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The shipping industry is stepping up efforts to build steel containers outside China, lining up the spare capacity needed to shield a key component of global trade from supply chain pressures and geopolitical rifts.

Regulators seen to be appeasing retail investors ahead of parliamentary elections next year

Prosecutors allege that Lee, who was vice-chair of Samsung Electronics in 2015, was among a group of executives who inflated the stock price of Cheil Industries, a textile company, and devalued Samsung C&T, a construction and engineering business, during the merger to help cement the billionaire scion’s control of the conglomerate. “The defendants undermined the foundation of the country’s capital markets to smooth the leader’s succession,” the prosecutors said on Friday.

After decades of preparation for war with North Korea, the country has become a top 10 defence exporter since the start of Ukraine conflict

Despite increased government incentives, female employees are reluctant to have babies due to a lack of support at work and at home

South Korea has said that it would consider sending weapons to Ukraine in a warning to Vladimir Putin after the Russian president signed a mutual defence pact with North Korea amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.

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Third-quarter operating profit far lower than analyst consensus and trails domestic rival SK Hynix

South Korean carmaker’s first foreign head may have to combat higher tariffs and end of electric vehicle subsidies

First repurchases in seven years are aimed at boosting stock and may help avoid margin call for founding family