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            <title><![CDATA[Young Koreans Dump Homeowner Dreams to Pile Into Soaring Stocks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Apartment buildings under construction, back, in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. Seoul’s housing market showed more signs of cooling last month, with apartment prices and transactions continuing to slide, creating more favorable conditions for the Bank of Korea to consider a policy pivot this week.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Offshore Funds Boost Won Hedges on Trade Angst, Hana Bank Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 01:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley, KKR Bet on Historic Changes for Korean Renters]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seoul’s Apartment Prices Rise for 34th Week as Pace Picks Up]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Heesu Lee]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 05:02:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Seoul Home Price Growth Slows Again, Paving Way for BOK Rate Cut]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trade Deal Eased Pressure Before Korea Rate Decision, Rhee Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 02:23:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Rhee Chang-yong, governor of the Bank of Korea, during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The Bank of Korea held its benchmark interest rate steady to foster stability after consumer inflation unexpectedly picked up and the won weakened to a 16-year-low as Donald Trump&apos;s tariff campaign rattled markets and clouded the growth outlook.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Korea to Lift Deposit Insurance Cap First Time in 24 years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 03:22:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Korea’s Economy Shrinks as Tariffs Darken Global Outlook]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Soo-hyang Choi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Tariff Response May Add to Pressure on Won, Korea Bonds]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Bosley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:31:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FTSE Delays Korea Inclusion in Major Bond Gauge By 5 Months]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:19:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yoon’s Dramatic Ouster Divides South Korea at Perilous Moment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protesters react in Seoul after the Constitutional Court ruled to remove Yoon from office. Photographer: Woohae Cho/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Korea’s New FX Rules Renew Calls for More Fundamental Changes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaehyun Eom]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 05:55:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Korean Protesters Rally as Impeachment Verdict Nears]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Kim (News)]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:18:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Supporters of Yoon Suk Yeol during a rally to oppose his impeachment in Seoul, South Korea, on March 1.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Korea’s Stimulus Plan Likely to Drive Up Bond Yields]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Whanwoong Choi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians in Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. South Korea’s parliament impeached Acting President Han Duck-soo, dealing another blow to a government already reeling after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s suspension less than two weeks ago for his brief martial law decree.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lotte Chemical Dodges Default As Creditors Back Covenant Change]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:35:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Steam rises from stacks at the Lotte Chemical Corp. plant in the Yeosu Industrial Complex in Yeosu, South Korea, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. South Korea is schedule to release its trade figures on Feb. 15.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Korean Lenders to Clean Up Bulk of Property Loans Amid Turmoil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Whanwoong Choi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:54:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Protestors in South Korea Rejoice as Lawmakers Impeach Yoon]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Heejin Kim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 09:26:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Demonstrators react after lawmakers passed a motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a protest outside the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. South Korean lawmakers impeached Yoon, putting him on the brink of being ousted less than two weeks after he shocked the nation by briefly imposing martial law.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Korea Resident Doctors Intake Plunges Amid Rift With Yoon]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Whanwoong Choi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A group of trainee doctors protest against President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Dec. 8. Photographer: Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Korea’s Largest Union Calls for Strike to Oppose Martial Law]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Heejin Kim]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:43:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lotte Chemical Creditors Meet Brings Korea Risks Into Focus]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Whanwoong Choi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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