642.4 billion) budget for next year on Tuesday (Dec 2), endorsing President Lee Jae-myung’s sweeping plan to revive the economy throug...
South Korean President Lee calls for harsher penalties after Coupang data breach
The company’s CEO endures hours-long grilling for shocking data loss
South Korea’s inflation holds steady, dimming rate cut prospects
Both headline and core gauges continue to hover near the Bank of Korea’s 2% target
South Korea’s factory activity shrinks again on weak demand: PMI
New orders fell on domestic weakness and the effects of US tariffs, although the pace of decline eased compared with October
