Browsing: Koreas

Seoul, South Korea – As South Korea’s stock market was surging on the back of AI-driven chip demand early this year, Eun-bi withdrew most of her savings and invested them in shares

South Korea’s Incheon has become the world’s busiest airport by international passenger traffic for the first time, new figures show

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As South Korea works toward its goal of welcoming 30 million international visitors by 2029, digital travel platform Agoda revealed a 9% rise in travel interest to South Korea from international travelers during the first half of 2026. Agoda’s insights on the latest inbound travel trends highlight…

South Korea’s Kospi has staged a reversal from its latest rout, returning to bull-market territory as investors pile back into the country’s semiconductor giants that dominate the index

South Korean stocks rallied Thursday, lifting the benchmark Kospi into a technical bull market as a global revival in the AI trade fuels a sharp recovery after last month’s historic sell-off

North Korean state-backed hackers are using artificial intelligence to bolster cyberattacks against targets in the military, diplomacy and academia, a report has found

Do you remember past financial contagions? Those periods of time that tend to occur just when “things can’t get any better than this.” 1987, 2000, 2008, and 2022 are the U.S. versions of those. 

Korea’s youngest and oldest investors aggressively borrowed to ride the stock-market rally despite having less financial room to absorb losses. The market’s sharp reversal has left them especially vulnerable to mounting losses and loan delinquencies

Preliminary data shows that Russia used a North Korean missile in a deadly attack on Ukraine, marking the return of Pyongyang’s ballistic weapons after a hiatus in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday

A dealer walks past near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 31, 2026. /Lee Jin-man)