SK Hynix shares soar to 25-year highs on high-end chip breakthrough

Atlantide Phototravel | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Shares of SK Hynix jumped Friday after announcing that it had finished developing HBM4, the latest generation of high-bandwidth memory seen as vital for artificial-intelligence applications. Its shares rose over 7% to hit the highest since 2000 as of 9.40 p.m. ET Wednesday, marking its ninth day…

U.S.-South Korea ties strained as 300 Koreans detained by ICE at Georgia Hyundai plant wait to fly home

More than 300 South Korean nationals detained by federal agents in a massive immigration raid last week on a Hyundai plant in Georgia for alleged visa violations were waiting Wednesday for a charter flight due to carry them back to their country. The South Korean workers were among some 475 people detained on Sept. 4…

CBP seizes fake Labubu dolls valued at over $500K and disguised as light bulbs at Seattle airport

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A shipment of more than 11,000 fake Labubus disguised as LED light bulbs was intercepted at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials. Fake versions of the popular dolls, which were worth thousands, were found when officers inspected incoming air cargo on…

Kim Jong Un takes ‘moving fortress’ bulletproof train to meet Putin and Xi at Beijing military parade

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is en route to China aboard one of his heavily armored, fortress-style trains, state media reported Monday.  The 41-year-old dictator is expected to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday to attend a military parade with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President…

Asia-Pacific markets largely fall; Bank of Korea policy decision in focus

Sunset scene of light trails traffic speeds through an intersection in Gangnam center business district of Seoul at Seoul city, South Korea Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded largely lower Thursday as investors await the Bank of Korea policy decision. Japan’s Nikkei 225 slid 0.52%, while the Topix tumbled 0.33%. South Korea’s…

Kim Jong Un acknowledges deaths of 100 North Korean soldiers he sent to fight for Vladimir Putin

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that the troops he sent to fight Ukraine for Russian President Vladimir Putin have suffered losses en masse. In a ceremony depicting the faces of 100 North Korean soldiers and attended by their…

South Korea’s move to lower tensions with Kim Jong Un threatens 400,000 Christians

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A move aimed at lowering tensions between South and North Korea is threatening, rather than improving, life for the estimated 400,000 Christians who live in the North. The policy has been slammed as “a catastrophic strategic mistake.”  South Korea’s new President, Lee Jae-myung, ordered…

South Korea to end some military activity on border to ease tensions with North Korea

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! South Korea’s new liberal president announced Friday his plans to end some military activities along its border with North Korea and restore a 2018 military agreement with its neighbor in an effort to reduce border tensions. Speaking on the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial…