The South Korean government has moved to tighten restrictions on foreign land ownership across 17 key locations, including 12 islands along the country’s western and southern coastlines and five northwestern islands near the inter-Korean maritime border.

The recent anti-China sentiment spreading among South Korea's conservative bloc suggests these groups are playing the "China card" to advance their political agenda, Beijing's top envoy to Seoul has said.

China acknowledges S. Korea’s hopes for Xi’s visit, but Dai sidesteps direct answer Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Dai Bing sounded the alarm over a small but “destructive” anti-China faction that is fueling election interference claims and leading protests,

South Korea is lagging behind or matching China in "basic competency" in five areas of semiconductor technology, including memory chips and artificial intelligence (AI) chips, according to a report released last week by the Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning.

South Korea's business leaders are taking action to offset the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive trade policies, hiring his former aides and lobbying Republican states out of frustration with delays by their own government which is mired in a political crisis.

A report says a fleet of Chinese distant-water fishing vessels used North Korean crews in violation of U.N. bans and many were apparently subjected to abuses including being trapped at sea for years.

China has surpassed South Korea in all areas of semiconductor technology, according to a recent survey of local experts, signaling a shift in the industry landscape.

However, analysts doubt such a change would have an impact in a country where couples are tying the knot later and in fewer numbers than ever before.

Pyongyang blasted the U.S. "provocations," including last week's ICBM test-launch and a nuclear submarine's port call at Busan, South Korea.