North Korea halts radio broadcasts, curbs exchanges with South -Yonhap

By Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea stopped operating a radio station used to send coded messages to its agents in South Korea, the Yonhap news agency said on Saturday, the latest sign the isolated country is shaking up the way it handles relations with Seoul. North Korea has been stepping up pressure on … Read more

US to indefinitely extend China waiver for South Korean chipmakers -Yonhap

SEOUL (Reuters) -The U.S. is expected to indefinitely extend a waiver granted to South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on needing licenses to bring U.S. chip equipment into China, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. The U.S. Commerce Department has discussed details with the South Korean chipmakers on which equipment could be used … Read more