Japan, China, South Korea consider autumn summit: Nikkei

China, Japan and South Korea are considering holding their first trilateral summit in three years, offering a potential stage for the first one-on-one meeting between Tokyo and Seoul's leaders, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.

South Korean Debt Expands at 7-Year High

Household debt in South Korea is rising at its fastest pace in seven years, driven by government efforts to help prop up the economy.

South Korea unemployment rate hits three-year high in jobseeker surge

(Reuters) - South Korea's seasonally adjusted unemployment spiked to a three-year high in February as job seekers flooded the labor market and the number of people in work hit its highest level in 15 years in an encouraging signal for the country's economy.

South Korea nominates Lee Ju-yeol as Bank of Korea head

South Korea's President, Park Geun-hye, has nominated former bank deputy Lee Ju-yeol to succeed Kim Choong-soo as governor of the Bank of Korea on 1 April.

South Korea president-elect urges chaebol think twice before layoffs

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's president-elect asked the leaders of the country's big businesses, or chaebol, on Wednesday to think twice before cutting jobs, saying it was time for the conglomerates her father helped build four decades ago to look beyond profits.