SEOUL: South Korea has introduced new restrictions on foreign property purchases in the greater Seoul area, its latest effort to curb housing prices.

Ten South Korean petrochemical companies have agreed to restructure their operations, including large cuts to their naphtha-cracking capacity, government officials said on Wednesday.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power may link up with Westinghouse on deals as they try to put lengthy legal dispute behind them

These cultural imports seem to have spurred demand for travel to Japan; in 2024 150,000 people flew there from Mexico, the highest tally on record. While small compared with the number of people visiting Japan from other countries, arrivals from Mexico were up by 60% from 2023, the fastest year-on-year growth of any country.

By Joyce Lee and David Brunnstrom SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -North Korea is stepping up criticism of South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung as he prepares for his first summit with U.S President Donald Trump,

Police on the South Korean island of Jeju have cracked down on misbehaving tourists, telling them to act responsibly or risk facing fines. Jeju police have released a set of guidelines, printed in Chinese, English, and Korean, after locals complained about ...

Investors in the region are awaiting India's HSBC Composite flash purchasing managers' index reading for August expected later in the day.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said he intended to stick to existing agreements with Japan tied to its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, including one on the treatment of Korean women forced to work in its military brothels.