S. Korea to offer telemedicine services for overseas builders
SEOUL, Jul 5, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea plans to start providing telemedicine services for overseas…
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.
N. Korea says it feels no need to ‘sit face to face with US’
SEOUL, Jul 4, 2020, Yonhap. North Korea feels no need to meet with the United…
Foreign arrivals to S. Korea stand at little over 30,000 in May
SEOUL, Jul 3, 2020, Yonhap. The number of foreign arrivals in South Korea reached just…
S. Korea’s president Moon calls for heavier tax burden on owners of multiple homes
SEOUL, Jul 3, 2020, Yonhap. President Moon Jae-in instructed his land minister Thursday to push…
S. Korean FM vows all-out efforts to resume dialogue with N. Korea
SEOUL, Jul 2, 2020, The Korea Herald. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Thursday said the…
S. Korea’s leader Moon asks EU to import ‘samgyetang’ chicken soup
SEOUL, Jul 2, 2020, Yonhap. South Korean President Moon Jae-in formally requested that the EU…
Vietnam considers reopening of international flight routes
HANOI, Jul 2, 2020, Vietnam News. Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport will consider the reopening of…
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…
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…
Japan temporarily blocks South Korean WTO dispute request
TOKYO, Jun 30, 2020, Bloomberg. The Japanese government blocked South Korea’s initial request for a…
[Analytics] The rubble of inter-Korean cooperation
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula ratcheted up on 16 June when North Korea blew up…
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…