(Bloomberg) — South Korea’s jobless rate jumped to a 10-year high in May as the coronavirus pandemic continued to take a toll on the country’s trade-dependent economy.The unemployment rate climbed to …
A governor, a pharmacist and a nun: How South Korea’s coronavirus stimulus money wound through a city
Choi Moon-soon fanned out his wad of coronavirus stimulus money for the cameras like a gambler flaunting hundred-dollar bills. He navigated the narrow aisles of a market in Gangwon province, walking …
Autonomous drones demo lunchbox delivery in South Korea
South Korean oil refiner GS Caltex showed off a drone delivery service at its gas station in Jeju, the country’s famous beach resort island south of Busan.
North Korea cuts communication channels with South as tension mounts
The messenger may be as important as the message as Kim Jong Un’s powerful little sister announces latest move in standoff between North and South Korea.
North Korea to sever hotlines with South Korea in first step to cut contact
North Korea said on Tuesday it would sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all contact.
N. Korea says it will sever hotlines with South: KCNA
North Korea said on Tuesday (June 9) it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all contact with Seoul. That’s according to state news agency KCNA. For several days …
North Korea Cuts Off All Communication with South Korea
The North’s Korean Central News Agency said all cross-border communication lines would be cut off at noon in the “the first step of the determination to completely shut down all contact means with …
North Korea cuts off contact with South Korea, dialing up tensions
After days of increasingly hostile rhetoric, North Korea on Tuesday said it was cutting off all communication with South Korea, renewing tensions after a lull during which both countries battled the …
North Korea says it’s cutting communication channels with South
North Korea said it was cutting off all communication channels with South Korea Tuesday as it escalated its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets …
North Korea says it will cut communication channels with South Korea
The North’s Korean Central News Agency said all cross-border communication lines will be cut off in “the first step of the determination to completely shut down all contact means with South Korea and …