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NANJING, CHINA – JUNE 20, 2025 – Visitors visited the TSMC exhibition area at the 2025 World Semiconductor Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on June 20, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

U.S. pulls TSMC’s waiver for China shipments of chip supplies

By MacKenzie Hawkins, Heesu Lee, and others

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 14: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) In this handout photo provided by the South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office on December 14, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. The National Assembly voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched imposition of martial law, suspending him from his duties until the Constitutional Court decides whether to reinstate him or remove him from office. (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)

South Korea investigators seek arrest warrant for President Yoon

By Bloomberg, Soo-Hyang Choi, and others

Water vapor and smoke rise from a Korea Zinc Co. smelting factory at sunrise in Ulsan, South Korea, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea’s simmering credit risks weighed on construction activity last quarter, holding economic growth in check even as exports maintained momentum and adding to concerns for President Yoon Suk Yeol ahead of parliamentary elections crucial to his policy initiatives. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A bitter feud risks ripping apart an $11 billion metals empire

By Heesu Lee, Archie Hunter, and others

Pedestrians walk along a waterway in Incheon on July 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Exploding Mercedes-Benz EV prompts parking garage electric vehicle bans in South Korea

By Heesu Lee and Bloomberg

Chey Tae-won, billionaire and chairman of SK Group, speaks during the Nikkei Forum Future of Asia in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The forum will continue through May 24. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A South Korean tycoon’s $1 billion divorce settlement could spur a shake-up of the country’s second-biggest conglomerate

By Youkyung Lee, Heesu Lee, and others

A boy plays in a fountain to cool off in the central Gwanghwamun area of Seoul on June 19, 2023, as a heat wave advisory has been issued by the South Korean government. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Korea is so hot workers are being given ice vests to cool down

By Heesu Lee and Bloomberg

Whon Namkoong, co-chief executive officer of Kakao Corp

Boss of Korea’s biggest social media service resigns after massive outage causes chaos

By Heesu Lee, Youkyung Lee, and others

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K-pop agency that launched BTS into superstardom buys Bieber manager’s firm for $1 billion

By Shinhye Kang, Heesu Lee, and others

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JULY 17: A event staff checks the temperature of audience while enter at a drive-in concert as South Koreans take measures to protect themselves against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) on July 17, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea’s new daily virus cases came in at around 60 for the second straight day on Friday as the country grapple with rising imported cases and an uptick in local infections. The country added 60 cases tody, including 21 local infections, raising the total caseload to 13,672, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

South Korea’s elite contact tracers combine testing and investigative techniques to track down new outbreaks

By Heesu Lee and Bloomberg

Seoul Enforces Wearing Masks On Trains During Rush Hours

Coronavirus patients who seem to catch COVID-19 twice aren’t infectious 2nd time

By Jason Gale, Heesu Lee, and others