2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (353+ words) Foreign investors returned to net buying of Asian stocks in August, ending a nine-month selling streak as AI-linked tech stocks attracted buyers following a sharp July selloff and a strong earnings season. Foreign investors bought a net US$4.72 billion (S…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (224+ words) G-Dragon of K-pop group BigBang and Taiwanese singer Jay Chou are collaborating with McDonald's and Starbucks in Singapore respectively. This comes ahead of BigBang's highly anticipated Singapore concert in October and Jay's Carnival II World Tour in January 2027. McDonald's Singapore…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (183+ words) South Korea has sent an inspection team to assess the security situation in the Strait of Hormuz but no decision has been taken on sending troops, the defence ministry said on Tuesday (Sept 8). The announcement follows a decision by US…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (264+ words) If you have been craving one of Seoul Yummy's comforting stews, you've got the next two months to head there for a final taste. The homegrown Korean food chain will be closing its final outlet after 18 years of operations. The…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (137+ words) AsiaOne North Korean defence minister criticises joint military drills by US, Japan and South Korea North Korea's newly appointed defence minister, Kim Song-gi, has called joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and ​the US a provocation, state media KCNA…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (569+ words) SEOUL — China could see recent cuts to US-South Korean military exercises as an opportunity to reassert itself in the Indo-Pacific, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Monday, though he said Washington had assured Manila that its commitments to the…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (313+ words) SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country's newest destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system and could deliver "annihilating retaliatory strikes", state media KCNA reported on Monday (Sept 7), although it did not say whether the vessel…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Wednesday (Sept 2) that conditions should be created to resume dialogue between the US and North Korea, according to the presidential Blue House. Lee, speaking at a meeting of overseas advisers on Korean…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (412+ words) A South Korean football referee has come under fire after allegedly making an inappropriate remark about a player during a women's league match on Thursday (Aug 28). The controversy centred on what one media report described as "six words" allegedly spoken…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (159+ words) SEOUL - A South Korean court on Monday (Aug 31) sentenced Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja to a combined two years in prison over political funding and bribery offences tied to alleged efforts to cultivate influence with former President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration....