A meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who rarely travels outside his country, and President Vladimir Putin in Russia lasted about five hours and wrapped up on Wednesday, Russian media outlets have reported. The pair, arguably the world’s most isolated leaders, had not met since 2019. They hailed …
Read More »From the Emirates to Davos: South Korea’s big week in global business | CNN Business
Hong Kong/Seoul CNN — South Korea’s leader is capping off a whirlwind week, after securing tens of billions of dollars in investment from the Middle East and vowing to have his country play a more important role in revitalizing international supply chains. On Monday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol …
Read More »Tracking North Korea’s Record Number of Missile Launches
SEOUL — North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said. It was the latest provocation from the North, which has vowed to increase its nuclear and missile capabilities to counter Washington and Seoul. The two missiles were fired from the …
Read More »Nigeria understudies South Korea?s education model
A Federal Government delegation has visited South Korea to understudy the country’s smart education model. The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi who led the Nigerian delegates to the Asian country, said the visit became necessary as the Federal Government is already establishing 37 smart schools in …
Read More »Video: Japan Condemns North Korea’s Ballistic Missile Launch
North Korea fired a medium-range missile over Japan for the first time in five years. It landed in the Pacific Ocean 22 minutes after the launch.
Read More »South Korea’s factory output falls in warning for global economy
Asia’s fourth-largest economy sees industrial output shrink a worse-than-expected 1.8 percent in August. South Korea’s factory production fell for a second straight month in August, a warning sign for the global economy as it faces risks from the war in Ukraine to rising interest rates. Asia’s fourth-largest economy saw industrial …
Read More »If North Korea’s beaten Covid, why buy 1 million face masks from China?
Pyongyang last week declared victory over the coronavirus, ending a little-detailed fight against “fever” cases that had risen to 4.77 million in the country of around 26 million people. It has registered no new such cases since July 29. Still, China exported 1.23 million facial masks to North Korea in …
Read More »Severe flood damage in South Korea’s Seoul after record rains
At least nine people have died and seven were missing in and around the South Korean capital, Seoul, after the city was lashed by the heaviest rains in more than 100 years. More rain was forecast for Wednesday, but less than the downpours on Monday and Tuesday that submerged some …
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