SEOUL (Reuters) – Roiled by property scandals and economic failures, South Korea’s liberal ruling party looks set to lose the mayoral offices in the two largest cities, making it harder for President …
South Korea to issue blockchain-protected digital ‘vaccine passports’
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Thursday it will issue so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports to immunized citizens, joining other nations introducing such certificates to revive cross-border …
Asian stocks follow Wall St. up on strong Japan, Korea data
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Thursday after Japan and South Korea reported unexpectedly strong economic data and President Joe Biden announced a $2.3 trillion U.S.
North Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island attack to be renamed ‘battle,’ Seoul says
March 31 (UPI) –A 2010 North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island that killed four people is to be officially renamed the Yeonpyeong Island Artillery Battle after pressure from the …
Japanese textbooks stir controversy in South Korea for ‘distorting history’
March 31 (UPI) –Japanese textbooks that refer to the South Korea-administered Dokdo Islets are sparking controversy after they were approved for use at Japanese public schools. The high school …
Young, rich and popular: South Korea’s livestreamers
Livestreamers, known as “Broadcast Jockeys” or BJs in South Korea, are hard-wired to the digital infrastructure of youth culture. They entertain for hours with an interactive mishmash of chat, gaming, …
Japan will closely work with U.S., South Korea on North Korea – spokesman
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan will coordinate closely with the United States and South Korea in dealing with North Korea, with the aim of resolving the issue of Japanese abductees and denuclearising North …
BlackRock shifts S. Korea focus to institutional business; will sell retail unit
BlackRock will sell its onshore retail fund business in South Korea to Seoul-based DGB Asset Management as part of a restructuring that will leave the firm focusing on its institutional clients there.
UPDATE 1-Japan says to work closely with U.S., S.Korea to deal with N.Korea
TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) – Japan will coordinate closely with the United States and South Korea in dealing with North Korea, with the aim of resolving the issue of Japanese abducted by the North …
U.S., Japan, South Korea officials to discuss North Korea in a meeting on Friday
Sullivan will meet National Security Secretariat Secretary General Shigeru Kitamura of Japan and National Security Adviser Suh Hoon of South Korea at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, …