A South Korean official who suggested the country "import young women" from "Vietnam or Sri Lanka" to boost its birth-rate has been expelled from his party. Kim Hee-soo, the head of the southern Jindo ...

A South Korean official was expelled from his political party for suggesting the country “import” Vietnamese and Sri Lankan women to boost the declining birth rate. Kim Hee Soo, the governor of the ...

China controls 70% of rare-earth extraction and 90% of processing. U.S. 2025 rare-earth imports were 71% from China, critical for defense and energy. Investors should track U.S. efforts to boost ...

An earlier version of this story misstated the unemployment rate for November. While it was originally reported by the Labor Department as 4.6%, an annual revision to seasonal factors lowered the ...

Since 2022, the U.S. has banned imported seafood from Russia. But Russian fish is still winding up on American plates. The Indicator's Wailin Wong and NHPR's Nate Hegyi explain.

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...