Bloomberg South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol was overheard insulting American lawmakers, after briefly meeting President Joe Biden to discuss issues including US electric-vehicle subsidies that South Korea wants to change. “What an embarrassment for Biden, if these idiots refuse to grant it in Congress,” video broadcast on South Korean television showed Yoon telling Foreign Minster Park Jin in New ...

  Bloomberg Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan plans to resume his push for snap elections in the South Asian nation even as he faces legal worries that could derail his political career. Khan asked his supporters to prepare for the new protest — the “True Freedom” movement —which would start Saturday. He gave no other details. In the past, ...

Bloomberg Japan intervened to prop up the yen for the first time since 1998, after its central bank sparked further declines in the currency by sticking with ultra-low interest rates as its global peers hiked. The yen rose as much as 2.5% against the dollar, pulling back sharply from the lows of the day when it had breached a key ...