SEOUL– President Yoon Suk Yeol visited a silicon wafer production facility Wednesday, vowing to spare no assistance for companies making bold investments.Yoon visited the headquarters of SK siltron, a manufacturer of silicon wafers for semiconductors,…
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Netflix announces password sharing crackdown in S. Korea
SEOUL– Netflix said Wednesday it will start cracking down on subscribers in South Korea who share their passwords for the streaming service as part of its anti-account sharing measures across the globe.”People who do not live in your household will ne…
U.S., S. Korea agree to expand joint military drills, take strong steps against N. Korean provocations
WASHINGTON– The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States have agreed to further expand the countries’ joint military exercises amid intensifying North Korean provocations, they said in a joint statement released Tuesday.South Korean Defense…
Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, Japan hold consultations on N.K. provocations
SEOUL/TOKYO– The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan held a meeting Tuesday to discuss cooperation in dealing with North Korea’s missile and nuclear threats, the Seoul foreign ministry said.Kim Gunn, the ministry’s special representative for K…
S. Korea to build ICT-based crowd management system this year
SEOUL– The government plans to establish an on-site crowd management system that uses public transportation or mobile network traffic information to monitor crowd density in efforts to prevent a repeat of last year’s deadly crowd crush, officials said…
Can the Taliban Tackle Corruption in Afghanistan?
For more than a decade, Afghanistan was continuously ranked among the 10 most corrupt governments. But this year, the country has left its disreputable position, and the Taliban claim credit for it.On Tuesday, Transparency International, a Berlin-based…
Huawei Latest Target of US Crackdown on China Tech
China says it is “deeply concerned” over reports that the United States is moving to further restrict sales of American technology to Huawei, a tech company that U.S. officials have long singled out as a threat to national security for its alleged supp…
US Defense Officials Not Losing Sight of China, North Korea
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY PLANE OVER THE PACIFIC — Less than a week after helping secure billions of dollars in additional military assistance for Ukraine in its fight against Russia, including U.S.- and German-made battle tanks, top U.S. defense official…
S. Korean man arrested for illegally supplying fuel to North Korea
MOKPO, South Korea– The Coast Guard has arrested a man on charges of illegally providing fuel to North Korea via a Chinese vessel, officials said Monday.The oil dealer in his 50s is accused of supplying 19,000 tons of diesel to the North on a total of…