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Chinese space scientists are working out how future astronauts on Mars could make their own fuel out of thin air, a sign that Beijing is serious about one day sending people to the red planet. A team at the state-funded Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei has developed a catalyst that turns carbon dioxide – w…
INCHEON, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- A quadrennial, high-level policy event organized by...
South Korea's push for military talks with North Korea over the Military Demarcation Line faces a basic problem: Agreeing on where the line lies could require one of two sides that have faced each other across it for more than seven decades to concede ground to the other, experts said Monday. Nam Sung-wook, a profes…
Yoshinori Kobayashi said limiting who is eligible to be adopted into the imperial family violates the Constitution.
Four car carriers due by fiscal year 2030 in maritime decarbonization push
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Tuesday it has ...
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- LG Energy Solution Ltd. (LGES), South Korea's leading...
US military says the restrictions on the electric vehicles at Kadena airbase also apply to delivery drivers and taxisOne of America’s biggest overseas military bases has banned vehicles made by the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD over security concerns, the US military in Japan said on Tuesday.The ban, which went…
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that South Korea...
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Tuesday he sees the po...
Foreign visitors to Korea can tour the country’s main royal palaces for free and get up to 25 percent off at duty-free shops during the second Korea Grand Festival, which runs from Thursday through Nov. 15, the government said Tuesday. The four main palaces of the Joseon era (1392–1910) — Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgun…
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday that South Korea...
AI-generated “sob-story boys” have recently taken Chinese short-video platforms by storm, allegedly using emotional manipulation to cheat elderly viewers out of their savings. Known collectively as “Xiaohai”, these digital avatars typically appear as teenage boys in school uniforms or plain white shirts, tearfully d…
Victory underscores Latin America’s largest economy’s shift away from Trump-aligned governments and strengthens ties with China.
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is "almost certain" to reach a gross nati...
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who led the country for just one year and spent years afterward trying to build better ties with China, has died, officials said Monday. He was 90.
TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who led the country for just one year and spent years afterward trying to build better ties with China, has died, officials said Monday. He was 90.
The global AI boom and higher commodity prices stemming from the war in Iran have lifted earnings at miners, chipmakers and raw-material suppliers.
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Strong semiconductor-led exports and investment drove...
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Tuesday activated a ...
The Pentagon has assigned the USS Colorado as the first US nuclear-powered attack submarine to join a rotating force to be based in Western Australia. The 115-metre (380-foot) Virginia-class submarine, armed with land-attack missiles and sophisticated torpedoes, would sail to the new Australian base in late 2027, of…
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul and U.S. Defense Secr...
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has opened its autumn trade fair in Pyong...
Taiwan is developing an AI-powered system to coordinate drone fleets for maritime surveillance and countering “grey-zone” activities, with researchers completing a simulation involving 20 aircraft, according to the island’s Ocean Affairs Council. The system, which is funded by the council, would allow different type…
Guangdong, China’s largest regional economy, remained the country’s baby-making powerhouse last year, accounting for roughly one in every eight newborns nationwide even as the overall population declined, according to the latest official demographic breakdown. The northeast continued to record the country’s steepest…
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Taihan Cable & Solution Co., South Korea's second...
In September, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu unveiled the city’s first five-year plan along with his policy address, highlighting Hong Kong’s strategic role in promoting the greater use of the yuan outside mainland China as a key priority. In the first of a four-part series on the internationalisation of the yuan,…
China and Russia are tightening their grip on Arctic shipping routes, turning the rapidly warming region into a new geopolitical battleground with Europe.
Strong semiconductor-led exports and investment drove South Korea's economy to grow faster than expected by 1 percent in the third quarter from a quarter earlier, putting annual growth of 3.6 percent within reach, central bank data showed Tuesday. The country's real gross domestic product -- a key measure of economi…
China has released footage of its troops carrying out a “no-notice” rocket launch as part of an ongoing effort by state media to showcase the People’s Liberation Army’s rapid-response capabilities. State broadcaster CCTV on Monday released a brief video showing the exercise in mountainous terrain and said it had bee…
All survey respondents said they expect the BOJ to set the stage for a rate hike in December or January, as inflation and wages continue to rise.
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 1 percent in the third ...
Citigroup is not the first foreign bank to win Beijing’s permission to run a wholly owned securities firm in mainland China. But it is among the largest, and it is American. That combination makes last week’s approval by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) significant in practice and in symbolism. For …
Beijing has room to borrow, but heavily indebted local governments are cutting back, raising the stakes for growth and for how China manages its local debt.
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged to deepen...
Dandong, in north eastern China, has built a tourism industry around peering into the world's most secretive country while propping up its economy.
AI-led expansion continues to drive economy while private consumption dips
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean economy grew 1 percent in the third ...
The HK$2.7 billion (US$344 million) sale of two Shimao Group hotels in Hong Kong leaves an estimated HK$1.8 billion shortfall against their secured loans. Still, receivers managed to squeeze out improved bids in the final stages, with all shortlisted parties improving their offers, said Una Ge, a managing director a…
Valt Japan's vision is to create "an age of outstanding success for people who face barriers to employment."
The Democratic Party (DP) has formally announced plans to pursue a parliamentary...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's surprise day trip to the Chinese border city o...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's visit to Dandong, China, on Saturday was osten...
The Department of War has designated Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes on American university campuses as a national security threat. China's Foreign Ministry responded Monday, saying it opposed what it called “smears and stigmatization” targeting the institutes.
Parent Arclands eyes Southeast Asia as domestic locations struggle
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at s...
The European Union will from Sunday slap a €2 (US$2.25) handling fee on packages from outside the 27-nation bloc in a bid to curb the influx from China. The new levy – coming just weeks before the Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Christmas season shopping rushes – will be on top of the EU’s €3 fee on small parcels. Th…
Company eyes rising education demand, charging double average monthly pay
The European Union is preparing to extend its curbs on Chinese imports of chemicals, furniture and machinery to fight a “China Shock 2.0,” after Beijing agreed in closed-door talks earlier this month to cap its hybrid car exports to the bloc. The European Commission plans to use safeguard measures to cut imports of …
