South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Friday and asked the Southeast Asian government to further improve the business environment to seek closer ties.

Choi met his Vietnamese counterpart, Ho Duc Phoc,…

Today (%) Previous Session(%) Change (BP)

1-year TB 3.407 3.442 -3.5

2-year TB 3.382 3.420 -3.8

3-year TB 3.271 3.321 -5.0

10-year TB 3.334 3.399 -6.5

2-year MSB 3.335 3.384 -4.9

3-year CB (AA-) 3.910 3.959 -4.9

91-day CD 3.680 3.680 0.0

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South Korean stocks continued to trade higher late Friday morning following U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hint at a rate cut this year.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had increased 36.47 points, or 1.38 percent, to 2,68…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has guided artillery firing drills involving front-line units capable of striking the “enemy’s capital,” state media reported Friday, in an apparent response to an ongoing joint military exercise between South Korea an…

The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) accused the presidential office Friday of lying by claiming it had no prior knowledge of the travel ban imposed on former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup.

In January, the Corruption Investigation Office for Hi…

A small amount of cesium, a type of radioactive material, was detected in a Japanese confectionery product slated for import to South Korea, prompting the importer to cancel its plans, the food safety agency here said Friday.

During radiation inspec…