LG Electronics and LG Chemicals, Panasonic, Denso and many others to relocate $37B factories from China to Central Java
BATANG, Jul 2, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Seven companies from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the…
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Japan to begin talks with Taiwan, Brunei on easing travel curbs
TOKYO, Jul 1, 2020, Kyodo. Japan could begin talks with Taiwan and Brunei as early…
S. Korean police question defector brothers over anti-Pyongyang leafleting
SEOUL, Jul 1, 2020, Yonhap. Police on Tuesday called in North Korean defector brothers over…
[Analytics] Tough talking at the EU–China summit
On 22 June, the first summit took place between the new EU leadership team, headed…
Japan temporarily blocks South Korean WTO dispute request
TOKYO, Jun 30, 2020, Bloomberg. The Japanese government blocked South Korea’s initial request for a…
Trump-Kim summit unlikely before US elections: US official
WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 30, 2020, The Korea Herald. A third US-North Korea summit is unlikely…
[Analytics] The rubble of inter-Korean cooperation
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula ratcheted up on 16 June when North Korea blew up…
North rallies people behind leader Kim amid lingering tensions
SEOUL, Jun 29, 2020, The Korea Herald. North Korea on Monday called on its people…
S. Korea’s govt under pressure to entirely review real estate policy
SEOUL, Jun 29, 2020, Yonhap. The Moon Jae-in government is coming under growing pressure to…
Japan conveys objection to Trump’s plan to add S. Korea to G-7
WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 28, 2020, Kyodo. Japan has conveyed to the United States its objection…
[Analytics] US to blame for new freeze on Korean peninsula
An influential advisor to the South Korean president spoke out on Friday on why North…
US calls out N. Korea regime for torture in detention facilities
WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 27, 2020, Yonhap. The U.S. State Department called out the North Korean…