Tokyo may support a coordinated oil release from its emergency stockpile if requested by the IEA, while Canberra said it is monitoring oil and gas markets

But the top foreign policy adviser to Yoon Suk-yeol said Beijing's ire would provide a chance to "reset" testy diplomatic ties between the countries

Music sales climbed 18% - offsetting slow live concert receipts - while revenue from endorsements expanded 120%, the agency said

Output of instant noodles, or "ramyeon" in Korean, stood at 1.93 million tonnes in 2020, up a whopping 231% from a year ago.

Western allies and TSMC are grappling with how to mitigate a worst-case scenario where China invades or blockades Taiwan, cutting off chips crucial to the global economy.

The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 52.9 from a final 55.4 in the previous month

The Model 3 sedan description on Tesla’s Korean-language site was changed to say it is capable of travelling a "maximum" of 528 km, from "more than" 528 km

Automaker has plans to assemble EVs for its Nissan and Infiniti brands in Mississippi starting 2025 and aims to have EVs make up 40% of its US sales by 2030

Consumer inflation is expected to pick up due to surging energy prices, while last year's mobile phone fee cuts are also set to fall out of calculations

Nowhere is the pressure more acute than in Taiwan, the world centre of advanced chipmaking, where the appetite for engineering talent is growing

PM Fumio Kishida said the number of people allowed to enter the country will rise to 5,000 a day, from 3,500. But tourists still remain shut out

The growing trade deficit highlights the world's third-largest economy's vulnerability to soaring commodity costs and slowing demand from China