The South Korean labour ministry has also recommended that all work outdoors be suspended during heatwaves. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Most of China's key economic indicators will be released next week, with a big focus on GDP. Other data highlights include Japanese CPI, trade and core machinery orders, South Korean unemployment, and Singaporean GDP. Also, Bank Indonesia is expected to stand pat

Drills and meetings. The United States, Japan and South Korea held joint air drills over international waters near South Korea’s Jeju Island. The

While South Korean imports to the U.S. face 25% tariffs, the same as Trump promised in April, the rate on Japan has been raised by 1 percentage point to 25%.

Asia stock markets mostly advance on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump announced new tariff rates on 14 countries, removing some uncertainty in the market.  He also signed an executive order extending the reciprocal tariff deadline to August 1 from July 9,

Canada's move to export its liquefied natural gas supply to South Korea comes amid its trade feud with the United States, its biggest importer.

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, has upset historic Korean-American ties by pursuing what he calls a “pragmatic” policy of attempting to play Washington against Beijing.

South Korea won’t abandon attack helicopters altogether. The country’s Marine Corps is acquiring Marine Attack Helicopters, an up-gunned variant of the Marineon/Surion family built domestically by KAI. Furthermore, the army is inducting Mirion Light Armed Helicopters, also built by KAI.

MSC Cruises' MSC Bellissima has won the "Asia Best Cruise Ship Award" for the second consecutive year. The accolade was made at the 10th Asia Cruise Forum held in Jeju, South Korea. MSC Cruises said in a press release that the ship's deployment has increased in Japan,

And after all that data searching, it named Seoul, South Korea, the coziest city in all of Asia and the No. 19 coziest city overall.