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Hwashin Automotive and Seoyon E-Hwa Summit plan to invest ₹1,370 crore in Tamil Nadu over five years, countering reports of a proposed shift in manufacturing investments to Andhra Pradesh

Updated On: 11 Nov 2026 | 6:34 PM IST

Exports from Asia's fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, rose 93.7% from the same ‌month last year to $115.28 billion

Updated On: 01 Nov 2026 | 8:17 AM IST

North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea Thursday, South Korea's military said, days after the North threatened to resume front-line propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy new weapons along the rivals' tense border. The launches also followed leader Kim Jong Un's surprise weekend visit to China, the North's main ally and economic pipeline, to push for greater cooperation. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected about 10 short-range ballistic missiles fired from the North's eastern costal town of Wonsan. It said South Korea's military bolstered its surveillance posture and was closely exchanging information about the launches with the US and Japan. Animosity between the Koreas have deepened after last month's land mine blasts that injured three South Korean soldiers. Seoul accused North Korea of planting mines south of the military demarcation line that caused the Sept 21 blasts, but Pyongyang has denied responsibility for the explosions

Updated On: 29 Oct 2026 | 11:52 AM IST

India has outlined plans to become a major green hydrogen producer, even as developers worldwide have struggled to secure the long-term offtake agreements required to underpin large-scale investments

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 12:39 PM IST

In stocks, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 2% in early trading, with tech-heavy South Korea's KOSPI sliding 6%

Updated On: 13 Oct 2026 | 8:23 AM IST

North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea's military said, adding to a recent streak of weapons demonstrations that has heightened tensions during a prolonged freeze in diplomacy. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, where the country has used its airport as a major launch site in recent years. The joint chiefs did not immediately specify how many missiles they detected or how far they flew. Japan's Defense Ministry said it detected at least two missiles and assessed that the weapons landed in waters outside the country's exclusive economic zone. The launch came days after South Korea on Friday flight-tested its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade missile defense systems, which President Lee Jae Myung described as an important step in strengthening the South's ...

Updated On: 12 Oct 2026 | 9:32 AM IST

Turnover has collapsed 70% from its peak in late May, foreigners are retreating at the fastest pace in Asia and local retail investors are also pulling back

Updated On: 11 Oct 2026 | 9:29 AM IST

The Taiex Index beat the Kospi by about 23 percentage points last quarter, the widest margin since the turn of the century

Updated On: 07 Oct 2026 | 8:27 AM IST

South Korea has ordered a thorough investigation into recent data breaches at banks and public agencies, while regulators warned that AI may have been used in the attacks

Updated On: 04 Oct 2026 | 12:18 PM IST

The launch was the latest in a series of North Korean weapons tests this year and came as tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated over a landmine blast in the ​Demilitarized Zone last month

Updated On: 04 Oct 2026 | 7:41 AM IST

The package includes eight nuclear power plants, an Alaska gas pipeline and a 6-GW Texas power facility, though Seoul said the $54 billion Alaska project was not yet final

Updated On: 01 Oct 2026 | 12:25 PM IST

India has been trying to draw ​more foreign capital into government bonds through easier registration, lower taxes and by targeting entry into global bond ‌indices

Updated On: 22 Sep 2026 | 11:57 AM IST

South Korea's defence ministry said the ​rival North had fired an unidentified projectile

Updated On: 20 Sep 2026 | 12:55 PM IST

South Korean man convicted of killing three people allegedly planned to flee a Philippine prison by being carried over its walls by a heavy-duty drone

Updated On: 16 Sep 2026 | 3:43 PM IST

Korea Exchange will extend trading in nearly all local stocks until 8 pm, seeking to boost foreign participation

Updated On: 13 Sep 2026 | 11:01 PM IST

More than 100 South Korean companies, including Hyundai Motor Co. and LG Chem Ltd., have issued preferred shares, raising capital without diluting founding families' voting power

Updated On: 08 Sep 2026 | 8:39 AM IST

Key to sapping demand has been a series of regulatory tightening moves, most recently a rule to complete five-day simulated trading

Updated On: 30 Aug 2026 | 9:11 AM IST

Rapid growth in artificial intelligence workloads will see data centres use 774 terawatt-hours of electricity by 2030, around 6 per cent of China's total projected consumption, according to a report

Updated On: 25 Aug 2026 | 3:41 PM IST

Equity-linked securities dangling annualized coupons of 40% to 50% have attracted renewed interest from mom-and-pop traders

Updated On: 23 Aug 2026 | 8:16 AM IST

President Lee Jae Myung has made Arctic shipping a priority for South Korea, a shipping powerhouse

Updated On: 22 Aug 2026 | 1:10 PM IST