Browsing: South Korea
Toss founder Lee Seung-gun—onetime dentist, now Korea’s fintech maven—talks superapps, ‘rubbish ideas’, and IPO plans ‘in the near future’
Lee Seung-gun—or “SG” for foreigners unfamiliar with Korean pronunciation—has a classic startup founder story that mixes tenacity, repeated failure, ultimate…
Investors flee U.S. assets but Chinese markets shrug off Trump’s 145% tariff as trade war begins
China’s CSI 300 index rose by 0.4% today but that was pretty much the only good news in global markets.…
Asian markets celebrate Trump’s trade flip-flop, even as he maintains historically high tariffs—and not just on China
Asian governments breathed a sigh of relief as U.S. President Donald Trump decided to pause many of his reciprocal tariffs…
Following President Trump’s decision to pause punishing tariffs on dozens of countries, markets in Asia reacted predictably: Stocks soared in…
Donald Trump’s new trading system is here. “Liberation Day” tariffs went into effect at midnight Eastern time, imposing steep new…
Market turmoil extended into Wednesday’s trading session in Asia, as stocks across the region faced renewed downward pressure amid the…
Asian markets go into a 2008-style freefall, after Trump calls his tariffs needed ‘medicine’ for the U.S.
Asia spent Monday searching for comparisons to a historic market drop, after President Donald Trump affirmed that the U.S. needed…
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ leaves the world trading system without a leader: ‘The era of rules-based globalization and free trade is over’
It’s a real trade war now. Beijing responded to Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on Friday, slapping its own 34%…
South Koreans will soon vote for a new president, after courts uphold Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for his martial law disaster
South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over his disastrous martial law declaration, voting unanimously…
Asia tries to prepare for Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ wave of new tariffs: ‘We’re working on this matter nonstop, even on weekends’
“Liberation Day,” in the words of U.S. President Donald Trump, is coming. The White House will formally unveil new tariffs…











