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Elite North Korea military trainees visit Russia amid deepening ties
SEOUL — A North Korean elite military training delegation has left for a visit to Russia, the North's state media said on July 9, the first military exchange between the two countries since their leaders signed a pact pledging closer military co-operation.
South Korea must boost SMEs as fertility declines, OECD says
SEJONG, South Korea -- South Korea's export-oriented growth model requires a "decisive upgrade" that involves narrowing the productivity gap between smaller companies and the conglomerates that dominate the economy, argues a report released on Thursday.
Cooling costs soar in Japan, ‘lovebugs’ swarm South Korea as East Asia bakes in high heat
As the monsoon belatedly dumps rains on South and Southeast Asia, the region’s East is bracing for a sweltering summer, with unseasonable swarms of “lovebugs” early in South Korea and Japan’s meteorological authorities cautioning that the coming months are going to be even hotter than last year.
Blackpink’s Jennie’s ‘vaping incident’ under investigation in South Korea after petition
A now-deleted video showing K-pop megastar Jennie of Blackpink smoking a vape indoors has sparked online outcry, after Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had received a formal complaint.
Views toward China diverge between rich and middle-income nations, Pew report shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global views toward China appear to be divided between high-income and middle-income countries, and the gap apparently is the widest among China’s neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a newly released poll from the Pew Research Center that surveyed people in 35 countries.
Samsung to launch upgraded voice assistant Bixby this year with its own AI
PARIS — Samsung will launch an upgraded version of its voice assistant Bixby this year based on its own artificial intelligence models, the head of the company's mobile business told CNBC.
North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Suggests Arms Race With South
North Korea said on Tuesday that it had tested a new ballistic missile with a “super-large warhead,” the most recent development in an arms race with South Korea as the countries vie to introduce weapons of increasingly destructive power.