Germany’s new infections jumped to a record and Spain became the first nation in Western Europe with 1 million coronavirus cases as the continent struggles with an escalating outbreak. South Korea …
‘I Don’t Let Fear Hold Me Back’: Vietnam Filmmakers Challenge Censors
“I don’t let fear hold me back,” she added, before the movie was screened at the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea this week. According to government guidelines, Vietnamese films must …
S. Korea vows to join IMF’s move to help low-income nations hit by pandemic
SEJONG — South Korea will join a move by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help low-income nations recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said Wednesday. Hong made …
Plastic recycling in South Korea was already in crisis. The pandemic is pushing it to the brink
The surge in plastic waste caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may push over the edge an already fragile ecosystem of recycling plastic, already strained by falling oil prices and interruptions in the …
South Korea will press on with flu vaccinations, sees no link to deaths: KDCA
A woman gets an influenza vaccine at a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji …
Vietnam PM tells Samsung to set up chip plant
He made the suggestion at a meeting on Tuesday with the South Korean company‚Äôs vice chairman, Lee Jae-yong, who is ona three-day business trip to Vietnam to explore business opportunities , the …
Funds worth $3tn attack South Korea and Japan groups over coal project
European funds with $3.4tn of assets have criticised South Korean and Japanese groups over developing a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, underscoring mounting pressure from investors over climate …
South Korea’s pop culture machine boosts Netflix’s international growth: source
A zombie drama, a TV series about a supernatural nurse and one about an antisocial children’s book author helped turn South Korea into one of Netflix’s biggest source of growth in the international …
South Korea Producer Prices Rise 0.1% In September
Producer prices in South Korea were up 0.1 percent on month in September, the Bank of Korea said on Wednesday – shy of expectations for an increase of 0.8 percent and up from 0.5 percent in August.
Intel to sell its NAND business to South Korean rival for $9 billion
Intel has agreed to a $9 billion deal to sell most of its memory business to South Korea’s SK Hynix as it moves toward more diverse technologies while shedding a major Chinese factory at a time of …