JOHANNESBURG, June 6 (Reuters) – The South African rand edged up in early trade on Friday, after central bank data showed that foreign reserves increased last month. At 0742 GMT the rand traded ...

The South African rand strengthened against a weaker dollar on Monday, ... South Africa's benchmark 2035 government bond was weaker, with the yield up 8 basis points at 10.235%.

The South African rand weakened on Tuesday after first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data came in marginally better than expected but showed that the economy had stagnated.

At 0610 GMT the rand traded at 17.8625 against the dollar, down about 0.1% on Monday’s closing level. Economists polled by Reuters estimate […] South African rand slips before Q1 GDP data ...

Banners showing South Korea’s two main presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung, left, and Kim Moon-soo, right. The June 3 election outcome will have an impact on the country’s foreign policy.

As South Korea's election nears, Lee Jae-myung's approach to U.S.-China relations sparks debate, highlighting the geopolitical stakes of the race.

South Korea’s economic growth has sputtered to a snail’s pace. Its income gap is wider than ever. Its suicide rates are among the highest, and its birthrates the lowest, in the world.

“South Korea’s strategic balance between the U.S. and China, which Lee Jae-myung’s administration is talking about, is not referring to a 50-50, perfectly equal balance,” Lee Byong-Chul, a ...

South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung said he and President Trump agreed to work together on a tariff deal in the first phone call since Lee was elected on Tuesday.

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s next president on Wednesday following a dramatic snap election six months after the country’s previous leader declared martial law ...

South Korea’s overall exports to its two largest markets, the United States and China, each fell by about 8 percent last month compared with a year earlier because of the trade war and supply ...

The new South Korean president, Lee Jae-myung, calls himself a foreign policy “pragmatist”. He says he is driven by South Korea’s national interest, rather than ideology, and has spoken of ...