N. Korea’s leader discusses ‘war deterrent’ at Central Military Commission meeting
SEOUL, Jul 19, 2020, Yonhap. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over a Central…
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Select Asian flight routes may resume this August: Vietnam’s ministry
HANOI, Jul 19, 2020, VN Express. The Transport Ministry has proposed that commercial routes between…
[Analytics] Dark side of the Moon in South Korea’s Covid-19 response
South Korea’s public health-based response to COVID-19 has been rightly lauded as a successful model…
S. Korea’s trade in the first half of the year surplus with India nearly halves on pandemic
NEW DELHI/SEOUL, Jul 18, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s trade surplus with India in the first…
S. Korea plans to launch first military communications satellite Sunday
ORLANDO, Jul 17, 2020, UPI. South Korea is poised to launch its first dedicated military…
S. Korean lawsuit filed against Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister
SEOUL, Jul 17, 2020, NYT. After North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on…
S. Korea’s Daelim invests $50M in Brazilian unit’s synthetic rubber business
SEOUL, Jul 17, 2020, Yonhap. Daelim Industrial Co., a major construction and petrochemical player in…
Indonesian coal plant taints South Korea’s green pledge
SURALAYA, Lul 16, 2020, Reuters. Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by…
US secretary of state Pompeo downplays possibility of summit with N. Korea
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 16, 2020, AP. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed the possibility…
After six months, pandemic accelerates arrival of contactless future in S. Korea
SEOUL, Jul 16, 2020, Yonhap. Six months after the first COVID-19 case was reported in…
S. Korea to pour $130B into ‘New Deal’ projects to create 1.9 million jobs by 2025: Moon
SEOUL, Jul 14, 2020, Yonhap. President Moon Jae-in announced Tuesday the government will spend 160…
Kim Yo Jong becomes full member of N. Korea’s politburo
SEOUL, Jul 13, 2020, Daily NK. Kim Yo Jong recently became a full member of…