July 17, 2019 8:01 AMSEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will unveil plans soon to reduce its economy’s dependence on Japanese industries, its finance minister said on Wednesday (July 17), while repeating his call for Tokyo to end export curbs. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-17 03:05:28 Category: AMSEOUL Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8367

July 15, 2019 5:00 AMSEOUL • South Korea’s Samsung Electronics has secured emergency supplies of three key materials that Japan had cut off as part of export restrictions, thereby averting a crisis for its production lines. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-15 00:00:30 Category: AMSEOUL Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8289

July 11, 2019 8:42 AMSEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s foreign minister told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Japan’s export curbs against South Korea are “undesirable” for trilateral cooperation, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday (July 11). Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-11 03:05:16 Category: AMSEOUL Tag: 2019 Post ID: 8130

July 10, 2019 5:00 AMSEOUL • A South Korean man who made a rare defection to North Korea was partly driven by the stigma and financial hardship that followed his parents’ own high-profile flight to Pyongyang more than three decades ago, friends said yesterday. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-10 03:06:07 Category: AMSEOUL […]Continue reading

July 09, 2019 5:00 AMSEOUL • South Korean President Moon Jae-in has urged Japan to withdraw export controls on high-tech materials bound for South Korea as a row over forced wartime labour threatened to disrupt global supplies of South Korean memory chips and smartphones. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-09 00:05:27 Category: AMSEOUL […]Continue reading

July 08, 2019 9:52 AMSEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Around 8 o’ clock on a recent Sunday (July 7) morning, more than 30 people waited in line outside a building in eastern Seoul. At the end of the line stood a sign reading: “You will not be able to buy from here on.” […]Continue reading

July 04, 2019 8:20 AMSEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s economic policy chief warned on Thursday (July 4) of direct countermeasures against Japan if it keeps restrictions on exports of high-tech materials to its companies for a long time. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-04 03:00:57 Category: AMSEOUL Tag: 2019 Post ID: 7807