South Korea

South Korean chip giant's $41.8 billion quarterly operating profit fell 5 percent short of expectations, triggering broad selloff in semiconductor and AI-linked stocks across Asia.

Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, speaking in Sydney, warned the three-way alliance is essential as Trump scales back Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises and praises Kim Jong Un.

A residential building in Geoje had its first floor buried by debris; authorities evacuated 100 residents and were rescuing 20 more stranded nearby.

South Korea says its 18,000-soldier exercises will proceed as scheduled despite Trump's order to reduce U.S. participation, citing Pyongyang's recent missile tests.

President Lee Jae-myung proposed formal peace negotiations with Pyongyang on Liberation Day, saying the two Koreas should discuss halting North Korea's nuclear program.

Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry called the 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises a war rehearsal more dangerous than last year's; two ballistic missiles were launched this week.

Seoul commits 10 trillion won in direct funding and trade finance to build out local chip materials, equipment and fabless firms.

Record profits at Samsung and SK Hynix are lifting a new tier of highly paid workers and forcing the government to weigh how to distribute a windfall tax surplus.

Seoul is weighing how to distribute profits from its dominant AI chip industry without deterring private investment.

Regulators raised the minimum investment tenfold to 30 million won after single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung and SK Hynix sparked a market rout.

South Korean payment processor KSNET will pilot Solana Pay across 330,000 merchants, routing 130 million monthly transactions onto the Solana blockchain

Global macro funds are closing short positions in Hong Kong tech after the 60-day rolling correlation with South Korean chip stocks swung from -0.35 to +0.15, breaking the pair trade thesis.

South Korea's Mirae Asset Group, managing over $1 trillion, acquired Korbit, the nation's oldest crypto exchange, in a direct push into digital asset trading and custody.

The stablecoin issuer signed a memorandum of understanding with Kakao Group to integrate USDC across KakaoTalk and Kakao Pay's vast digital ecosystem

Tether's trademark filings in South Korea, including for its gold-backed stablecoin XAUT, position the issuer for market entry as new stablecoin regulations approach

The investment gives OKX direct access to Korea's regulated crypto market through the country's third-largest exchange

Overseas investors cut Korean stock exposure for fifth straight month while local buyers push index higher on semiconductor strength

South Korea's expanding cosmetic surgery market signals strong growth for U.S. medical aesthetics companies like AbbVie

South Korea's Bithumb exchange secured a critical legal victory, reinforcing regulatory clarity and potentially driving investor confidence across the Asian digital asset landscape as Bitcoin trades above $77,000.

South Korean official’s denial of classified intelligence leak fails to fully quell market jitters, prompting a cautious re-evaluation of regional sovereign and corporate credit risk.