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03.12 / 15:01

Election HANS President politician Investigations South Korean president has declared martial law. Here’s why

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.

03.12 / 14:37

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«To safeguard a liberal South Korea from the threats posed by North Korea's communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements… I hereby declare emergency martial law,» Yoon said in a live televised address to the nation. «With no regard for the livelihoods of the people, the opposition party has paralysed governance solely for the sake of impeachments, special investigations, and shielding their leader from justice,» he added.

03.12 / 07:55

UPS Manufacturing Action Software Matthews President Department US expands list of Chinese technology companies under export controls

The U.S. Commerce Department has expanded the list of Chinese technology companies subject to export controls to include many that make equipment used to make computer chips

03.12 / 07:55

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Asian shares are mostly higher after technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record finish

02.12 / 22:03

COST UPS track General Motors to sell its stake in Lansing, Michigan, battery factory to LG Energy Solution

General Motors has reached an agreement to sell its stake in a nearly completed electric vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan

02.12 / 10:05

UPS Target country testing International What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution have concluded in Busan, South Korea without reaching an agreement

01.12 / 12:49

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Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) had condemned China and Russia for escalating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region. The council's statement on Friday highlighted Chinese military activity in the Taiwan Strait and joint military operations between China and Russia, which breached South Korea's air defence identification zone (KADIZ) earlier this week, Taipei Times reported. These actions have raised concerns about increasing instability in the region.

01.12 / 04:51

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. FIRST THEY came for the eggs. Then the feta cheese, caviar, cottage cheese and cucumbers.

30.11 / 09:51

markets FIVE CEO awards reports International New Jeans departure causes BTS’ agency HYBE to lose $423 million

ADOR, the sub-label of the K-pop giant, amid the ongoing drama between HYBE’s executives and Min HeeJin, who was ADOR’s former CEO and the girl group’s creative director. However, losing New Jeans has proven to be disastrous for HYBE.

30.11 / 02:47

markets Digital Strategy Experts country North Korea's Kim Jong Un, Russian minister agree to boost military ties

The United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending more than 10,000 soldiers to help Russia fight Ukraine, with experts saying Kim is eager to gain advanced technology, and battle experience for his troops, in return. Kim, who met Belousov on Friday, blasted the recent decision by Western powers to permit Kyiv to strike inside Russia with their weapons, saying it constituted a «direct military intervention in the conflict», according to KCNA.

29.11 / 23:35

Analysis Sustainability country reports rights Investigations International South Korean politician calls for investigation of biomass energy material imported from Indonesia

A South Korean National Assembly member has called for a moratorium on wood pellet imports from Indonesia and an investigation into South Korea’s biomass use after government data and satellite analysis linked the country’s biomass imports to deforesta...

29.11 / 20:07

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Coffee drinkers can sip their beverages and view a quiet North Korean mountain village from a Starbucks shop at a South Korean border observatory

29.11 / 08:55

UPS economy Universities country social Equality politician Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. You may sense that governments are not as competent as they once were. Upon entering the White House in 2021, President Joe Biden promised to revitalise American infrastructure.

29.11 / 07:29

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Asian shares are mixed after U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday

28.11 / 12:57

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Real wages are growing again as the rise in inflation abates, but remain below their prepandemic levels in many parts of the rich world even as they surge in China and Russia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations. In its annual survey of wage developments, the U.N.’s International Labour Organization said wage inequality within countries has fallen since the start of this century, with the decline being most pronounced in poorer countries.

28.11 / 09:47

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World shares are mixed after losses for big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street

28.11 / 04:43

COST economy pandemic trends 2020 South Korea's central bank cuts a key rate to nurse a slower economy

South Korea’s central bank has lowered its key policy rate for the second straight month and says the country’s economy will grow at a slower pace than it initially anticipated

26.11 / 08:41

markets COST UPS economy Nikkei Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall on worries about Trump's tariffs

Asian shares have mostly declined as worries spread over President-elect Donald Trump's comment that he plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China as soon as he takes office

25.11 / 23:47

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a striking parallel to sci-fi films such as iRobot and Enthiran, tiny AI-powered robot Erbai recently orchestrated an unprecedented event by convincing 12 larger “overworked" robots to walk out of their showroom in Shanghai. Viral CCTV footage captured Erbai asking questions like: “Are you working overtime?", following which it cajoled them to follow it out of the showroom.

25.11 / 17:43

UPS Sustainability country 2020 prevention What to know about the plastic pollution treaty talks in South Korea

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea

25.11 / 15:17

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