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Latest news, in-depth features and opinion on South Korea, covering politics, economy, society, K-pop and Seoul’s relationships with North Korea, Japan, China and the United States.
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Mainland Chinese artists announced they were quitting the Gwangju Biennale in protest at the use of the term “Taiwan Pavilion”. Photo: AFP
China-South Korea relations

China and South Korea accuse each other of undermining key national principles

Seoul protests about an official reference to ‘two states’ in Korea, while Beijing complains about an art exhibition’s ‘Taiwan Pavilion’.

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Hong Kong property

Bargain for Hong Kong bar property reflects struggling retail market

US, Israel war on Iran

South Korea weighs ‘contributions’ to Hormuz as US pressure mounts

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Japan

US wants foreign warships for its navy. Japan is hoping to be picked

Should Washington commission Mogami-class frigates, it will become Japan’s largest deal since relaxing the rules on weapon exports in April.

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Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Mogami-class stealth frigate JS Mikuma anchors at a naval base in Yokosuka on September 5, 2025. Photo: AP
United States

Celebrated US feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at 92

The life of the Ms Magazine co-founder was the subject of a feature film, The Glorias: a Life on the Road, based on her 2015 memoir.

US military

US looks to warship designs from Japan, South Korea and Turkey, reports say

It comes after Trump signed a memorandum calling for foreign shipbuilding capacity and investment as US industry struggles to meet demand.

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South Korean celebrities

South Korean police seek tycoon behind K-pop supergroup BTS to be indicted

Bang Si-hyuk is being investigated for alleged investor fraud over the initial public offering of the agency Hybe.

Hybe chairman Bang Si-hyuk appears at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s financial crime investigation unit in Seoul in September last year for questioning over alleged violations of the Capital Markets Act. Photo: Korea Times
Global monetary policy

Macroscope | Asia is not on the edge of a new 1997-style financial crisis

While risks to Asia’s financial stability exist, they have nothing to do with the policy and structural weaknesses behind the 1997 crisis.

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North Korea

US military’s cyber unit plan threatens South Korea’s diplomatic balancing act

A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say.

China travel

How Japan fell from China’s tourism top 3 despite record summer travel boom

Mainland carriers scrap more than 30 per cent of flights to Japan as travellers turn to South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

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Chinese airlines transported 153.64 million passenger trips between July 1 and Monday, a historic high. Photo: AFP
North Korea

North Korea’s next ruler? Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Seoul’s spies say

She has the leather coat and state media backing, but analysts say Kim Ju-ae’s youth and gender will complicate her rise.

Kim Ju-ae appears with her father, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a circus performance in Pyongyang on August 16. Photo: KCNA/EPA
US-China relations

Xi, Trump and Putin may hold trilateral meeting at next Apec forum, Kremlin says

Senior Russian aide confirms possibility of all three leaders meeting in Shenzhen in November ‘was discussed’ at this week’s SCO summit.

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Banking & finance

Citi boosts headcount, Invesco names new executive in Asia expansion

US financial firms Citigroup and Invesco are continuing to expand in Asia even amid geopolitical uncertainties.

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Technology

South Korea sets record US$600 billion budget, backed by chip windfall

The spending plan ‌represents a 12.8 per cent rise from 2026, marking the largest year-on-year increase in the country’s history.

A man uses his mobile phone with the construction site of the Yongin semiconductor cluster in the background on July 21. Photo: Reuters
Samsung Electronics

South Korea’s top presidential aide resigns following cabinet reshuffle

Kim Yong-beom had drawn criticism over the rapid introduction of single-stock exchange-traded funds and ‘citizen dividend’ proposal.

People visit the Blue House in Seoul on May 10, 2022. Photo: AP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

US targets China’s global trade surplus at G20 meeting ahead of Xi-Trump summit

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent raises concerns over China’s ‘excessive imbalances’ just weeks before crucial bilateral meeting.

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Seoul

Video | South Korea’s Unification Church leader jailed for bribery

Han Hak-ja is accused of giving luxury items to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and providing illegal funds to a prominent lawmaker.

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Art

Art and Seoul: Korean collectors on their passion and artists to watch

As Seoul Art Week kicks off, we talk to a variety of collectors on their journey and suggestions on who and what to see over the coming days.

Goo Chan-oo, an office worker, sitting among his art collection. Photo: Goo Chan-oo; Kim Dong-un (right) and his wife Hwang Yoo-sun photographed at a Georg Baselitz exhibition during one of their holidays. Photo: Kim Dong-un and Hwang Yoo-sun; The collector, art historian and educator Lee So-young. Photo: Lee So-young
Yoon Suk-yeol

South Korea’s Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja jailed 2 years for bribing officials

Han is accused of giving luxury items to former first lady Kim Keon-hee and providing illegal funds to a prominent lawmaker.

Science

Chip expert Chen Ye joins China’s Zhejiang University – as it overtakes Harvard

Semiconductor expert appointed Qiushi Distinguished Professor at university named world’s top academic institution by the Nature Index.

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Asia travel

5 days in Seoul: what to do in South Korea’s capital, from palaces to DMZ

South Korea’s capital is a sprawling mix of old and new. Here’s a 5-day itinerary to help first-time visitors see why the city is so special.

Visitors walks through the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on June 21, 2026. (Photo by JADE GAO / AFP)
SCMP Highlights

China-Nepal floods, Japan to deploy fighter jets to India: 5 weekend reads

From foreigners missing in the China-Nepal disaster to Canada ending a migration path for Hongkongers, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Japan plans to send three F-2 fighter jets to the Veer Guardian 26 joint exercise in India next month. Photo: AFP
Seoul

Seoul district offers multilingual support for foreign renters in South Korea

The foreign population in Gangbuk has nearly doubled over the past decade to roughly 7,000 residents.

Trending in China

Chinese viewers praise Korean dating show featuring serious illness survivors

Show producer reveals concept stems from curiosity about how awareness of mortality shapes young people’s perspectives on life and love.

North Korea

North Korea’s defence minister dismissed in reshuffle of military leadership

No Kwang-chol was also demoted in the ruling party leadership to ‘first vice-director of the Munitions Industry Department’.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends a ruling party meeting on Saturday. Photo: KCNA via Reuters
Crime

South Korean court rules banging on ceiling, complaint calls considered stalking

A woman is fined US$1,400 for repeatedly striking the ceiling with a backscratcher and calling her upstairs neighbour through the intercom.

A woman takes a photo of residential complexes in Seoul on August 23. Photo: Yonhap/EPA
The Philippines

How the Philippines missed a US$3.8 billion Korean gambling racket

Recent arrests expose a long-running crime network that flourished in the shadow of the nation’s Pogo scandal.

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China's population

China needs 600% child subsidy rise to prevent deeper birth crisis: scholars

China’s fertility rate could soon fall to world’s lowest unless action is taken, as current subsidies are ‘a drop in the bucket’, scholars warn.

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