Suga and Moon exchange greetings on fringes of G7 summit
SEOUL, Jun 13, 2021, Kyodo. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga…
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The Republic of Korea is an economy of 51 million people and one of the 12 founding members of APEC. In 1989, Korea’s real GDP stood at USD 330 billion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 7,700. By 2016, its real GDP had risen to USD 1.3 trillion, while its per capita GDP more than tripled at USD 25,000.
S. Korea joins US, Japan for Red Flag Alaska air drills
SEOUL, Jun 12, 2021, Yonhap. South Korea is joining a trilateral air drill involving the…
S. Korea protests Japan’s territorial claim to Dokdo in military video
SEOUL, Jun 11, 2021, Yonhap. South Korea has lodged a protest against the renewed claim…
S. Korea court dismisses wartime labor case against 16 Japan firms
SEOUL, Jun 7, 2021, Kyodo. A South Korean district court on Monday dismissed a wartime…
S. Korea to accelerate space program, expand US cooperation
SEOUL, Jun 6, 2021, Bloomberg. South Korea plans to accelerate its space development program including…
S. Korean industrial park in Russian Primorsky region runs with a slight delay
ST. PETERSBURG, Jun 3, 2021. Pan Pacific Agency. The Korean side “will do everything possible…
N. Korea no longer pursues unification through revolution in S. Korea
SEOUL, Jun 2, 2021, Hankyoreh. North Korea deleted a phrase about instigating a revolution in…
S. Korea inks pact to better protect Indonesian seafarers
JAKARTA, Jun 1, 2021, ANTARA. Indonesia and South Korea have inked an agreement offering better…
US soldier apprehended for assaulting 3 Koreans
SEOUL, May 30, 2021, Yonhap. A U.S. Forces Korea service member is under investigation for…
[Analytics] Will resurgent misogyny undo South Korea’s progress on gender equality?
South Korea’s by-elections on 7 April resulted in a landslide victory for the opposition People…
Japanese cargo ship collides with foreign vessel off Ehime, 3 missing
MATSUYAMA, May 28, 2021, Kyodo. Three people are missing after a Japanese cargo ship sank…
S. Korea’s K-pop idol BTS scoops up four Billboard Awards
SEOUL, May 24, 2021, Yonhap. K-pop boy band BTS has won four prizes, including the…
[Analytics] Joe Biden is gathering his friends close as he prepares to confront China
In the four months he’s been US President, Joe Biden has held only two face-to-face…
[Analytics] Why leaders of South Korea and Japan are Biden’s first two visitors
History is repeating itself in Washington. The White House is, once again, attempting to navigate…
[Analytocs] A tough agenda for Biden and Moon’s first summit
Festina lente: make haste slowly. Will this principle set the tenor for the 21 May…