Don Southerton

June 17, 2026 1 min read

Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing — Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Headline: Seoul pivots to record domestic investment. Top Story Under President Lee’s push to keep capital at home, the majors...

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June 16, 2026 2 min read

Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing June 16 2026

Headline: Seoul holds the line on the 15% tariff cap as chip duties loom; Korean biopharma and semiconductor ties with...

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June 11, 2026 2 min read

Korea-US Briefing, Thursday, June 11, 2026

Headline: Won slides, even as record chip exports power Korea’s trade Top Story The won weakened, near its softest levels...

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June 10, 2026 2 min read

Korea-US Briefing — Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Headline: US reaffirms the 15 percent tariff ceiling for Korea Top Story Following Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo’s meeting with USTR...

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Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing
June 9, 2026 2 min read

Korea-US Trade & Investment Briefing

Headline Nvidia’s 260,000-chip Korea supply deal anchors the AI buildout. Top Story Korea’s Industry and Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan said...

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Korea-US Week in Review, June 1-5, 2026
June 7, 2026 3 min read

Korea-US Week in Review, June 1-5, 2026

Korea spent the week cementing its place at the center of the global AI-hardware stack while locking down the most...

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June 6, 2026 7 min read

The Signature Paradox: Why Korean Partners Hesitate, and What Korean Law Actually Says

Bridging Culture Worldwide | Client Advisory Over more than twenty years working with Korean companies, I have repeatedly run into...

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