Category: Korea
What will N Korea’s nuclear test reveal?
North Korea’s expected atomic test will offer a rare chance to gauge where its nuclear programme is headed, with most expert attention focused on what type of device is [...]
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Korean air force parodies ‘Les Miserables’
The South Korean air force has posted a “Les Miserables” video parody on YouTube, complete with snow-shovelling airmen, a lovelorn military service conscript and [...]
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Korean households mired in debt
Lee Sang-Kuk delivers meat during the day and drives drunk businesspeople home at night, but even with two jobs he and millions of other South Koreans are struggling against [...]
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Korea January department, discount store sales show record fall
Combined sales at South Korea’s top department and discount stores in January simultaneously declined by the sharpest rates on record, preliminary data showed on [...]
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Famine hit N Korea’s rice basket in 2012 – report
A famine in a key North Korean grain-growing region in 2012 may have killed thousands of people at the same time as the country was staging mass celebrations to commemorate [...]
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N Korea video removed over copyright spat: YouTube
YouTube said Thursday that a North Korean propaganda video showing New York City under attack had been removed from the site over a copyright complaint by the makers of the [...]
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US may have trouble gauging N Korean nuclear test
Even if North Korea follows through with its threat to conduct a third nuclear test, Washington and its allies will have difficulty determining whether the device detonated [...]
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N Korea video shows US city under attack
North Korea, poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video on YouTube depicting a US city resembling New York engulfed in flames after an apparent missile [...]
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Korea’s KT to bid for Maroc Telecom: sources
South Korean telecoms company KT Corp (030200.KS) has joined the competition to buy Vivendi’s (VIV.PA) 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom (IAM.CS), lining up banks to [...]
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Korea, US begin naval drills amid nuclear tensions
South Korea and the US have begun three days of naval exercises in what is being seen as a show of force aimed at North Korea. The scheduled drills, involving a US nuclear [...]
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Korea moves to introduce covered bonds
South Korea’s decision to allow the introduction of covered bonds will help to diversify the Asia-Pacific regional covered bond market, which has so far been dominated [...]
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Korea ramps up diplomacy against possible north nuclear test
South Korea increased its diplomatic and military efforts against a possible North Korean nuclear weapons test as the totalitarian state showed signs of moving forward with [...]
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Bank of Korea’s Moon sees no need to alter interest rate for now
Bank of Korea board member Moon Woo Sik sees no immediate need to alter benchmark interest rates and says it’s “too early” for any central-bank response to [...]
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High anxiety in Korea over surging won
A surging won and waning yen are eroding the bottom lines of South Korea’s export powerhouses who are feeling the pinch after years of gobbling up global market share [...]
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N Korea military meeting hints at nuclear test
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has chaired a high-level meeting that discussed a “great turn” in military capability, state media said on Sunday, fuelling [...]
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