Seoul stocks slip over Credit Suisse rout
-- Seoul stocks closed slightly lower Thursday amid concerns that global investment bank Credit Suisse's fiasco may worsen and possibly harm the global financial sector. The Korean won fell against…
March 16, 2023
(6th LD) Yoon announces ‘complete normalization’ of military intel-sharing pact with Japan
TOKYO, March 16 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Thursday he agreed to "completely normalize" a military intelligence-sharing pact between South Korea and Japan during his summit with Japanese…
(LEAD) Biz lobbies of S. Korea, Japan to create ‘future partnership funds’ in sign of thawing ties
-- Business lobbies of South Korea and Japan said Thursday that they will each create a fund to support various cooperation projects, such as joint research on common global issues…
(5th LD) N. Korea fires one ICBM ahead of S. Korea-Japan summit: military
-- North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Thursday, Seoul's military said, hours before summit talks between the leaders of South Korea and Japan on…
U.S. diplomat to visit S. Korea for talks on energy cooperation
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. state department official will visit South Korea this week for talks on enhancing cooperation on clean energy and global energy security, the…
Banks urged to brace for fallout from 2 bank failures in U.S.
-- South Korea's financial authorities called on local banks to ramp up efforts to prepare for possible crises amid the fallout from the collapses of two U.S. banks, officials said…