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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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South Korea's July exports return to growth, but outlook murky
SEOUL, August 1 South Korea's exports returned to growth in July on brisk sales of memory chips, but the chill from a deepening U.S.-China trade conflict had still to be felt, and there were also doubts over how much longer booming demand for chips would last.
S.Korea to impose capital gains tax on all stock derivatives
SEOUL, July 30 South Korea will expand capital gains taxes to cover all stock price index options and futures transactions as part of changes to tax codes following an annual review, the finance ministry said on Monday.
South Korea's second-quarter growth dips as capital investment, consumption slow
SEOUL A rapid fall in capital investment slowed South Korea’s economic growth in the second quarter, while weaker export growth highlighted concerns over the outlook for trade in the second half of the year.
South Korea says sanctions shrank North Korean economy at sharpest rate in 20 years
SEOUL North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea’s central bank estimated on Friday, as international sanctions and drought hit growth hard, with signs living conditions were beginning to deteriorate. | Video
N.Korea economy declines at sharpest rate in 20 yrs in 2017
SEOUL, July 20 North Korea’s economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017, South Korea’s central bank estimated on Friday, in a clear sign international sanctions imposed to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes have hit growth hard.
Moonwalking - South Korea's wage, hours policies backfire for jobless, low income workers
SEOUL President Moon Jae-in wants South Koreans to work less and earn more – and to achieve that his government has hiked the minimum wage and slashed the maximum length of the working week. But Heo Jeong, who serves barley tea samples at a Lotte Mart store in Seoul, says she lost a third of her income as a result.
BOK holds rates, dissenter seen boosting chances of policy tightening
SEOUL South Korea's central bank held its base rate steady on Thursday, as expected, but one board member's dissenting vote may have raised the odds of a rate hike in coming months as major peers tighten monetary policy.
South Korea's June exports slips amid China-U.S. trade war fears
SEOUL South Korea's export growth came to a halt in June, as shipments of cars and consumer electronics fell sharply, casting a shadow over prospects for this year amid escalating trade tension between China and the United States, data showed on Sunday.
South Korea's export growth seen sagging in June amid China-U.S. trade war fears: Reuters poll
SEOUL South Korea's export growth was expected to slow to a near halt in June, a Reuters poll found on Wednesday, weighed down by an escalating trade fight between the United States and other major economies even as the weaker won supported overseas sales.
South Korea's Bithumb loses $32 million in digital money heist, bitcoin falls
SEOUL South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said 35 billion won ($31.5 million) worth of virtual coins were stolen by hackers, the second local exchange targeted in just over a week as cyber thieves exposed the high risks of trading the digital asset. | Video
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