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After an ICE raid in rural Georgia, Hyundai keeps betting on America
With the American EV market growing more slowly than many carmakers had hoped, Hyundai plans to start making hybrids in Ellabell. Hyundai Motor Group has spent the past three years building a sprawling 2,900-acre campus 30 minutes from Savannah,...

UCF Fulbright Awardees Bring Their Passions to a Global Scale
Each year, the Fulbright Program offers opportunities for American students to conduct research, teach English or pursue graduate study abroad. One of the most prestigious international exchange programs in the world, the Fulbright mission is...

United States-South Korea Defense Collaboration Advances: Hanwha Aerospace and General Atomics Seal GE-STOL UAV Deal at AUSA 2025
Washington, DC – October 15, 2025 – In a significant boost to bilateral defense ties and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) innovation, South Korean defense powerhouse Hanwha Aerospace Co. and U.S.-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc....

Binance completes acquisition of South Korea’s Gopax crypto exchange
Binance has finalized its long-delayed acquisition of South Korea’s Gopax exchange, clearing regulatory hurdles that had stalled the deal for over two years. Summary Binance has completed its long-delayed acquisition of Gopax after FIU approval....

The forgotten postal link between North and South Korea
For a brief period after Korea’s liberation, a cross-peninsula postage system shuttled letters across the 38th parallel, linking the Soviet-led north and U.S.-led south. This week, postal expert Tony Bard and historian JiHoon Suk join the podcast...
Just-In: Binance Officially Re-Enters South Korea Market with Gopax Acquisition
## Introduction In breaking news, Binance has made a significant move by acquiring Gopax, one of the leading crypto exchanges in South Korea. This strategic acquisition marks Binance’s official return to the South Korean market, signaling a new...

Scaling Indian chip startups tap Taiwan, South Korean foundries
India's semiconductor startups are increasingly tapping global foundries such as Taiwan-based TSMC and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and South Korea's DB Hi-Tek, as they scale up production and commercialisation, according to people...

Warner Bros. Discovery Leans Into K-Drama Craze With South Korean Streaming Launch: Retail Still Wary Of M&A Moves
Under a new partnership, WBD’s HBO Max will feature K content from production house CJ ENM and its streaming site TVING. Warner Bros. Discovery is making a major push into Korean content as part of its strategy to strengthen HBO Max's position and...

ADEX 2025 – Taurus advances KASOM development
The link between Taurus and South Korea is quite tight, the ROK Air Force being one of the three users of the KEPD-350. Taurus Systems Korea, the local office based in Seoul, is responsible for business development outside Europe, hence it leads...

El Salvador and South Korea Boost Economic Cooperation at Business Forum
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea and the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) held the Korea–El Salvador Business Forum, an event designed to strengthen economic cooperation and promote bilateral trade opportunities. Led by...

Trump Official Warns China Against Penalizing Companies Investing in US
The Trump administration warned China not to retaliate against foreign companies helping the US to develop critical industries, after Beijing last week sanctioned the US units of a South Korean shipping giant over its plans to invest in the...

China’s new Hallyu: K-fashion struts in as K-beauty steps back
K-beauty’s stumble in China may ring alarm bells for Korean fashion firms to refine local strategy The playbook for the Korean Wave in China, once fluent in the lucrative language of beauty, is now turning a new page in fashion. Korean vogue has...

Seoul stocks turn higher late Fri. morning on batteries, chemicals
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares turned higher late Friday morning, led by battery and chemicals shares amid hopes for a possible trade deal with the United States. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 20.06...

Report from Maker Faire Seoul (and Tokyo too)
Evan Brand tipped us this summer that he’d be traveling to Japan and Korea this fall, and visiting Maker Faires in both countries, and would we like him to report for Make:? Of course we would! Here’s Evan’s dispatch from Maker Faire Seoul,...

Investors shake off pessimism that pervaded late last week
Newsflow has been light but the mood in equity markets have been positive, with investors shaking off the temporary bout of pessimism that pervaded late last week. The S&P500 is currently up over 1% and the Euro Stoxx 600 index closed 1% higher....

Seoul Shares Take Breather with U.S. Trade Deal in Sight
Photo : YONHAP News South Korean stocks took a breather on Friday following strong gains earlier in the week, buoyed by optimism surrounding a potential trade agreement with the United States. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI)...

Meetings With Investors And International Counterparts In US And South Korea
Australian Treasury Over the next week I will travel to the United States and South Korea to meet with investors and international counterparts, including as part of G20, IMF and World Bank annual meetings and the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation...

Seoul, Washington Strive to Wrap Up Trade Talks Before Leaders’ Summit
Kim Yong-beom (R), presidential chief of staff for policy, and Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan (C) walk out of the Commerce Department in Washington on Oct. 16, 2025. (Yonhap) WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top economic...

Seoul, Washington in final push to seal $350b investment deal
A $350 billion investment fund has emerged as the last critical challenge in tariff talks between South Korea and the US, with key negotiators from both sides making a final push to hash out details to strike a deal. South Korea’s Industry...

Cambodia deploys South Korean’s ‘peaceful’ video to ease kidnapping fears
Amid growing concern over a series of kidnapping and confinement cases involving South Koreans in Cambodia, the country’s interior ministry has released a social media video featuring a South Korean woman praising Cambodia as a “peaceful and warm...