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South Korea's men's shooting team claimed the silver medal in the 25-meter standard pistol team event at the 2026 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Championships in Doha, Qatar. The team of Lee Geon-hyeok of the Daegu Public Facilities Management Corp., Hong Seok-jin of KB Kookmin Bank and So Seun…
A pledge by China’s central bank to investigate Solana’s recent campaigns in mainland China has extinguished hopes that a crackdown on cryptocurrencies will be eased and underscored Beijing’s unyielding hostility towards foreign public blockchains. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) had halted recent offline events S…
South Korea sent its first shipment of fresh sweet persimmons to China on Friday, opening a new market for growers after 17 years of plant quarantine negotiations. The shipment of 19.6 metric tons, packed in 1,960 boxes, left the Port of Busan and was expected to reach Shanghai on Nov. 10, South Korea’s Agriculture …
South Korean food exporters have signed 11 preliminary agreements worth a combined $15 million at a trade fair in Melbourne, Australia, South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry and its food export agency said Monday. The event, running Thursday to Saturday at the Melbourne Showgrounds, was the first K-Food Fair held in Oc…
South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Monday it would impose a combined 631.9 billion won ($467 million) fine on Baemin and Coupang Eats for pressuring restaurants to match rivals' prices and terms, restricting competition. The Fair Trade Commission announced provisional fines of 331.1 billion won for Woowa Brothers…
Taiwan's markets led the rally in Asian markets, with the Taiwan Weighted Index up as much as 6.7%.
Fourteen people died and dozens more were hospitalised after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in northern China on Sunday. The fire erupted at around 5pm in the Haosheng International Apartment building in Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi province, according to the Yingze district government. It was put o…
HTWO Guangzhou, Hyundai Motor Group’s first overseas hydrogen fuel cell production hub, has partnered with Air Liquide China to accelerate the development of a hydrogen mobility value chain in China’s rapidly growing clean commercial vehicle sector. According to Hyundai Motor on Monday, the two parties signed a memo…
The foreign-language film topped the North American box office with $31.6m in takings, generating $63m worldwideJapan’s most recognisable film star shows no sign of losing its ability to captivate global audiences, after Godzilla Minus Zero – a foreign language film – swept to the top of the US box office on its ope…
The quake struck Japan’s Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures early Sunday morning.
Olympian Skye Nicolson retains her WBC super-bantamweight title with a unanimous-points win over Japan's Miyo Yoshida.
French private equity giant Ardian sees prime opportunities to snap up quality assets in China amid a liquidity slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy, as it looks to meet European investors’ strong demand for diversification, according to company executives. Ardian, which managed over US$200 billion worth o…
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust regulator said Monday it will ...
China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade In Unannounced Naval War Drill China may be conducting a major, unannounced war drill aimed at isolating Taiwan, with more than 100 naval and coast guard vessels deployed across the Western Pacific, according to a new assessment. 🚨 中国在168小时内刚刚采取了5项行动。全部围绕台湾。没有一项有名称。而没有人把这些点联系起来。行动1：1…
At the UN climate conference in Antalya, which runs from November 9 to 20, China is the world’s clean-technology superpower. It makes most of the planet’s solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles. Its emissions have stopped rising. Few delegations carry more weight. On September 29, Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang t…
The Korea International Trade Association is investing $200 million to renovate its landmark Manhattan building, purchased over 50 years ago, into a modern commercial tower in one of New York’s most prestigious business districts. Located at 460 Park Avenue, the 22-story Hahn Kook Center was the first building a Kor…
Apple and Samsung Electronics are increasingly relying on Chinese technology giants to power their artificial intelligence services in China, highlighting a growing dilemma for foreign smartphone makers: Competing in the world's largest smartphone market means depending on local companies that could eventually becom…
China’s factory-gate price growth continued to accelerate last month amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict that is fuelling uncertainties in the global energy market, while consumer inflation remained subdued. The producer price index (PPI) rose 5.7 per cent year on year in October, according to data released by the Nat…
A digital map of bed bug sightings has gained popularity in China but has also sparked controversy by allowing users to flag hotels where they claim to have found the insects with a single click. Since its launch on September 21, the app has attracted 200,000 users, who have marked more than 600 hotels across China.…
Japan Football Association honorary president Kozo Tashima said governance was Fifa’s biggest problem as he outlined his platform for next year’s presidential election, while rating his chances of unseating incumbent Gianni Infantino at 20 to 30 per cent. Tashima announced on Thursday that he intended to run in t…
Chinese researchers have created a comfortable electrode for non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that achieved over 94 per cent accuracy in visual mind-typing tests during day-long use. The gradient electrodes – designed to overcome the current trade-offs of conventional uniformly soft or rigid electrodes …
The PPI for October came in at 5.7%, compared to the 5.3% expected by economists polled by Reuters.
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- CJ Olive Young Corp., South Korea's leading health and...
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hyosung Group said Monday its late honorary chairman, ...
Hyundai Motor Group said Monday its hydrogen business brand HTWO will partner with French industrial gas company Air Liquide to expand hydrogen-powered mobility in China. HTWO Guangzhou, the South Korean automotive group's first overseas hydrogen fuel-cell system manufacturing base, signed a cooperation agreement wi…
Seoul stocks bucked gains on Wall Street to open lower Monday as investors dumped tech heavyweights. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index was down 31.68 points, or 0.63 percent, to 5,028.01 points, as of 9:15 a.m. Major stock indexes in the US closed higher Friday, led by a rebound in chipmakers despite f…
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group said Monday its hydrogen business ...
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‘Transparency must support diplomacy rather than displace, constrain or collide with it,’ says the DFA, exposing what many observers and analysts have long pointed out — incongruence between the DFA and the country’s maritime frontline agencies
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Jensen Huang confirmed to staff reports he had been having an affair with a woman accused of spying for China.
Dong Mingzhu chairs Gree Electric Appliances, a home-appliance giant based in southern China’s Guangdong province. Having worked her way up from a frontline sales job, she is one of China’s best-known figures in manufacturing. As a deputy to the National People’s Congress, she has long advocated for manufacturing in…
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US intelligence reportedly suspects woman of links to Chinese espionage
Huang told Nvidia staff in an email that he had an affair and that the company's board has opened an investigation into allegations the woman is a Chinese spy.
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Lawmakers want to question Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang following reports about his relationship with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset.
Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, also known by her Chinese name, Huang Le, was reportedly recruited by China's MSS to build a relationship with and gather information on the Nvidia CEO.
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TWENTY business, industry, labor and civil society groups backed the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and its Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro for pursuing dialogue and cooperation with China amid disputes over the West Philippine Sea.
SHANGHAI — The Philippines will continue to engage with China in trade, tourism and people to people exchanges despite their maritime disputes, Ambassador Jaime FlorCruz said Sunday, noting that the two countries’ maritime issues are not the “sum total” of their relations.
TOKYO — A strong earthquake shook central Japan early Sunday, shattering store windows, causing people to flee buildings and leaving at least 22 people injured, according to local media.
JAPAN's SoftBank and Swiss engineering group ABB are looking at carving out the Chinese element of a $5.4-billion robotics deal which was blocked earlier this week by Beijing, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
TAIPEI — Authorities in Taiwan detained the leader of the island’s Taiwan People’s Communist Party, accusing him of running as a candidate for borough chief under the direction and sponsorship of China’s Communist Party, local media reported Sunday.
