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Can Seoul negotiate a way out?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/337ee9b3-208b-447c-9172-8e8f29f7d15d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">337ee9b3-208b-447c-9172-8e8f29f7d15d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 23:00:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea’s GDP falls as political turmoil hits consumption ]]></title><description><![CDATA[First-quarter data highlights economic weakness just as Seoul launches tariff talks with US]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/34e45014-18c0-4828-8a50-6cd2eec38c57</link><guid isPermaLink="false">34e45014-18c0-4828-8a50-6cd2eec38c57</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 01:46:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea will not ‘fight’ Trump’s tariffs, says acting president]]></title><description><![CDATA[Han Duck-soo says Seoul owes historical debt and is open to dropping trade barriers ahead of talks with 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea crisis as it happened: Opposition parties move to impeach president as thousands protest]]></title><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f65f935b-9254-493a-914f-ab47e368ec00</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f65f935b-9254-493a-914f-ab47e368ec00</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:19:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel literature prize]]></title><description><![CDATA[Award comes against a backdrop of growing international appreciation of her country’s culture]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/35472761-c33f-4e28-9c46-9e78fe1b7052</link><guid isPermaLink="false">35472761-c33f-4e28-9c46-9e78fe1b7052</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:02:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea’s central bank chief warns over Gangnam-style housing boom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rhee Chang-yong calls for caps on university admissions from upmarket capital districts to check price growth]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e95a7394-af55-410a-b111-28b1076fcec4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e95a7394-af55-410a-b111-28b1076fcec4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 04:13:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[From steel to kimchi, South Korean exporters face flood of Chinese rivals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Overproduction, tariffs and weak demand increase competition with a glut of low-cost goods]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/52c558d6-37cf-4bd6-a087-d0f526bc1180</link><guid isPermaLink="false">52c558d6-37cf-4bd6-a087-d0f526bc1180</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 01:00:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A Moncler winter jacket has become like a school uniform’: children’s luxury booms in South Korea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents and grandparents spoil their kids with expensive fashion products as low birth rate leads to smaller families]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b648cf2c-8cad-4ffd-8105-44c2c6395982</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b648cf2c-8cad-4ffd-8105-44c2c6395982</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 03:28:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is South Korea’s economic miracle over?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Decades of growth are tapering off as the country struggles to reform its model and reduce its dependence on manufacturing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b34e8bc8-9f78-45c8-a15b-3df9cdfd858f</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b34e8bc8-9f78-45c8-a15b-3df9cdfd858f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 02:05:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China now a rival rather than boon for South Korean exporters, warns minister ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seoul says tech and manufacturing sectors must adapt to rising competition]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/49a7a751-febe-4db1-9d24-a5b99eb694dc</link><guid 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South Korean businesses float incentives as demographic crisis looms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Companies and politicians try new strategies to encourage workers to start families]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/bd481991-959b-46ba-98f0-a5d323d4d15c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">bd481991-959b-46ba-98f0-a5d323d4d15c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:42:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US overtakes China as market for South Korean goods ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shifts in supply chains part of changing pattern of global trade]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8073cd37-bbf1-46f0-ad31-43ef88283393</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8073cd37-bbf1-46f0-ad31-43ef88283393</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 12:05:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s pressure on ‘weakest link’ South Korea falls flat amid tensions with US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beijing has wielded trade and leverage over North Korea to discourage Seoul from closer ties with Tokyo and Washington]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/48a93738-69c1-4e76-bc08-3aebff64dd6c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">48a93738-69c1-4e76-bc08-3aebff64dd6c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:30:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea’s president to seek assurances on chips and nuclear threat at Biden meeting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Washington to welcome ally as anxiety mounts over China decoupling and North Korea]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/49156a41-5dfc-4430-a0ad-4709f6911dbc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">49156a41-5dfc-4430-a0ad-4709f6911dbc</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:40:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea’s pension fund forecast to run out in 2055 as demographic crisis hits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ageing population and underemployment add to pressures as Seoul pushes for reform]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/e365b51b-abb1-4470-88b8-8fcd91522b92</link><guid isPermaLink="false">e365b51b-abb1-4470-88b8-8fcd91522b92</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 08:50:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea’s former president Lee Myung-bak to be pardoned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservative leader given 17-year prison sentence in 2018 for charges including corruption and embezzlement]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/2c25012b-0188-4aae-bff0-8529fed9926d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">2c25012b-0188-4aae-bff0-8529fed9926d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:55:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>