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Recycling is failing as a way to reduce plastic. Here’s why

Recycling plastic isn't working.The figure most often cited is that only nine per cent of the world's plastic has ever been recycled. That statistic is taken from a...

Asian Bonds to Trail EM Peers If Trump Enacts Milder Tariffs

(Bloomberg) -- Emerging Asian bonds are turning more expensive, making them less attractive than their global peers if Donald Trump’s...

BOK Surprises With Rate Cut as Impact of Trump’s Return Spreads

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Korea surprised investors with a back-to-back interest rate cut in the latest policy response linked...

South Korea’s central bank cuts a key rate to nurse a slower economy

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s central bank on Thursday lowered its key policy rate for the second straight...

Exclusive-Trump team weighs direct talks with North Korea’s Kim in new diplomatic push, sources say

By Trevor HunnicuttWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's team is discussing pursuing direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, hoping a fresh...

South Korea expressed regret to Japan over memorial for mine workers

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea expressed regret to Japan on Monday over Tokyo's attitude towards a memorial service held for labourers including Koreans forced...

South Korean man convicted for deliberately gaining weight to evade military service

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to a suspended prison term for deliberately gaining more than 20 kilograms...

Seoul court acquits South Korean opposition leader on charges of instigating perjury

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was acquitted on Monday on charges that he persuaded a witness to lie...

South Korea holds memorial for forced laborers at Sado mines, a day after boycotting Japanese event

SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony on...

In South Korea, nations meet in final round to address global plastic crisis

Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global...

As Trump’s return threatens to end U.S. support for Ukraine, allies scramble to fill the gap

As Ukraine's allies gathered in Halifax on Friday for the International Security Forum, president Peter Van Praagh acknowledged the foreboding many felt following the election...

North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks...

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