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South Korea inflation cools more than expected

North Korea Expected To Formalize Enemy Relations With South

North Korea is likely to formalize further Kim Jong Un 's "hostile" stance toward the South next week when its legislature meets to revise the country's constitution, according to a new assessment out of Seoul.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

South Korea inflation cools more than expected as rate cut talk grows

South Korea's consumer inflation cooled more than forecast in September and below the central bank's target for the first time since early 2021, amid growing expectations of an imminent policy easing.

MarketWatch · 1d

South Korea's Inflation Eases, Clearing Path for Rate Cut -- Update

South Korea's headline inflation eased at a sharper-than-expected pace to a 43-month low in September, bolstering the case for a rate cut by the central bank. The benchmark consumer-price index rose 1.

Bain Capital Backs Korea Zinc

Bloomberg L.P. · 15h

Korea Zinc, Bain Team Up to Buy Back Shares Above MBK’s Bid

Korea Zinc Co., which is fending off an unsolicited bid for control from a private equity firm, has roped in Bain Capital to buy back up to 18% outstanding shares of the Seoul-listed company.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 13h

Korea Zinc Teams Up With Bain Capital to Thwart Takeover Bid

Korea Zinc has teamed up with U.S. private-equity firm Bain Capital to thwart what it calls a hostile takeover by South Korean investment company MBK Partners.

Reuters on MSN · 14h

Korea Zinc to make $2 billion share tender offer in bid to fend off takeover

Korea Zinc said it was making a public tender offer to buy an up to 16% stake in the company for 2.7 trillion won ($2.0 billion), seeking to fend off what it has termed as a hostile takeover attempt on the world's biggest refined zinc producer.

Prosecutors Clear South Korea 1st Lady in Dior Bag Probe

U.S. News & World Report · 10h

South Korea Prosecutors Drop Charges Against First Lady Over Luxury Bag, Yonhap Reports

SEOUL (Reuters) - Prosecutors in South Korea have decided not to charge first lady Kim Keon Hee over allegations of inappropriately accepting gifts last year, including a Christian Dior handbag, the Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the Seoul prosecutors' office.

Bloomberg L.P. · 13h

Prosecutors Clear South Korea First Lady in Dior Bag Probe

South Korean prosecutors have decided not to charge the country's First Lady over the receipt of a Dior handbag under questionable circumstances, ending an investigation that had rattled the ruling party.

South China Morning Post on M… · 14h

South Korean prosecutors drop charges against first lady over ‘unwise’ luxury bag saga

She received the handbag and gifts but they did not relate to her official duties and no favours were given in return, prosecutors concluded Prosecutors in South Korea have decided not to charge first lady Kim Keon-hee over allegations of inappropriately accepting gifts last year,

CIA expands online recruitment of informants to China, Iran, North Korea

The U.S. CIA on Wednesday launched a new drive to recruit informants in China, Iran and North Korea, adding to what it says ...

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South Korea to Send Military Aircraft to Evacuate Citizens From Middle East

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered on Wednesday military aircraft to be deployed immediately to ...

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Defector tries returning to North Korea on stolen bus

South Korean police detained the man after he crashed the bus near a heavily guarded border.

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South Korea's Yoon, Japan's Ishiba agree united response needed against North Korea

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held his first telephone call with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on ...

North Korea Says Neither Harris nor Trump Can Make It Give Up Nukes

Pyongyang's envoy to the U.N. claimed it was decades of U.S. aggression that drove North Korea to acquire weapons.

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Chinese man extradited to U.S. from Australia over North Korea's illicit counterfeit tobacco business

A Chinese national was extradited from Australia to the United States this week to face charges related to North Korea's ...

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The CIA is asking informants for secret tips in the national languages of Iran, North Korea and China

The CIA has released instructions in Farsi, Mandarin and Korean to make it safer for tipsters and informants to communicate ...

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Is this S Korea's most glamorous granny? Miss Universe judges think so

What it did not buy was a ticket to Mexico: the Miss Universe South Korea crown went instead to Han Ariel, 22. Ms Choi didn't ...

Should North Korea and South Korea even bother trying to reunify?

A politician breaks taboo and starts a conversation over whether North Korea and South Korea should give up on reunification.

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South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers

South Korea has unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile that could target North Korea. It did so during an Armed Forces ...

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