Commuters on a train in Hong Kong on March 2, 2022, amid the Covid pandemic. Dale De La Rey | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices plunged, travel came to a halt and unemployment rates spiked when the corona...
Tag: South Korea
What is the Philippines’ largest travel market? It’s South Korea
South Korean photographer Sang-kyu Gil has visited the Philippines around 10 times. Drawn by the beautiful scenery and affordable prices, the 42-year-old usually spends seven to 10 days in the country...
A ‘Political Novice’ Will Soon Be In Charge Of South Korean Foreign Policy, With What Result?
South Korea’s presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung of the ruling Democratic Party looks on before a … [+] debate with his rivals at the KBS studio on March 02, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. ...
European nuclear fusion experiment announces ‘record-breaking’ results
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun. Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty Images Researchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the process that powers stars — have hailed “record...
South Korea Sees Record FX Trading Demand in 2021
The foreign exchange (forex) volume traded by the South Korean banks touched a record high in 2021, with the average daily figure at $58.31 billion, according to the data published on Wednesday by the...
China Now Has Company In Showing Japan Who’s Boss
Fumio Kishida attends a debate ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership election on … [+] September 12, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Charly Triballeau – Pool/Getty Images Ja...
North Korea Appears To Launch Another Ballistic Missile
Topline North Korea launched a ballistic missile into the sea Tuesday morning following its first launch since October last week, Japanese and South Korean officials said, drawing attention from the U...
South Korea Holds Economics 101 Class For Covid Era
A cameraman films a screen showing South Korea’s benchmark stock index at the lobby of the Korea … [+] Exchange in Seoul on January 3, 2022, on the first trading day of the new year. JUNG ...