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A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi closing at 2,563.51 points on Wednesday, down 0.52 percent, or 13.37 points, from the previous trading session. [NEWS1]

EV stocks decline, defense stocks rise, as Trump victory sweeps market

Korean stocks retreated on Wednesday with EV shares plunging as Donald Trump pulled ahead, and eventually declared victory, in the U.S. presidential race.

2024.11.6

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. [AP/YONHAP]

Korean EV, battery makers in holding pattern with Trump's win

Former President Donald Trump's projected return to the White House has Korean EV and battery makers on edge over investments that could be compromised if EV-friendly programs are rolled back.

2024.11.6

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U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris smiles as she speaks during a campaign rally at Reno Expo Center in Reno, Nevada, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Harris calls alliance with Korea a 'linchpin,' warns USFK cost-sharing burden would climb under Trump

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris defined the South Korea-U.S. alliance as “a linchpin of security and prosperity" and assessed that South Korea is paying a “sizable” share of the costs to maintain USFK on the Korean Peninsula in a recent op-ed.

2024.11.4

Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha pays respects to U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War on a visit to the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington on Sunday, after Joe Biden was named U.S. president-elect the previous day. She was scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday. [YONHAP]

Foreign minister's Washington trip comes at dicey time

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kang Kyung-wha, on a trip to Washington Sunday on the heels of Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election, said she does not see the United States reverting back to a “strategic patience” approach.

2020.11.9

In this file photo, National Security Office Director Suh Hoon gives a briefing on Sept. 25 at the Blue House. [YONHAP]

South's top national security official urges U.S. to resume talks with North

President Moon Jae-in’s national security chief on Friday urged U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to resume talks with the North Korean regime as soon as possible, during a trilateral meeting that also included Japan's top national...

2020.11.6

Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, pulls off his face mask to speak on the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Wilmington, Delaware, Wednesday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Blue House says it's ready for any U.S. eventuality

The Korean government was preparing for all possible results of the U.S. presidential election and its impact on the bilateral alliance, the Korean Peninsula situation, regional security and the economy.

2020.11.5

Koreans at Seoul Station on Wednesday afternoon watch through the TV monitor the tense U.S. presidential race between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden unfold. [NEWS1]

Seoul holds breath over U.S. vote count

Korea's political, diplomatic and economic officials braced for days and possibly weeks of uncertainty over the nail-biting U.S. presidential election Tuesday pitting Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

2020.11.4

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, face off in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday. [AFP/YONHAP]

Biden says he will meet Kim if North reduces nuclear capacity

Joe Biden, the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the condition that Pyongyang draws down its nuclear capabilities.

2020.10.25