Hooyeon Kim

(Bloomberg) -- South Koreans are celebrating after the yen fell to its lowest level against the won in 15 years. They’re traveling to Japan in their hordes and almost doubling their purchases of Japanese goods.Most Read from BloombergSaudi Arabia Offers Iran Investment to Blunt Gaza WarThese Are the World's Most Expensive Cities to Live In Right NowBiggest Blowout in Bonds Since the 1980s Sparks Everything RallyBanking Escapees Make Billions From Private Credit BoomKissinger, Diplomat Who Define

Tickets to watch Shohei Ohtani make his debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in a season-opening baseball game in Seoul were snapped up in the first hour of going on sale Friday.

North Korea exported about 1,680 tons of false eyelashes, beards, and wigs to China last year.

(Bloomberg) -- South Korea will allow foreign investors to tap a wider pool of banks for the best won quotes to be used in their stocks and bond transactions to lure inflows.Most Read from BloombergYour 401(k) Will Be Gone Within a DecadeLargest Covid Vaccine Study Yet Finds Links to Health ConditionsPlay VideoUS Tells Allies Russia May Launch Anti-Satellite Nuclear Weapon Into Space This YearEuropean Stocks Retreat as Earnings Disappoint: Markets WrapIt will permit temporary won overdrafts for

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Chang-yong continued to push back against speculation of an early interest rate cut even as one of his board members flagged the possibility of easing policy in the next three months following the central bank’s stand-pat decision.Most Read from BloombergNvidia Surges After AI Boom Shows No Signs of Letting UpBiden Touts $1.2 Billion in Student Loan Relief With Eye to 2024Tech Up in Late Hours on Nvidia’s Bullish Outlook: Markets WrapYour 401(k) Will Be

The craze for India’s booming bond market has reached as far as South Korea, where a bond fund that’s been mostly dormant for a decade is suddenly getting lots of interest.

The South Korean won’s correlation with the yen has risen to the highest level in more than nine months as traders await a potentially historic policy decision by the Bank of Japan.

FTSE Russell said South Korea will continue to stay on the watch list for inclusion to its global bond index — and India for the emerging-market equivalent — once more delaying the countries' addition to the key indexes by at least another six months.

A woman puts Indonesian rupiah banknotes into an envelope at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Policymakers in Seoul have stepped up their commentary on the won as the currency weakens rapidly, briefly touching a key level of 1,400 per dollar for the first time since late 2022.Most Read from BloombergDubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens FloodingUS Yields Spike as Hawkish Powell Puts 5% in Play: Markets WrapChina Tells Iran Cooperation Will Last After Attack on IsraelWhat If Fed Rate Hikes Are Actually Sparking US Economic Boom?Powell Signals Rate-Cut Delay Af