U.S. stock indexes rallied to close out their best week in two months. The S&P 500 rose 1% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 1.5%.

U.S. stocks are drifting near a record as Wall Street’s recent rally loses some momentum. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early trading Thursday, a day after after pulling to

Wall Street was mixed in premarket trading on Thursday as major U.S. airlines stumbled and health insurance companies soared. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.1% before the opening bell,

South Korean stocks opened weaker Thursday as investors took profit following strong gains in the previous session despite an overnight rally on Wall Street. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 10.

Equity benchmarks rose in Tokyo ahead of a key interest rate decision by the Bank of Japan later Friday, where a hike is expected. Stocks also rose in Sydney and Seoul.

Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia” reboot will play exclusively on 1,000 IMAX screens across 90 countries before debuting on Netflix next year.

According to the market on the 21st, the won-dollar exchange rate finished at 1,440.0 won during the nighttime transactions that took place from 3:30 p.m. on the 20th to 2 a.m. on the 21st. This is 18.3 won lower than the closing price of 1,458.3 won from the previous trading day on the 17th.

Shares started higher Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street driven by U.S. President Donald Trump's softer-than-expected tone in trade policies.

Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one solely of deprivation and hardship.

Kwanwoo Jun is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal’s real-time news team ... Before moving to Singapore, Kwanwoo was a Seoul-based WSJ reporter. Previously, he worked as a staff reporter ...

As Donald Trump kicks off his second term in office Monday, Seoul is paying close attention to how U.S.-China strategic competition — a key variable in setting the coordinates for Korean diplomacy — will unfold.

Wall Street’s superstars tumbled as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they’ve been feasting on. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Monday. Big Tech stocks took some