Lee, South Korea and Japan
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North Korea accuses South Korea of a “serious provocation” after South Korean troops fired warning shots Tuesday at North Korean soldiers setting up barriers along their tense border.
Controversy surrounds the 50-year agreement between state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, or KHNP, and Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC of the United States.
Starbucks customers have been asked to stop bringing "bulky items" into cafes, after some brought printers and desktops.
North Korea accused the South's military of firing warning shots at its troops near their heavily fortified border, saying it risked raising tensions to "uncontrollable" levels.
The visit is set to take place as Hanwha aims to get more shipbuilding work in Philadelphia and increase employment.
Peter Kim of KB Securities says the South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has been 'very pragmatic' and sees progress and improving bilateral trade relations between South Korea and Japan amidst an uncertain tariffs environment.
Looming over the first meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are recent tariff tensions and renewed cost-sharing discussions for their long-standing
South Korea projected sluggish growth this year that would mark the slowest pace since the pandemic-induced contraction of 2020, as US tariffs are likely to upend commerce in the months ahead.
Air Liquide has signed a binding deal to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, valuing it at 2.85 billion euros ($3.3 billion), the French industrial gases group said on Friday.