Hwang Min-yong, a 37-year-old South Korean businessman, recently received his black Porsche Cayenne coupe with red leather seats after a seven-month wait and took it out for a spin on a scenic road …
North Korea’s Kim stokes tensions with eye on distracted Trump
North Korea has been ramping up tensions with South Korea in recent weeks, but the campaign seems aimed at making a renewed push for sanctions relief by recapturing the attention of a U.S.
Asia Today: South Korean cases rise, Singapore reopening
South Korea has reported 49 cases of COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread in the densely populated capital area where half of the country’s 51 million …
AFC U-16 Championships: India pooled with heavyweights South Korea, Australia and Uzbekistan
(AIFF Media) In a tough draw, India were on Thursday clubbed with heavyweights such as Korea Republic, Australia and Uzbekistan in Group C for this year’s AFC U-16 Championships. The official draw for …
Tracing homophobia in South Korea’s coronavirus surveillance program
Many people around the world have looked to South Korea’s so-called “democratic” response to the coronavirus pandemic as a template for other nations to follow. That response is often contrasted with …
Seven passengers from Bangladesh test positive for coronavirus
At least six Bangladeshi nationals and one South Korean have tested positive for the coronavirus after entering South Korea on the same flight from the South Asian country, authorities said Friday.
South Korea launches a CBDC research committee
South Korea’s CBDC efforts are speeding up as China is extensively testing its digital yuan across the country. South Korea’s central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), has launched a committee to manage …
More F-35 Stealth Fighters Are Headed to South Korea
As tensions continue to rise on the Korean peninsula – with the Republic of Korea (South Korea) sending tanks and troops to the DMZ – the government in Seoul could rest easy in knowing that its air …
Trump Is Wrecking South Korea’s Relationship With North Korea
Moon Jae-in has had a hard time persuading the Trump administration to lift sanctions on North Korea because the United States is not interested in letting progress in inter-Korean relations outpace U …
Mongolia to repatriate nationals stranded in South Korea, Turkey, Japan amid COVID-19
ULAN BATOR, June 18 (Xinhua) — Mongolia will send five chartered flights to South Korea, Turkey and Japan in July to evacuate Mongolian nationals amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s foreign …