Strong economic fundamentals and sound macroeconomic policies have helped the Korean economy through multiple shocks in recent years. However, potential growth has slowed more quickly than in other ...

After holding firm for nearly a decade, South Korea’s national credit rating is now the focus of growing anxieties. The worries stem from a combination of the dangers posed by US President Donald ...

South Korea is sending its trade minister to the US this week to discuss tariffs after President Donald Trump’s administration hit the Asian ally with a 25% levy, among the highest duties to be ...

All the major political milestones in South Korea — an end to dictatorship, the introduction of free elections, the ouster of abusive leaders — were achieved after citizens took to the streets.

The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending ...

Boosting AI adoption, increasing labor participation, and allocating resources more efficiently can help offset the economic drag from an aging population Strong economic ... this adverse impact of ...

Under the mounting strain of an aging population, the UK could look to South Korean medtech innovation to ease the pressures of dementia care on the NHS. On April 2, medtech startups from South Korea ...

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea ... by South Korea's counterinsurgency forces between 1947 and 1954 in an attempt to put down a leftist uprising. An estimated 10% of the island's population was killed ...

A combination of an ageing society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the front lines tackling South Korea’s devastating wildfires this month ...

(via Kurzgesagt) South Korea is heading toward a demographic collapse unlike anything the world has seen before. With the lowest fertility rate ever recorded and a rapidly aging population, the ...

A lethal combination of an ageing population and over-reliance on temporary workers has left elderly South Koreans disproportionately ... according to local reports. South Korea’s rural areas are ...