Food, petroleum and coal goods prices were all up in November from a year earlier, as were chemical goods and metal scrap prices, but at a slower rate

The firms aim to begin operations in 2025 and the joint plan will see $4-5 billion of investment in the factory

Unions are now also planning a general strike backing the truckers whose action has disrupted supply chains and cost more than $3.2 billion

President Yoon Suk-yeol has already ordered cement industry truckers back to work and will now issue the same ultimatum to the oil refining and steelmaking sectors

The country’s cement, steel, auto and oil refining industries have missed out on 1.6 trillion won worth of deliveries in the seven days since the strike began

Federal Reserve chairman's remarks – that the US Fed could reduce the pace of its rate hikes this month – sends Wall Street equities soaring and lifts Asian markets in early trading

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has been living in Tokyo with his family, personal chef and security, avoiding China's Covid restrictions and developing an interest in art and painting watercolours, a new report says

The ruling People Power Party told the union representing the 25,000 striking drivers that they must return to work before lawmakers consider a bill on demands, the union said

The exchange, which is backed by Japanese social media firm Line Corp, said it has suspended new sign-ups and credit card payments and will cease operations in a few months.

President held a video call with Tesla chief Elon Musk last week and his office cited Musk as saying South Korea is among the top candidate locations for a new Tesla factory

Kishida said on Monday the government would not add wage growth as a new policy goal for the Bank of Japan, but would devise ways to prop up wages with the central bank.

The strike has seen container traffic at ports drop 19% and the country’s cement industry estimates its suffered an $28 million output loss