Affiliates of one of South Korea’s largest business conglomerates announced they no longer will provide financial support for coal projects, putting in …
Ex-North Korea abductee dies from COVID-19 complications
A South Korean fisherman who escaped North Korea after being kidnapped to the regime has died from COVID-19 complications, according to activists in Seoul and family members.
Iran tries to increase its leverage in future negotiations with President-elect Biden
Iran is gambling that the move, along with the seizure of a South Korean tanker in the Persian Gulf, will ratchet up pressure on the West and the incoming Biden team to act quickly to revive the …
Fair Technology to produce Hyundai cars in Bangladesh
Fair Technology Limited, the distributor of Hyundai Motors in Bangladesh, will manufacture cars of the South Korean brand here.
Iran says South Korea holding $7 billion Iran funds ‘hostage’
We’ve become used to such allegations … but if there is any hostage-taking, it is Korea’s government that is holding $7 billion which belongs to us hostage on baseless grounds,” spokesman Ali Rabiei …
South Korea sees more deaths than births for 1st time
The number of deaths in South Korea exceeded the amount of babies born there last year for the first time in the country’s history.
Iran says South Korea holding its $7b funds ‘hostage’
Iran on Tuesday accused South Korea of holding $7 billion of its funds “hostage” but stressed that Tehran’s seizure of a Korean tanker in Gulf waters was not a tit-for-tat move. The Islamic …
Iran Steps Up Nuclear Programme, Holds South Korean Tanker
Iran said Tuesday it had stepped up uranium enrichment beyond limits set under its nuclear deal with world powers, amid heightened tensions with arch-foe the United States and after Iran seized a …
Iran’s oil tanker seizure appears aimed at pressuring Korea to unlock frozen assets: experts
Iran’s abrupt seizure of a South Korean-flagged oil tanker this week appears aimed at pressuring Seoul to unlock its financial assets frozen under U.S. sanctions amid its worsening economic woes and …
South Korea says reviewing planned diplomat visit to Tehran after Iran seizes tanker
South Korea’s foreign ministry is reviewing whether a senior diplomat would be visiting Tehran on Sunday as planned, an official said, after Iranian forces seized a South Korean-flagged chemical …