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KOREA PRO is an essential resource providing objective insights and analysis on the most important stories and issues in South Korea, on topics ranging from foreign relations and politics to society and economics.

Briefings

South Korea sends crisis team to Cambodia as job scam scandal strains diplomacy

Seoul’s development assistance to Phnom Penh may decide whether it gains cooperation or deepens regional friction

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 16, 2025
Briefings

China targets Hanwha Ocean’s affiliates over US shipbuilding sanctions dispute

Beijing bans transactions with Hanwha’s US-linked units over alleged support for Washington’s Section 301 investigation

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 15, 2025
Briefings

South Korea’s trade slips as tariff dispute and weak won unsettle markets

Exports fell on fewer working days but the weaker won and stalled US tariff talks now threaten Seoul’s inflation outlook

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 14, 2025
Briefings

Trump’s 100% tariff threat deepens U.S.-China split ahead of APEC summit

Seoul’s APEC summit risks being overshadowed by U.S.-China confrontation and fallout for South Korean exporters

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 13, 2025
Podcast

China’s rare earth curb, Japan’s new leader and Europe’s steel tariffs — Ep. 101

The Korea Pro team breaks down Beijing’s export orders, Tokyo’s political shift and Europe’s protectionist surge

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 10, 2025
Briefings

South Korea restores one-quarter of systems after government data-hub fire

Officials confirm 193 of 709 platforms recovered as Seoul races to rebuild core e-government networks before APEC

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 10, 2025
Briefings

Europe joins Trump in steel tariff surge, raising new risks for South Korea

The EU’s quota cuts and 50% tariffs close another door for Korean mills as China floods Asian markets with cheap steel

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 9, 2025
Briefings

South Korea says inflation stable amid scrutiny of Lee’s cash voucher plan

Finance ministry credits food price easing and tariff measures while defending Lee administration’s cash coupon program

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 8, 2025
Briefings

KEPCO-KHNP legal clash exposes cracks in South Korea’s nuclear export unity

Arbitration over the Barakah plant reveals governance failures and threatens Seoul’s “One Team” credibility abroad

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 7, 2025
Briefings

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi breaks glass ceiling but risks reopening old wounds

Her hard line views on history and defense may complicate Seoul’s rapprochement despite shared security priorities

KOREA PROKOREA PROOctober 6, 2025
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