BANGKOK: A South Korean man, allegedly linked to a call centre gang laundering crypto into gold, was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport. The total value of the operation is over 1.65 billion baht.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The visit is set to take place as Hanwha aims to get more shipbuilding work in Philadelphia and increase employment.