Asian shares are mixed after China rolled out more moves to boost its lagging stock markets. Hong Kong and Shanghai rose but then shed some of their initial gains early Thursday.

China's top envoy to South Korea, Dai Bing, has described the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit as an important opportunity to engage in high-level exchanges between China and South Korea,

The CIO and the prosecution agreed to jointly investigate Yoon's "insurrection" charge by questioning the impeached president for 10 respective days. The prosecution was widely expected to indict Yoon for the "insurrection" and other charges around Feb 5. Yoon rejected the CIO's repeated call to appear for questioning.

China on Monday executed two men convicted of separate deadly attacks carried out in November amid a series of violent crimes committed in the Asian nation.

Seoul and Beijing have resumed their negotiations to expand their existing FTA to include the service and investment sectors, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Thursday.

The 10th round of negotiations for the second phase of the China-South Korea Free Trade Agreement was held in Seoul, South Korea, from Wednesday to Friday, according to a statement on the website of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Friday.

The trade authorities of South Korea and China will hold the 10th follow-up negotiations on the FTA services and investment in Seoul, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on the 16th.

Control of Korea Zinc, the world’s largest producer of zinc, is at stake in a battle challenging the country’s entrenched chaebol system of powerful conglomerates.

As Seoul continues to deal with its current leadership crisis, Beijing could be an unexpected beneficiary from the chaos.

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, marking Pyongyang's latest show of force just days ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

Start-ups with Chinese ties have found it increasingly difficult to do business and list shares in the United States.

Seoul shares opened lower Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, as investors awaited a swath of Chinese data set to be released later in the day. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 5.