• Seoul deploys wartime policy arsenal to fight Gulf shockwaves Seoul deploys "wartime" policy arsenal to fight Gulf shockwaves SEOUL, March 26 (AJP) -South Korea is deploying “all possible” fiscal and policy tools — including a supplementary budget of around 25 trillion won ($18.7 billion), expanded fuel tax cuts and market stabilization measures — as it moves into what the government described as a “wartime” economic response to the prolonged Middle East conflict. “In the face of a grave wa
  • Asian stocks fall on oil surge; Korea slides as wartime response fails to convince Asian stocks fall on oil surge; Korea slides as "wartime" response fails to convince SEOUL, March 26 (AJP) — Asian equities fell across the board Thursday as oil prices hovered near the $100-per-barrel threshold and geopolitical tensions deepened, with Seoul markets brushing off the government’s so-called “wartime” response. Despite tentative talk of an endgame to the Middle East conflict, markets showed little conviction. Risk aversion held firm across the region. Jap
  • BTS comeback detonates across screens, streets and systems within a week BTS comeback detonates across screens, streets and systems within a week SEOUL, March 26 (AJP) — It has been barely a week since BTS dropped its first full-member studio album in six years and staged a comeback performance in downtown Seoul livestreamed to nearly 20 million viewers on Netflix — and the aftershock is already everywhere. The group has not paused for breath. Fans across the world are flooding platforms with dance challenges to the title track “SWIM,
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