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    President Lee Jae Myung says Seoul is ‘doing its utmost’ to secure an agreement

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
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    New president’s pledge to allow won-based stablecoins has led to huge gains in related shares this month

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    Britain seeks closer ties with Asian nation’s booming arms sector to help rebuild its own defence industrial base

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    Australian shipbuilder says it would be ‘strange’ if government approves Korean takeover

    South Korea’s Hanwha has received US clearance to increase stake in defence contractor Austal

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    Solar group OCI doubles down on US despite Trump’s war on clean energy

    South Korean maker of panel cells to invest $1.2bn in expanding Texas plant as data centres lift power demand

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    South Korean leftwinger Lee Jae-myung wins presidential election

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    European Commission warned that South Korean bidder may have benefited from unfair state subsidies

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    Analysts say key AI component supplier overtook South Korean rival Samsung in Dram memory in first quarter

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    First-quarter data highlights economic weakness just as Seoul launches tariff talks with US

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  • Sunday, 20 April, 2025
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    Han Duck-soo says Seoul owes historical debt and is open to dropping trade barriers ahead of talks with Washington

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
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    Analysts fear semiconductor and consumer electronics sales could stagnate over new duties

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  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
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    Carmakers’ shares drop as Asian, European and North American countries respond to US president’s latest measures

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  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
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    Hanwha Aerospace to build production bases for Europe, Middle East, Australia and US as global security fears grow

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  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
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    South Korean tech giant apologises to shareholders after year of weak performance

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  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
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    Asian defence stocks soar to record highs as Europe prepares to re-arm

    Japanese and South Korean contractors gear up after Donald Trump threatens to withdraw US security umbrella

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