South Korean authorities arrested and detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, over his brief declaration of martial law last month. The dictator, eager to shut out the influence of Hollywood and K-pop, has been exalting a “shock brigade” of 300,000 teens and 20-somethings drafted into flood reconstruction.

South Korea rebuked President Trump’s remarks calling North Korea a “nuclear power,” raising concern about the relationship between the two countries. “North Korea’s denuclearization remains a

South Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the denuclearisation of North Korea must continue to be the goal necessary for lasting global peace, after reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had called Pyongyang "a nuclear power.

TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed in thin Lunar New Year trading on Tuesday after Wall Street’s tech superstars tumbled as a competitor from China raised doubts over the recent artificial-intelligence market frenzy.

Chip stocks fell across the board early Thursday after a Nvidia (NVDA) supplier made comments on its earnings call that indicated uncertainty in semiconductor demand this year. South Korea-based SK Hynix (000660.

With markets in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan still closed for the Lunar New Year, the return of South Korea grabbed the spotlight in Asia. The benchmark KOSPI (.KS11) slid 1%, after China's DeepSeek unveiled earlier this week a breakthrough in cheap AI models that triggered a global market rout.

The Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE) saw more than 2.4 million call contracts and over 1.1 million put contracts exchanged on Tuesday. The single-session equity put/call ratio rose to 0.46 and the 21-day moving average remained at 0.61.

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