Bloomberg South Korea’s early trade data showed an export-slump persisting in December in the face of stiffening global economic headwinds. Shipments decreased 8.8% in the first 20 days of the month compared with a year earlier, the customs office said on Wednesday. That compares with a 14% drop for the full month of November. The country posted a $6.43 ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG is requiring employees at one of its factories in southern China to work extended hours to compensate for production losses after staff came down sick with Covid, a person familiar with the matter said, as a wave of infections snakes across the country. The German carmaker has arranged for staff in several workshops at a plant it ...

Bloomberg US President Joe Biden will unveil nearly $2 billion in assistance and announce moves to deliver a Patriot missile battery to help Ukraine bolster its defenses this winter as its leader, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, arrives in Washington on Wednesday to deliver an in-person address to Congress. Zelenskiy left Ukraine for the first time since Russia invaded in February and at ...