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  Korean cosmetics firm in hot water over video praising Japan in trade row

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on August 10, 2019

  A South Korean cosmestic firm, backed by Japan’s Nihon Kolmar, issued a public apology on Friday and its website remained down after its chairman showed...

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  N Korea increases pressure with latest missile launches

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on August 03, 2019

  North Korea fired missiles for the third time in eight days on Friday, a series of launches that analysts say are designed to improve military...

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  US still hopes for talks

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on August 02, 2019

  North Korea’s latest missile launches did not violate a pledge its leader Kim Jong Un made to US president Donald Trump, a senior US official...

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  S Korean chip giants face ‘strangling’ from Japanese export curbs

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on August 02, 2019

  South Korean chipmakers are hitting a dead end in their quest to find alternatives for key Japanese materials that have been slapped with export restrictions,...

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  Samsung profit halves

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on August 01, 2019

  Samsung Electronics warned on Wednesday that Japanese curbs on the export of chip-making materials was blurring its outlook and said it would delay a plan...

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  Samsung delayed Galaxy Fold now ready for Sept launch

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on July 26, 2019

  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will go on sale from September in selected markets after the launch was delayed by...

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  S Koreans boycott Japanese brands amid diplomatic row

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on July 20, 2019

  As soon as supermarket manager Cho Min-hyuk got to work the day after Tokyo imposed curbs on exports to South Korea, he pulled all Japanese...

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  S Korea, Indonesia cut key rates, more Asian policy easing seen

  Reuters . Seoul/ Jakarta | Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2019

  South Korea and Indonesia cut their benchmark interest rates for the first time in years on Thursday, not waiting for an expected reduction soon in...

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  Japan-South Korea gloom spurs worries of ‘never seen before’ chip price spike

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2019

  Memory chip spot prices have risen for the first time this year, indicating grim warnings of ‘never seen before’ spikes and a supply disruption could...

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  Asia refiners test the waters with exports of IMO 2020-compliant fuel

  Reuters . Seoul/Singapore | Updated at 12:00am on July 17, 2019

  Refineries in Taiwan and South Korea are testing the market for fuels that meet new rules for low-sulphur ship fuel starting next year, exporting some...