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  • A Delta Air Lines Airbus A220 airplane prepares to takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10, 2025. Delta Air Lines stock shares surged more than 11 percent in early trading on Thursday, as the airline reported better-than-expected results. Between April and June, the group posted year-on-year sales of $16.65 billion and net income of $2.13 billion (+63% year-on-year). (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Travel & Leisure

    Delta jet moved ‘aggressively’ to avoid collision with B-52

    By Danny Lee, Sam Kim, and others
  • Buildings at dawn in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. South Korea’s currency and its stock market rose at the open on Monday, as investors responded to a weekend vote to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol following his attempt to impose martial law. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    South Korea cuts growth forecasts after martial law fiasco

    By Sam Kim and Bloomberg
  • The Samsung Electronics Co. semiconductor manufacturing plant in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Samsung Electronics will releases its preliminary fourth quarter earnings on Jan. 7. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    U.S. pushes South Korea to follow its lead and tighten export controls on chips for China

    By MacKenzie Hawkins, Sam Kim, and others
  • A toddler tries to ride a miniature car at a baby supplies store in Siheung, South Korea, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. The lack of babies is speeding up the aging of South Korean society, generating concerns about the growing fiscal burden of public pensions and healthcare. Photographer: Jean Chung/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Just 230,000 babies were born in South Korea in 2023, as the country’s baby bust breaks records

    By Sam Kim and Bloomberg
  • US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the 2024 proposed budget request, focusing on investing in US security, competitiveness, and the path ahead for the US-China relationship, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

    China’s ban on Micron chips is ‘economic coercion’ and won’t be tolerated, says Gina Raimondo

    By Sam Kim, Eric Martin, and others
  • A general view shows a church (C) surrounded by residential buildings in the Gangnam district of Seoul on May 13, 2022. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Gangnam style falls out of favor as rising rates whack Korea’s luxury real estate sales

    By Sam Kim and Bloomberg
  • TOPSHOT – People sit near a screen showing a news broadcast at a train station in Seoul on May 12, 2022, of North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un appearing in a face mask on television for the first time to order nationwide lockdowns after the North confirmed its first-ever Covid-19 cases. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    North Korea COVID outbreak worsens as Kim warns of ‘upheaval’

    By Sam Kim and Bloomberg
  • SHANGHAI, CHINA – NOVEMBER 08: Samsung 5nm EUV wafer is on display during the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center on November 8, 2020 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Zhang Hengwei/China News Service via Getty Images)International

    South Korea joins global chipmaking race with $450 billion spending plan

    By Sohee Kim, Sam Kim, and others
  • Seoul, South Korea, amid coronavirus outbreakInternational

    A woman spread COVID to 27 customers at a Starbucks. Its mask-wearing employees escaped infection

    By Heejin Kim, Sam Kim, and others
  • 2019 New Economy ForumInternational

    Bill Gates says a COVID-vaccine maker he backed can produce 200 million doses by June

    By Sam Kim, Heejin Kim, and others