How a simple consumer data breach spiralled into a national security crisis in US-South Korea relations

Washington’s focus on online retailer Coupang has led to accusations that the Trump administration is tying issues of national security to domestic corporate matters When South Korea’s biggest online retailer revealed last year that a data breach had compromised tens of millions of customer accounts, it appeared to be a corporate crisis. But five months later the issue has grown into a diplomatic storm, threatening to further degrade relations between Seoul and the Trump administration. Coup...

By Raphael Rashid in Seoul

South Korea's 'ant investors' are marching to U.S. equities even as domestic market hits record highs

From January to November 2025, South Korean investors have been the largest foreign buyers of U.S. stocks.

South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for ex-president Yoon in drone case: Report - The Straits Times

South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for ex-president Yoon in drone case: Report  The Straits Times

Woori Financial Q1 profit falls amid overseas setbacks

Woori Financial Group was the only major South Korean banking group to post a decline in net profit in the first quarter, as its overseas operations weighed on earnings, the company’s earnings report showed Friday. The group posted a net profit of 603.8 billion won ($405 million) in the January-March period, down 2.1 percent from a year earlier. The figure came in more than 20 percent below the market consensus estimate. All other banking groups logged record-high earnings. Woori Financial attri

By The Korea Herald

South Korea prosecutors seek 30 years for Yoon over drone flights into North

Special counsel seeks 30-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon over alleged drone dispatch to Pyongyang - Yonhap News Agency

Special counsel seeks 30-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon over alleged drone dispatch to Pyongyang  Yonhap News Agency

Cha Eun-woo to return with series 'The Wonderfools' after RM35m tax resolution - The Star

Cha Eun-woo to return with series 'The Wonderfools' after RM35m tax resolution  The Star

In unlikely twist, rescued South Korean kidnapping victim turns out to be Interpol-wanted fugitive

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Federal police said today that a South Korean man rescued from a recent kidnapping by fel...

By Kenneth Tee