Spurred by government policies and the global A.I. boom, the market’s value has jumped by hundreds of billions of dollars. Individual investors have piled in.

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, Jan 29 (Reuters) - South Korea's exports likely rose at the fastest annualised pace in more than four years in January due to surging demand for artificial intelligence chips and favourable calendar effects,

South Korea has placed overseas travel bans on three people as part of an investigation into alleged drone flights over North Korea that have deepened animosities between the rivals

U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby praised South Korea as a "model ally" during meetings with senior officials in Seoul on Monday.

By Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Korean police will question on Friday the American head of e-commerce firm Coupang Inc's local unit over a data breach that exposed the personal information of millions of customers.

SEOUL/YOKOSUKA, Japan, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan agreed Friday to resume joint naval search and rescue exercises for the first time in nine years as they seek to strengthen defense cooperation, according to the defense ministry.

“Seoul’s recent decision to streamline the reporting process for importing North Korean products is good news for Chinese businesspeople trading with North Korea. Their hope is that North Korean goods that are duds in China can be exported to South Korea instead,” a source in China told Daily NK recently.