Victor Cha of CSIS says President Trump appears comfortable acknowledging North Korea's nuclear arsenal as someone else's failure rather than his own, a shift that could reshape any summit with Kim Jong-un expected as early as November.
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Governor Shin Hyun-song called the back-to-back rate increase a departure from usual practice, as the Bank of Korea sharply raised its growth forecasts and warned that record household debt leaves little room for complacency on inflation.
At its CEO Investor Day in Seoul, Hyundai Motor laid out plans for more than 100 new vehicle launches, 1.27 million additional units of production capacity, and a fleet of humanoid robots and robotaxis rolling into showrooms and factories by the end of the decade.
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A union survey found 85.6 percent of Financial Supervisory Service employees would consider resigning if the regulator is relocated out of Seoul, a warning shot as the Lee government's decentralization push nears a cabinet decision.
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South Korea's trade and industry authorities have opted to leave price ceilings on fuel products untouched for a second straight cycle, a decision that reflects both the stubbornly high level of glob…
