SEOUL: South Korea’s finance ministry and central bank said on Monday they had agreed to cooperate in minimising adverse risks of rising interest rates on vulnerable households and businesses. In a …
South Korea Bourse May Find Support At 2,300 Points
The South Korea stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, sinking nearly 120 points or 5 percent along the way. The …
North Korea criticises US, South Korea, Japan tripartite agreement
Pyongyang has criticised the recent agreement between the US, South Korea and Japan to explore further means of reinforcing “extended deterrence” against North Korea. It said the agreement …
North Korea slams U.S.-South Korea-Japan military cooperation
At issue is a trilateral meeting among the U.S., South Korean and Japanese leaders on the sidelines of a NATO summit last week.
India’s Tejas aircraft emerges as Malaysia’s top choice for its new fighter jet programme
Malaysia has narrowed down on the Indian aircraft notwithstanding the stiff competition from China’s JF-17 jet, South Korea’s FA-50 and Russia’s Mig-35 as well as Yak-130 …
Samsung Pakistan Blasphemy Row: Company issues apology after protests in Karachi – here’s what happened
The streets of Pakistan’s Karachi on Friday witnessed angry mobs of men burning down Samsung billboards after the South Korean multinational was accused of blasphemy. The company, meanwhile, issued a …
Top economic policymakers of S. Korea, U.S. discuss Russian oil price cap
The top economic policymakers of South Korea and the United States have discussed a Washington-led proposal to impose a price cap on Russian oil as part of sanctions against Moscow, Seoul’s finance …
North Korea claims Covid arrived on ‘alien things’ near border
North Korea’s Covid outbreak began with citizens touching “alien things” that had fallen near its South Korea border, state …
China urged to boost defence talks with US, Japan, South Korea as trio joins hands on Pyongyang nuclear threat
China should step up defence dialogue with Japan, South Korea and the United States, defence experts have advised, after the two US allies and Washington agreed to boost security ties over North …
North Korea says ‘alien things’ near the South Korean border are to blame for its 1st COVID-19 outbreak
Residents have been warned to “vigilantly deal with alien things coming by wind and other climate phenomena and balloons” along the borders.