[Analytics] Korean Peninsula peace prospects unravelling in 2020
After US President Donald Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ threats of late 2017 gave way to…
South Korea
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.
Nepal ends search for missing South Korean trekkers, guides
KATHMANDU, Jan 25, 2020, NYT. Nepalese authorities decided Thursday to end the search for four…
Major Russian travel companies suspend sales of tours to China
MOSCOW, Jan 25, 2020, TASS. Russia’s biggest travel companies suspended sales of tours to China…
China says 25 people have died from the coronavirus as South Korea, Japan confirm second cases
BEIJING, Jan 24, 2020, CNBC. China’s National Health Commission said as many as 25 people…
S. Korea going all-out to prevent spread of killer virus during Seollal holyday
SEOUL, Jan 23, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s public health authorities on Thursday remained on alert…
Korea’s 2019 growth slowest in decade, Q4 expansion faster than expected
SEOUL, Jan 22, 2020, Yonhap. The South Korean economy expanded at the slowest pace in…
Man in US diagnosed with new coronavirus, 1st case outside Asia
WASHINGTON D.C., Jan 22, 2020, Kyodo. A man residing near Seattle has been diagnosed with…
6 people dead, almost 300 infected as China confirms Wuhan virus can be spread by humans
HONG KONG, Jan 21, 2020, CNN. Officials in China are racing to contain the spread…
Wuhan virus: China reports fourth death in pneumonia outbreak, 15 medical workers infected
SHANGHAI, Jan 21, 2020, Reuters, Bloomberg. A fourth person has died from pneumonia in the…
Vietnam aims for $9B worth of fishery exports in 2020
HANOI, Jan 21, 2020, VNA. Vietnam has targeted to earn 9 billion USD from fishery…
S. Korea’s Kia returns to Indonesia after four-year absence
JAKARTA, Jan 21, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Kreta Indo Artha, a local car distributor, has launched…
S. Korea to send troops to Hormuz Strait independently to safeguard people, vessels
SEOUL, Jan 21, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea will dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz…
