South Korea's central bank delivered a surprise interest rate cut on Thursday, and shaved this year's growth forecast to the lowest in a decade, as a brewing dispute with Japan piled more pressure on the trade-dependent economy.

South Korea central bank surprises with rate cut, likely to loosen again

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) on Thursday said it expects a stronger half-year on 5G telecoms demand, and that a dispute over chip-making materials between Japan and South Korea in its most uncertain factor.

TSMC expects 5G earnings boost, flags South Korea-Japan spat as risk

The United States will "do what it can do" to help defuse a worsening political and economic dispute between South Korea and Japan, a senior US diplomat said on Wednesday, as South Korea warned that the row would have global repercussions.

US diplomat vows to help South Korea, Japan resolve worsening dispute

Talks on getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons are at risk because the United States looks set to break a promise not to hold military exercises with South Korea, North Korea said on Tuesday.

Nuclear talks at risk if US-South Korea exercises go ahead: North Korea

Japanese Trade Minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday it was "regrettable" that the South Korean government had made what he said was an erroneous explanation after the two sides sat down for a working-level meeting over Japan's export controls.

Japan trade minister blasts South Korea for 'mistaken' explanation after bilateral meeting

A row between Japan and South Korea escalated on Saturday, with contested accounts of a frosty meeting the day before that had failed to make progress on a dispute that could threaten global supplies of microchips and smartphone displays.

More acrimony in Japan-South Korea row as Tokyo lodges protest

South Korea's acquisition of American F-35 stealth fighter jets will force North Korea to develop and test "special armaments" to destroy the new weapons, North Korea's state media said on Thursday, citing a government researcher.

South Korea's acquisition of US F-35 fighter aimed at 'opening gate' to invade north: North Korea state media

North Korea remembers Kim II-Sung on 25th death anniversary

After impressing the audience as well as critics in India, Zoya Akhtar's 'Gully Boy' is now winning accolades outside of the country. Now the Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt starrer has won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Korea.

Zoya Akhtar's 'Gully Boy' wins at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea

Calls in South Korea for a boycott of Japanese goods in response to Tokyo's curbs on the export of high-tech material to South Korea picked up on Friday, as a dispute over compensation for forced wartime labour roiled ties between the US allies.

Calls for boycott of Japan grow in South Korea as diplomatic row simmers

South Korea said on Wednesday it sacked an army commander and rebuked other senior officers after a North Korean fishing boat piloted by defectors went undetected in South Korean waters for more than two days last month.

South Korea sacks army commander over North Korea defector boat

Japan said Monday it will tighten regulations on the export to South Korea of several chemicals used in chip and smartphone production amid a row with Seoul on wartime forced labour.

Japan restricts chip, smartphone materials exports to South Korea

US President Trump became the first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea on Sunday when he met its leader, Kim Jong Un, in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks.

Remain engaged in North Korea but firm on sanctions ahead of denuclearisation: Pompeo

Demilitarised Zone: A look at the world's last Cold War frontier

US President Donald Trump has become the first sitting US president to set foot inside North Korea when he crossed over the demarcation line. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shook hands in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates North and South Korea.

Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot inside North Korea 

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will meet President Trump at the Demilitarized Zone, the border between North and South Korea, Mr. Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in told reporters.

Donald Trump holds bilateral with Moon Jae-in

US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have just wrapped up a joint press conference, where they confirmed they would be meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in hold press conference

Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un, becomes first sitting United States president to set foot in North Korea

US President Donald Trump arrived at the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas on Sunday ahead of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The expected encounter, only suggested a day earlier by Trump on Twitter, comes with negotiations over the North's nuclear programme in stalemate since the leaders' last summit in Vietnam in February.

Trump lands at demilitarised zone ahead of meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un

US President Donald Trump Sunday voiced a willingness to welcome North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Washington, as the two men held historic discussions in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Koreas.

Trump says he 'would invite' North Korean leader Kim to White House

In an unprecedented historic development, US President Donald Trump crossed into North Korea and met its leader Kim Jong-un. With this Donald Trump has become the first sitting US President to be in North Korea.

US President Trump sets foot in North Korea, agrees with Kim to resume stalled talks

North Korea on Thursday warned the South to stop "meddling" in talks between Pyongyang and Washington, repudiating its neighbour days before US President Donald Trump arrives in Seoul amid a nuclear deadlock.

North Korea slams South for 'meddling' in talks with US

Time was running out for the United States to formulate a new strategy to revive denuclearisation talks, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Thursday, as a US envoy for North Korea is set to visit South Korea ahead of President Donald Trump's trip.

North Korea says time running out for fresh talks as US envoy due in South Korea

Kang Mi-sook, 62, begins each weekday on the road, driving around with her motorised fridge filled with yoghurt-like drinks and greeting familiar faces on her usual route through the streets of Seoul.

'Yoghurt lady' delivers treats and companionship to South Korea's elderly

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