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‘The next era of humanity’s technological development’: U.S. and its Asian allies get serious about semiconductors
TOKYO — As U.S. President Joe Biden visits Japan and South Korea, the three countries are looking for common ground on the world stage. One place they’re finding it is semiconductors. A first stop for Biden on his first swing through Asia as president was a Samsung factory in South Korea. “These little chips, only […]
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Spain to reportedly offer three days of menstrual leave every month
Spain is set to approve a law next week, offering three days a month of menstrual leave, according to reports. Getty Images | Westend61 The Spanish government is set to pass a law offering three days of menstrual leave a month for workers who experience severe period pain, according to several media reports. The reform […]
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From North Korea to testy ties with China, South Korea’s new leader has big challenges ahead
South Korea’s new president Yoon Suk-yeol isn’t going to “have much of a honeymoon period,” said Kathleen Stephens, president and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute of America and former U.S. ambassador to South Korea. “I think he said the right thing as he is inaugurated, about his desire to see Korea play a larger […]
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North Korea fired ballistic missile, South Korean and Japanese officials say
A woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul on May 4, 2022. North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | […]
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Why solo female travelers are joining group tours
Everyone told me not to travel solo during a pandemic. Especially not to learn snowboarding, a sport that not all travel insurance policies cover. It didn’t help that I wanted to visit a country where I don’t speak the language. Administrative matters — such as Covid tests, vaccination certificates and health declarations — would be […]
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South Korea to lift outdoor mask mandate starting next week
People wearing face masks walk through a railway station in Seoul on Feb. 18, 2022. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum announced on Friday South Korea will lift an outdoor face mask mandate starting next week. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korea said on Friday it will lift an outdoor face mask mandate next […]
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Americans view these Asian countries as safer now than before the pandemic
A new study shows American travelers view many Asian nations as safer travel destinations now than they did four years ago. South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, China and Vietnam rose in the annual safety rankings published by travel insurance provider Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection. The survey in the 2022 “State of Travel Insurance Report” also […]
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South Korea and North Korea leaders sent ‘personal letters’ to each other this week
Korean leaders Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in exchanged personal letters this week, the North’s state news agency KCNA reported. This file photo shows the two leaders at the end of an inter-Korean summit in 2018. Pyeongyang Press Corps | Getty Images News | Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responded to a […]
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South Korea’s new central bank governor flags weaker growth
South Korea’s new central bank governor Rhee Chang-yong said the Ukraine crisis, U.S. monetary tightening, and Covid-19 resurgence in China as near-term factors weighing on economic growth amid persistently high inflation. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s new central bank governor Rhee Chang-yong said on Thursday that economic growth is expected to weaken […]
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North Korea is committed to an ‘alarming change’ in its nuclear policy, professor says
North Korea ultimately wants to have more nuclear weapons to use against the U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan in the event of an invasion, according to a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. North Korea currently has the ability to use a small number of nuclear weapons against the United States, […]
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