SOUTH KOREA

South Korea urges Japan to accept request for talks over export controls

Jul 19, 2019, 9:43 am

Man dies of immolation as Japan, South Korea row deepens

Jul 19, 2019, 8:17 am
A container ship berthed at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan. The value of shipments abroad dropped 6.7 per cent in June from a year earlier, according to Japan's Finance Ministry, with falling exports of semiconductor components and auto parts

Japan's exports fall for 7th month amid global slowdown, trade woes

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am

S. Korea cuts interest rate earlier than expected

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am
Unless new and effective policies to raise birth rates are discovered, population in many nations will age dwindle, with countries such as South Korea, whose fertility rate fell to a record low of 0.98 last year, leading the way. This means a new age

South Korea foreshadows a grey, slow-growth future

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am
Korean businesses in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district, which is known as "Korea town", have reported barely a dent in takings since the latest dispute erupted, as South Korean culture remains wildly popular among the Japanese.

Little spillover from tensions in Japanese daily life from trade dispute with South Korea

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am
South Korean merchants stepping on boxes bearing logos of Japanese brands during a rally to declare a boycott of Japanese goods in Seoul earlier this month.

Anti-Japan boycott turns into 'Buy Korean' campaign

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am

Japan may take wartime labour row with South Korea to ICJ

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am

Japan may take row with S. Korea over wartime labour to ICJ

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am

Police book Yang Hyun-suk as suspect in sex services case

Jul 19, 2019, 5:00 am