By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEONGNAM, South Korea, March 4 (Reuters) - As South Korea's benchmark KOSPI stock index dived more than 12% to its worst-ever sell-off on Wednesday, a district known as the Korean Silicon Valley was eerily quiet when it would normally be bustling for the lunchtime rush.

The drop in South Korean industrial output in January doesn’t indicate weaker growth in the first quarter, as exports and investment remained strong through February. Read more here.

South Korea and Thailand​ stock market crash: Asian markets witnessed a brutal trading week as escalating Middle East tensions sent Thailand's SET Index plunging 8% and South Korea's KOSPI tumbling 12.

Kim Jong Un says North Korea can completely destroy South Korea if it feels threatened, and he refuses to engage with Seoul.

Asia markets slammed on fears escalating Middle East war will fan inflation. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Kim Jong Un threatens to "completely destroy" South Korea, calling it the "most hostile enemy" while expanding North Korea's nuclear arsenal and military capabilities.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the Philippines' largest private electric distribution utility Manila Electric Company have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding for cooperation in developing nuclear power plants in the Philippines.