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He will be approaching 40 when he leaves jail, a long way off from his days as a one-year-old toddler in 1997, when Britain handed his city back to China with a promise of extensive autonomy and freedom of speech and assembly
Foreign nationals seeking legal recognition of their Korean parentage will be allowed to stay in South Korea for longer periods than before, and potentially obtain work permits while their lawsuits are pending, the Justice Ministry said Friday. The measure applies to foreign nationals born out of wedlock who have fi…
Putin's latest move highlights risks for more than 100 Japanese companies
In the space of roughly 10 days, the two largest democracies in the Americas delivered setbacks to the populist right. In Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a narrow but remarkable comeback, defeating Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a run-off election after trailing in the firs…
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price In...
North Korea on Friday again accused the US and the international community of pursuing a political agenda against Pyongyang, denouncing a decision by the global anti-money laundering watchdog to keep the country on its blacklist. A spokesperson for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the Financial Action Task Force …
Mercedes-Benz overtook BMW to become South Korea's second-best-selling imported car brand, marking a shift in the two leading German premium automakers' rankings. According to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, imported passenger car registrations totaled 31,117 units in October, up 29.3 pe…
China’s first UFC champion recently shared that her family has been pressuring her to get married, but she is afraid to use her real name on dating websites for fear of revealing her identity. Thirty-six-year-old mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Zhang Weili discussed her difficulties finding a boyfriend during an in…
Japanese and South Korean shares plunged on Friday after US shares tumbled overnight on worries that midterm election results could slow or derail the artificial intelligence data centre investment boom. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 5.1 per cent to 56,930 points in early trade. Seoul’s Kospi index dived 8…
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is expected to experience a warmer and wet...
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE...
Stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China dropped on Friday, tracking a meltdown in US technology companies that erased more than US$2 trillion in market value on concerns that a Democrat-controlled Congress could upend the breakneck expansion of the AI industry. The Hang Seng Index fell 1.3 per cent to 24,481.86 at th…
South Korean government on Friday designated two devices developed by US-based companies as crucial medical supplies, as it seeks to improve dialysis treatment for newborns and young children. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, two medical devices have been designated as scarce or in urgent need of i…
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's parliament has held a presidium meeting ...
A month-long police campaign in Japan to track down hundreds of suspects sought over the nation’s most notorious crimes, some dating back decades, underscores what analysts describe as the surprising ease with which individuals can vanish, even in the country’s highly bureaucratic society. The nationwide drive, offi…
Concerns over data center restrictions send Japan's Nikkei average down 7%, KOSPI off by 9%
Hiroshi Nakatsuka said he hopes to remove restrictions and collect data to allow for a swifter rolling out of self-driving technology in Japan.
North Korea on Friday criticized Japan's push to increase defense spending, saying it will darken prospects of Japan's economic recovery and impose "heavy hardships" on its people. In an article carried by the official Korean Central News Agency, a researcher at the Institute for Japan Studies under the North's fore…
Beijing has hinted at the new leadership line-up in its military theatre commands, with fresh faces emerging during last week’s party conclave in the seating area reserved for key commanders, filling vacancies left by China’s anti-corruption drive. The fifth plenum of the Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee, wh…
South Korea’s government has announced it will revise a youth counselling manual that categorised homosexuality as a form of juvenile delinquency, after facing a backlash sparked by local media reports earlier this week. Homosexuality was grouped alongside sexual violence, theft and drug abuse under “delinquency-rel…
Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Eui-hae has met with a delegation of British lawmakers to discuss bilateral relations and major regional issues, including the Korean Peninsula and the war in Ukraine, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday. Chung met with a six-member delegation, led by Alicia Kearns of the House of Comm…
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Doosan Group said Friday it will invest about 550 bill...
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday criticized Japan's push to incre...
Asian markets track Wall Street amid concerns over data center restrictions
The commander of US Forces Korea has met with Japan's defense minister to discuss defense cooperation among allies and like-minded countries in the Indo-Pacific region, according to Japan's defense ministry. Gen. Xavier Brunson, who also leads the United Nations Command and South Korea-US Combined Forces Command, pa…
South Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a circuit breaker for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index on an extended sell-off in tech shares. Trading of KOSPI-listed shares was halted for 20 minutes from 9:03, as the index plunged more than 8 percent from the previous session's close. The benchmark…
The 68-year-old former Japan forward has served on the FIFA Council since 2015.
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a ci...
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- Deputy Foreign Minister Chung Eui-hae has met with a d...
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Friday denounced the intergovernmental ...
Expanded blacklist rule delayed to Jan. 10 as Washington and Beijing prolong truce
The government has decided to expand the operational area of the Navy's Cheongha...
The results of the U.S. midterm elections arrived earlier than expected here in ...
A weapon's price says little about the cost of stopping it. A drone costing a fr...
Japanese leader does not extend overtures to Beijing, relying on US diplomacy
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. cryptocurrency expert on Thursday called f...
The Republican Party’s heavy losses in the US midterm elections may look like good news for Beijing. However, Chinese commentators warn that Donald Trump, now forced to compromise with a Democrat-controlled Congress, could turn more hawkish on China – particularly over Taiwan matters and chip export controls – in hi…
Takaichi's government to take more targeted approach to budgeting
President Donald Trump was briefed about a year ago about those intelligence findings, The New York Times reported.
Shift seen as key for climate and advanced sectors but only China is truly powering on
New technology used to simulate blood during surgery and an explosion
Can an extremely trade-dependent country afford to remain outside the most important free trade agreement in its region? Unfortunately, that is what South Korea appears to be trying to do. President Lee Jae Myung recently announced that his government is unlikely to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement f…
Intel's China Problem Just Got A Lot Worse Huawei unveiled its first desktop computer running its own HarmonyOS operating system on Thursday, a machine with no Intel or Qualcomm chip and no Windows, which the South China Morning Post reported is 100% domestically made.The Qingyun HM650 made its debut at the HarmonyO…
The United States has imposed sanctions on two Chinese companies it accuses of supplying equipment and components to Cuba’s military, as Washington intensifies pressure on Havana’s foreign suppliers and expands its authority to target businesses operating on the island. The US State Department said on Thursday that …
Takaichi and To Lam to sign MOU promising Japanese technology and training
On Wednesday, the White House told the Voice of America (VOA) that President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions “have never been motivated by politics.”
Chinese scientists have chilled atoms aboard the Tiangong space station to the lowest temperature ever measured, smashing US and German records and paving the way for ultra-precise space sensors that could find hidden minerals, track climate change and test Einstein’s theory of gravity. Researchers from Peking Unive…
Macleod Milk Bar owner Cindy Ding and her 17-year-old son Jerry are facing deportation back to China over an "impossible" condition imposed on her business visa.
Beijing wants to build a "more optimised and sustainable social security system" as China's population aged 60 and over is expected to reach 390 million by 2030.
Lower tuition, living expenses help widen gap with Japanese students overseas
