GM workers have been staging two, four-hour strikes daily since Oct. 30 as they demand an end to a wage freeze put in place after the 2018 deal that saved the Korean operations from bankruptcy. The …
Ghana: Press focuses on $400m loan agreement with South Korea, others
The Graphic reports that the government has signed an agreement with the government of South Korea for concessional loans of up to $400 million under the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) …
Ghana: Press focuses on $400m loan agreement with South Korea, others
The Graphic reports that the government has signed an agreement with the government of South Korea for concessional loans of up to $400 million under the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) …
For Covid-19 Vaccine, South Korea Says It Can Wait Until the Price Is Right
While many countries jockey to get Covid-19 vaccines, South Korea, which has had success in combating the virus, is in no rush to make a deal and is negotiating on price.
Women handling the dead: More female morticians in South Korea as taboo fades
A growing number of South Korean women are training to be morticians, a field from which they had long been excluded, amid changing views on gender roles and a rising preference for women’s bodies to …
South Korea Struggles to Confront Its Own Racial Prejudices
South Korea Struggles to Confront Its Own … As people from across the planet poured into the streets in support of the Black Lives Matter movement over the summer, I expected my fellow South Koreans …
Satellite Images Suggest North Korea Is Training Kamikaze Dolphins
If true, North Korea is probably training dolphins to sabotage U.S. and South Korean warships. Satellite images of a river in North Korea suggest the northeast Asian country is keeping a population of …
Son’s South Korea to play Qatar despite new coronavirus case
Son Heung-min’s South Korea on Monday said they were all set to play Qatar in Austria this week despite finding a new coronavirus case among their contingent, bringing the total to eight.
Biden Signals Flexibility on North Korea, but Peace Groups Are Wary
T he friendly interplay last week between Moon Jae-in, the president of South Korea, and Joe Biden, the incoming president of the United States, signaled subtle but important differences about how to …
The Latest: South Korea Tightens Social Distancing Rules
South Korea says it will tighten social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area and some parts of eastern Gangwon province to try to suppress a coronavirus resurgence there.