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South Korean doctors flee paediatrics as low birth rate bites

South Korea is suffering from a shortage of paediatricians, partly a result of the world's lowest birth rate and increasingly a factor behind it, leaving hospitals unable to fill posts and raising risks for children's health, doctors say. → Read More

Exclusive: Letter from prison: South Korean chip exec denies stealing Samsung data for China factory

A South Korean chip executive imprisoned over industrial espionage charges rejected allegations he had sought to build a copycat chip factory in China with sensitive information developed by Samsung Electronics. → Read More

Indictment details plan to steal Samsung secrets for Foxconn China project

When former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog won a contract with Taiwan's Foxconn in 2018, he tapped his former employer's supplier network to steal secrets to help his new client set up a chip factory in China, a sealed indictment by South Korean prosecutors alleges. → Read More

Evacuation alerts, sirens cause panic in Seoul after North Korea launch

Rare wailing air raid sirens and mobile phone alerts calling for evacuations rattled residents of the South Korean capital, Seoul, early on Wednesday after North Korea launched what it said was a satellite. → Read More

Hyundai Motor Group, LG Energy to build $4.3 billion EV battery plant in US

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd (LGES) on Friday said they will build a $4.3 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the United States amid a push to take advantage of tax credits. → Read More

South Korea detains passenger after Asiana plane door opened mid-air

South Korean authorities detained on Friday a man after he opened a door of an Asiana Airlines plane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said. → Read More

Trudeau says Canada ready to partner with South Korea on critical minerals, security

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday his country is ready to partner with South Korea on critical minerals and clean energy projects, and to fend off North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. → Read More

Mixing old and new, Gucci hosts show in 14th century Seoul palace

With sparkling lights and beating drums, Italian luxury label Gucci took over a 14th century Seoul Palace on Tuesday to showcase its cruise collection, blending Korean heritage and modern fashion. → Read More

K-pop giant HYBE drops bid for SM Entertainment, ending takeover battle

HYBE Co Ltd , the agency representing top-selling South Korean boy band BTS, dropped its plan to take control of K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co Ltd , the company said on Sunday. → Read More

Forced labour victims protest in wheelchairs, reject S.Korea deal on Japan

Two elderly South Korean victims of wartime forced labour took to the streets in wheelchairs on Tuesday, saying they rejected a compensation deal announced this week, potentially complicating Seoul's efforts to end a diplomatic spat with Japan. → Read More

Families seek closure for wartime mine disaster as Japan-Korea relations thaw

On a crisp February morning, four elderly Korean men bowed their heads towards Japan's Seto Inland Sea as the surf lapped near their shoes. → Read More

South Korean truckers vote to end strike for minimum wage protections

South Korean truckers voted to end their strike on Friday as it entered a third week with public support waning and the government refusing to budge, saying the action had caused "astronomical" damage to the economy. → Read More

South Korea orders striking steel, petrochemical truckers to return to work

South Korea ordered striking truckers in the steel and petrochemical industries to return to work on Thursday, widening a back-to-work decree beyond the cement industry amid a prolonged nationwide strike that has disrupted supply chains. → Read More

South Korea considers ordering more truckers back to work

The South Korean government was moving on Wednesday towards ordering more truckers to return to work as their national strike entered its 14th day. → Read More

'We are not your enemy', say South Korean truckers striking for minimum wage protections

Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters, trying to fight the bitter cold and the government narrative that they are well paid "labour aristocracy." → Read More

South Korea truckers strike again with auto, battery supply chains at risk

Unionised truckers in South Korea kicked off their second major strike in less than six months on Thursday, threatening to disrupt manufacturing and fuel supplies for industries from autos to petrochemicals in the world's 10th-largest economy. → Read More

S. Korea braces for supply disruptions as trucker strike looms

South Korea said on Wednesday it would consider deploying military trucks for urgent transport as it prepares for a planned strike by truckers that is stoking fears over the nation's post-pandemic recovery and global supply chains. → Read More

Tesla safety at centre of South Korean trial over fiery, fatal crash

Charged with manslaughter, driver Choi Woan-jong has blamed Tesla for crash that killed a close friend of South Korea’s president → Read More

Tesla safety at centre of South Korean trial over fiery, fatal crash

In an upscale Seoul neighbourhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall. The fiery crash killed a prominent lawyer - a close friend of South Korea's president. → Read More

Japan and South Korea reaffirm efforts to resolve wartime labour disputes

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday said that he and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol have reaffirmed that their countries will work towards a swift resolution of the wartime labour issue. → Read More