Archive for April 14th, 2020
N Korea calls for stronger coronavirus measures
North Korea called for stronger measures against the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic at a meeting presided by leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported Sunday, without [...] » More
Korea’s exports are being battered as virus slashes demand
Asia’s fourth-largest economy recorded a plunge in exports throughout the first 10 days of April as global trade slows. South Korean exports for the first 10 days of [...] » More
Defector hailed by Trump seeks Korean parliament seat
The crutch-wielding North Korean lauded by Donald Trump in a State of the Union address is seeking a seat of his own in the South’s parliament to defend other defectors [...] » More
Coronavirus will not dominate elections in Korea this week
On Wednesday 15 April, South Korea will hold legislative elections. South Korea’s parliament, the National Assembly, is elected every five years. Composed of 300 [...] » More
N Korea’s Kim in major reshuffle as country steps up virus fight
Kim Jong Un replaces more than a third of country’s main decision-making body, calls for tougher coronavirus fight. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has carried out a [...] » More
Exclusive: Korea to ship 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to US on Tuesday source
South Korea plans to send kits designed to run up to 600,000 coronavirus tests to the United States on Tuesday after an appeal from US President Donald Trump, a Seoul [...] » More
Covid-19 lockdowns brought blue skies back to China, but don’t expect them to last
China’s air quality has improved dramatically in recent weeks as a result of the widespread city lockdowns and strict travel restrictions introduced to contain the [...] » More
China stifles coronavirus research in apparent bid to control narrative, analysts say
Two websites for leading universities in China seem to have published and then deleted academic research about the origins of the coronavirus, according to a report. The [...] » More
China wants its diplomats to show more fighting spirit. It may not be intended to win over the rest of the world
Shortly before her promotion last year to head the foreign ministry’s information department, Hua Chunying lamented the lack of fighting spirit among China’s [...] » More
Coronavirus chaos could strengthen China’s debt hold on struggling nations
As the coronavirus pandemic causes global economic devastation, China could take control of debt-struck nations’ assets at an accelerated rate, or it could boost its [...] » More
China’s shrimp farmers ‘terrified’ as deadly virus threatens to destroy lucrative seafood industry
Shrimp farmers in China are watching with growing horror as a mysterious virus decimates aquaculture farms in the southern province of Guangdong, slashing output of the [...] » More
Coronavirus pandemic to test China’s unemployment safety net
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause millions more people in China to lose their jobs, leaving many of them stranded without a safety net, unable to access state [...] » More
China in the driver’s seat amid calls for Africa debt relief
Support is growing for debt relief to help the world’s poorest, indebted nationsmost of them in Africaconfront the economic havoc wreaked by COVID-19. But there is one [...] » More
China Steps Up Scrutiny of Inbound Travellers as Imported Coronavirus Cases Hit Record
China is stepping up scrutiny of inbound foreigners and tightening border control after the number of single-day imported coronavirus cases set a record, helping double the [...] » More
Number of people crossing China borders cut 90pct as part of virus effortsofficial
China has reduced the number of people crossing its borders by 90 percent as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, an immigration official said on [...] » More
