Tag: South Korea

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  A woman will lead WTO for the first time: South Korean and Nigerian ministers in the final round

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced on Thursday that South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister have qualified as the two finalists to become the next director-general, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time.

• Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Record demand for premium and luxury cars by the rich South Koreans

  

  South Korea's swift handling of the COVID-19 crisis has provided a backdrop for a sharp increase in demand for premium and luxury cars, dealers and officials said, as wealthy people, insulated from many of the pandemic's worst effects, want to show off on the road.

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:47 UTC

  “Coronavirus diplomacy” awarded South Korea's ruling party a landslide victory

  

  South Korea's ruling party won a landslide victory in Wednesday's general election, partial results showed after the coronavirus pandemic turned the political tide in President Moon Jae-in's favor.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  South Korea “breaks” lockdown and goes to the polls for parliamentary election

  

  Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fever, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls on Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  On request from Trump, South Korean medical equipment and expertise to fight coronavirus

  

  South Korea said it will send medical equipment to the United States to fight the coronavirus if it has any spare after an urgent request from US President Donald Trump in which he promised to help Korean firms gain US government approval.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Major companies pull out of world business fairs because of coronavirus risks

  

  Sony and Amazon are the latest major companies to pull out of one of the world's largest tech shows because of risks posed by coronavirus. Sony said it would no longer take part in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after “monitoring the evolving situation” after the coronavirus outbreak.

• Monday, February 10th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Korean satire makes history by winning Oscar's Best Picture award

  

  South Korean satire Parasite scored a stunning upset and made Oscars history when it won the Best Picture award– the first film in a foreign language to do so. Oscar's watchers had considered the Best Picture category a three-way race between independent social satire Parasite, British director Sam Mendes' immersive World War One movie 1917 from Universal Pictures, and Quentin Tarantino's love letter to show business, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, from Sony Pictures.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Mercosur and South Korea fourth round of trade talks, this time in Busan

  

  South Korea’s trade ministry said on Monday it plans to hold the fourth round of trade talks with Mercosur as Seoul aims to expand its trade network with emerging countries and revitalize its ailing exports.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  African swine fever in South Korea and Japan: different strains

  

  South Korea on Tuesday reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from China to North Korea, pushing up pork prices worldwide.

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  US/China trade talks back on track, announces Trump. New tariffs on hold

  

  United States president Donald Trump said trade negotiations with China were “back on track” after “excellent” talks on Saturday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in which Washington reportedly agreed to hold off on new tariffs.