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  • Sunday, 11 April, 2021
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    South Korean EV battery groups settle high-stakes US dispute

    Biden hails resolution to disagreement that threatened Ford and VW’s plans to build electric cars in America

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
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    Iran frees South Korean tanker as nuclear talks take place in Vienna

    Seizure of vessel viewed as escalation of spat between Tehran and Seoul over frozen money

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
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    Kim Jong Un warns of new ‘Arduous March’ in North Korea

    Dictator references 1990s famine as aid agencies express fears over a humanitarian disaster

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
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    South Korea by-elections cast doubt on outreach to Pyongyang

    Heavy losses for ruling party in mayoral races set stage for unpredictable presidential poll

  • Thursday, 8 April, 2021
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    Foreign investors face critical legal test for $82bn in China bonds

    Restructuring of state-linked group could signal how Beijing plans to handle rising defaults

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
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    Samsung’s experience highlights the threat of becoming caught between superpowers

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    Multinationals have long been caught short on understanding markets in the region

  • Sunday, 4 April, 2021
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    Korean steelmaker Posco urged to cut ties with Myanmar’s junta

    International pension funds pressure company over joint venture with military-controlled conglomerate

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  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
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    North Korea fires more rockets in latest challenge to Biden 

    Kim Jong Un resorting to military provocations to prove Pyongyang’s relevance, warn analysts

  • Thursday, 25 March, 2021
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    S Korean princeling and estranged uncle spar over rubber chaebol

    Struggle for future of Kumho Petrochemical marks new front for Asia shareholder activism

  • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
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    US plays down first North Korean rocket test under Biden presidency

    Missiles launched as Washington struggles to engage with Pyongyang

  • Sunday, 21 March, 2021
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    Global investors seek freeze on China chip champion’s foreign assets

    Tsinghua Unigroup’s debt woes hit Xi Jinping’s push for semiconductor self-reliance

  • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
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    Pyongyang says it will ignore Washington unless it ends ‘lunatic theory’

    Antony Blinken stresses the US is ‘committed to the denuclearisation of North Korea’

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
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    Samsung warns of deepening semiconductor shortage

    Carmakers’ race to recover risks widening disruption to consumer and industrial chip supplies

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    Kim Jong Un’s sister warns Biden over South Korea military drills

    Comments come as US secretary of state Antony Blinken arrives in region for talks

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    Dozens killed and Chinese factories torched in Myanmar’s deadliest day

    Protesters allege Beijing backed coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s government

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    Leader Kim Jong Un’s ideology of self-reliance risks causing food shortages and economic collapse

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    The OECD says Joe Biden’s $1.9tn US stimulus programme will boost the global economic recovery

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    China retail king’s woes temper Xi’s football fantasy

    Beijing will no longer rely on tycoons but remains determined to host the World Cup

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    US reaches deal with South Korea to share troop costs

    Financial support agreement follows impasse under Trump administration

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    China developer default marks latest test in under-pressure sector

    Ping An-backed China Fortune Land fails to repay $530m bond

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    Seoul sounds alarm on humanitarian crisis in North Korea

    South Korea questions efficacy of sanctions meant to inhibit Pyongyang’s nuclear programme

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    Suning plans $2.5bn stake sale in bid to strengthen finances

    Chinese retailer and owner of Inter Milan aims to offload up to a quarter of Suning.com as debt obligations loom

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