South Korea
CommentaryChina may have Asia’s most vibrant companies, thanks to green tech, AI, and EVs—but don’t count the rest of the region out
By Fang Ruan, Ketil Gjerstad, Johann Harnoss, Martin Reeves and Adam JobMarch 20, 2024
LeadershipKorean doctors are some of the best-paid in the world. Now many are refusing to work to protest plans to make it easier to attend medical school
By Jenny Lee, Seyoon Kim and BloombergFebruary 22, 2024
LeadershipSouth Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate. Seoul’s mayor thinks he has a solution: A city-sponsored dating event
By Lionel LimFebruary 16, 2024
TechTesla sold just one electric car in South Korea last month as some Korean consumers worry about vehicles made in China
By Heejin Kim and BloombergFebruary 7, 2024
TechSamsung’s billionaire chairman can lead the company without the threat of jail time after a court acquits him of stock manipulation charges
By Yoolim Lee, Sohee Kim and BloombergFebruary 5, 2024
TechIndiana poised to win a $15 billion chip packaging plant from South Korea’s SK Hynix that could solve a major bottleneck in the U.S. supply chain
By MacKenzie Hawkins, Yoolim Lee and BloombergFebruary 2, 2024
RetailBernard Arnault’s Dior is at the center of a South Korean political scandal after First Lady ‘gifted’ $2,000 bag
By Ryan HoggJanuary 26, 2024
TechOpenAI CEO Sam Altman is meeting the world’s top two producers of memory chips as he reportedly fundraises for his own semiconductor plants
By Yoolim Lee and BloombergJanuary 26, 2024
LeadershipThe U.S. presidential race isn’t the only election next year. Here are four in Asia that could also reshape global politics
By Lionel LimDecember 28, 2023
FinanceBentley follows Lamborghini with launch of $260,000 luxury SUV to tap ‘the most important market’ in Asia
By Heejin Kim and BloombergDecember 12, 2023
PoliticsKorean megaband BTS goes on hiatus at least until 2025 with all 7 members fulfilling mandatory military service
By Kim Tong-Hyung and The Associated PressDecember 11, 2023
NewslettersTwitch exits South Korea over ‘prohibitive’ costs—and a net neutrality violation is to blame
By David MeyerDecember 6, 2023
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