Washington’s top North Korea envoy arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for what is expected to be his last visit, with little prospect for restarting talks with Pyongyang before incoming U.S. President …
Here’s what South Korea is doing to prevent a third wave of COVID-19
South Korea is imposing stricter coronavirus measures to prevent its third wave COVID-19 infections from getting out of hand. Korea registered more than 600 cases for two days in a row and fears it …
Japan’s Uniqlo closing South Korea stores amid boycott
Big losses have forced Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo to close its stores in South Korea amid consumers’ ongoing boycott of Japanese products.
South Korea warns of ‘medical collapse’ as it races to control coronavirus surge
The growing cases has delivered a blow to South Korea’s vaunted pandemic-fighting system, which successfully blunted previous waves.
Foreign IBs slightly upgrade S. Korea’s growth outlook
Foreign investment banks (IBs) have slightly upgraded their forecasts for South Korea’s economic growth for this year on growing hopes of a recovery, a report showed Monday. However, economic …
COMMENT | Malaysia’s grand delusion 2020
This year 2020 was to be a “coming out” celebration of sorts for Malaysia, akin to South Korea’s glittering 1988 Olympics Game that heralded the nation’s entry into the developed world. Had everything …
Vietnam, South Korea to scrap quarantine requirement for short-term business visitors
Vietnam and South Korea have agreed to allow businesspeople to enter each other’s country for short-term visits without the mandatory 14-day centralized quarantine.
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California confirmed record new cases on Sunday; South Korea expands testing amid case surge; Biden picks California Attorney General Becerra to lead pandemic response …
Alarm in South Korea as Chinese citizens buy up land, property
BETWEEN 2011 and 2019, the amount of land in South Korea owned by Chinese nationals increased by a whopping 14 times.
Vietnam to wave quarantine for South Korea business travellers
Vietnam has agreed to allow some South Korean business people to travel between the two countries without having to complete mandatory 14-day anti-coronavirus quarantine, Seoul said on Friday.