Huawei has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics in a U.S. court for alleged smartphone patent infringement.
Korea and six Central American nations began another round of negotiations for a free trade agreement on Monday.
Hyundai and affiliate Kia sold 146,400 cars in the Chinese market last month, accounting for a combined 9.2 percent of the market, the carmakers said on Monday.
Half of the top 100 businesses in the country have laid off workers recently, according to conglomerate tracker Chaebul.com on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia is apparently miffed that a street in Seoul is named after the capital of archrival Iran and wants a street named for its own capital here.
South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will stage a missile defense drill in June to practice detecting and tracking down DPRK's missiles with Aegis vessels.
According to the Chosunilbo, S. Korea's trade with North Korea is expected to be practically zero this year now the joint Kaesong Industrial Complex has been shut down.
The plastic-surgery tourism boom in Korea appears to be waning with the number of Chinese customers shrinking from its peak of over 79,000 in 2014.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's younger sister Yo-jong was elected to the Workers Party's central committee at the party congress that came to an end on Monday.
Chinese visitors have been returning to Korea after the MERS scare last year, boosting sales at duty-free shops, department stores and superstores.
Samgyetang, or chicken soup with ginseng, could soon be joining the list of popular Korean dishes in China, now that Beijing has approved imports of the instant variety.
Fifty two out of 100 Korean companies are in poor corporate health, and 25 were barely average, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Tuesday.
Medium-sized Korean cosmetics company Tonymoly will open an outlet in the premium Sephora chain store in downtown Paris next month.
Japan has returned to being Korea's biggest competitor on the export front, while their biggest battle ground is the U.S. market. In China, Korean exports are managing to maintain the top spot, but U.S. exports are catching up quickly.
U.S. special troops and rangers have recently arrived in South Korea to participate in upcoming joint drills, the U.S. Forces Korea said Wednesday.
A snowstorm over the weekend closed down Jeju International Airport from Saturday to Monday, trapping 76,000 visitors on the southern resort island.
Korea's established smartphone makers are bracing themselves for an competition of cheaper Chinese products that have much the same specs.
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