Lee Ho-yul, a career diplomat serving as minister at the South Korean Embassy in Mexico, will serve as the country's ambassador to Cuba, with which South Korea established diplomatic relations in February last year, the ministry said in a release. ■ (2nd LD) BOK warns of growing U.S. stock market volatility, policy uncertainty

Korea-US rate gap remains as wide as 1.5 percentage points With the US Federal Reserve in no hurry to cut its key rate again, the Bank of Korea is likely to slow down on loosening its monetary policy,

Yonhap news agency says South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law.

War, weak growth, and policy uncertainty around Trump’s return already threaten the Korean economy. An extended political crisis will make things worse.

The Bank of Korea (BOK) is expected to slow down the pace of its monetary easing as the U.S. Federal Reserve pauses rate cuts and adopts a more cautious stance toward inflation, market experts said on Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Trump’s controversial pick to serve as Health and Human Services secretary — will face a confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Finance Committee. Kennedy will sit before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee the following day.

Prosecutors in South Korea have indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in connection to insurrection charges. South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach Yoon last month after he briefly

South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol bows down as he speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea Yoon, whose fate would be decided by Constitutional Court in coming weeks ...

Where Economists Think the Trump Economy Is Headed By Vicky Ge Huang WSJ's latest survey shows that forecasters expect higher inflation than they did in October-but also higher GDP growth. Also, a sluggish economy and President Trump's tariff threats prompt Beijing to tell big investor to buy more stocks.

The Global Equity composite fell 0.86% gross of fees in the fourth quarter, in line with the 0.89% decline of the MSCI ACWI Index.

Philippine stocks fell Monday on lackluster trading as investors stayed on the sidelines amid cautious sentiment and lack of catalysts. The 30-company

Most Asian markets rose Monday following a rally on Wall Street and a record-breaking day in Europe, with sentiment boosted by positive talks between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping that soothed worries about the incoming US leader's second term.