South Korea's recently-inaugurated president, Park Geun-hye, has perhaps the most unenviable job of all Northeast Asia's new leaders. A host of challenges await her attention, the biggest being an...
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27 Feb 2013
The life of Park Geun-hye, South Korea's just-inaugurated first woman president, has so far been bookended by two larger-than-life men of debatable success. The first is her father, Park Chung-hee...
22 Nov 2012
The South Korean authorities bought nearly US$1 billion in intervention aimed at curbing the won’s strength on Thursday, dealers in Seoul estimated.
22 Nov 2012
South Korea warned on Thursday it was ready to take action, such as lowering the ceilings on banks’ foreign exchange derivatives positions as early as next week, to stem the won’s strength that it...
9 Nov 2012
Small to medium-sized enterprises in South Korea are seeking investors in Hong Kong for capital to expand in overseas markets.
It isn't every day that the finance minister of a major country mentions a rap star when talking up his economy. But then South Korea isn't your average economy, and Psy isn't your usual...
South Korea's central bank yesterday cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent in response to a stronger-than-than-expected slowing of economic growth.
Asian markets were flat yesterday as worries over Spain replaced the euphoria over Greece's breakthrough in resolving the political impasse.
Markets around the region fell yesterday on concerns over a potential new wave of sovereign downgrades in Europe and uncertainty in Northeast Asia following the death of North Korean leader Kim...
US President Barack Obama's stimulus plan for the US economy failed to boost Hong Kong stocks, which slipped 0.23 per cent yesterday after a brief rally lasting two days.
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