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North and South Korea will vie for influence in Africa

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AFRICA

Her African tour was designed to reinforce growing South Korean cooperation with African countries while countering North Korean links.

China and South Korea will disengage as ties sour

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CHINA/SOUTH KOREA

Seoul in June accused China’s ambassador of violating diplomatic protocols and interfering in South Korea's internal affairs. Later that month, Seoul cleared the way for full…

China-South Korea trade relationship will transform

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CHINA/SOUTH KOREA

New developments in China-South Korea economic relations.

Japanese industry will adapt to South Korean advance

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ASIA

Competition between Japanese and South Korean exporters.

Asian investments target large Latin American markets

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LATIN AMERICA

Major Japanese and South Korean conglomerates are driving adoption of automated manufacturing, digitalisation of supply chains and other technologies critical to the region’s…

Seoul's Vietnam ties will grow as ties with China sour

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea is Vietnam's largest foreign investor, and more South Korean firms do business in Vietnam than in China. The relationship is rooted in economic interests, but also…

Seoul stalls on US pressure to decouple from China

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SOUTH KOREA

South Korea is also furious at Hyundai’s exclusion from new electric vehicle (EV) tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -- even though its chairman met US President…

Trade will tighten Gulf-South Korea relations

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GULF STATES/SOUTH KOREA

Previously, in December 2023, South Korea signed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), only the bloc’s second with a major…

Seoul-Havana relations will hurt Pyongyang

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SOUTH KOREA/CUBA

South Korea’s business ties with Cuba have improved in recent decades, while Havana-Pyongyang relations have long been uneasy. Cuba’s decision came amid North Korea’s increasingly…

Taming tech serves Seoul’s political and policy aims

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SOUTH KOREA

Most notably, on August 31 the National Assembly (NA), which Moon’s Democrats (DP) control, revised the Telecommunications Business Act (TBA). Known locally as the ‘Anti-Google…