Business deals
SK Group takes 16% stake in Vietnam's top retailer
South Korean conglomerate seeks VinCommerce's distribution channels
South Korea
Technology
Samsung set to gain from LG's smartphone market exit
Android OS, wide lineup likely to help attract South Korean rival's US customers
Asia Insight
Moon promises the sky in Busan but faces electoral crash landing
Polls tip conservatives to win back mayorships of South Korea's two biggest cities
Technology
LG Electronics to end loss-making smartphone business
South Korea group faced lack of in-house chip supply and rise of Chinese rivals
Your Week in Asia
China Telecom EGM, LG's smartphone future, Andy Li hearing
Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events
Comment
South Korea and Taiwan elbow out China in chip investment
Samsung and TSMC seen responsible for 43% of semiconductor capital spending
Arts
Politics take centerstage in popular South Korean films
Cinema comes of age as country becomes more liberal
International relations
China and Seoul vow to cooperate on Korean Peninsula denuclearization
Foreign ministers agree to first high-level security talks in 6 years
Media & Entertainment
BTS manager acquires Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings for $1.05bn
HYBE will bring together BTS, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande
N Korea at crossroads
US, Japan and South Korea agree to keep up pressure on North Korea
National security advisers reaffirm cooperation on Pyongyang's denuclearization
