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S Korea's new Covid cases under 20k for 2nd day amid receding Omicron wave

South Korea's new Covid-19 cases stayed in the 20,000s for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, down nearly 7,400 cases from a week ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic is in retreat

How new South Korean law may hurts Apple and Google

Samsung SDI, Stellantis to set up $2.5 billion EV battery plant in US

Samsung SDI will own a 51 per cent stake in the $2.5 billion joint venture company set up with the Chrysler parent, and its investment could increase to as much as $1.57 billion in the long term

North Korea launched 3 ballistic missiles toward eastern coast: Seoul

The launches were North Korea's 17th round of missile firings this year

Samsung to spend $360 billion on microchips, biotech over five years

Samsung promised in a statement to create 80,000 jobs through 2026, mostly in semiconductors and biopharmaceuticals.

South Korean military to begin reserve forces' training after 2-yr hiatus

South Korea will resume an annual field training program for its reserve forces in a scaled-back manner next month after a two-years Covid-triggered hiatus, the state military recruitment agency said

Biden pushes economic, security aims as he ends three-day South Korea visit

Earlier in his trip, Biden toured a computer chip plant run by Samsung, the Korean electronics giant that plans to build a $17 billion production facility in Texas

Biden highlights Hyundai announcement of $10 bn US investment in EVs

Appearing with Biden, Hyundai CEO Euisun Chung said Sunday his company would spend another $5 billion on artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles and other technologies

US, S Korea say will consider expanding military drills to deter N Korea

US President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said after meeting Saturday that they will consider expanded military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea

Biden and S Korea's Yoon call for alliance to tackle threats beyond N Korea

Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol are meeting in Seoul for their first diplomatic engagement since the South Korean president's inauguration 11 days ago.

N Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting in Seoul

US President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk-yeol will search for ways on Saturday to break a diplomatic stalemate with North Korea

Joe Biden arrives in South Korea for first summit with Yoon Suk-yeol

US President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday for his first summit with President Yoon Suk-yeol on a range of issues, including North Korea's nuclear program and supply chain risks

Biden to highlight US chip production in South Korea in his first Asia trip

Biden will open his trip to Asia with a focus on the Us tech sector, touring a Samsung computer chip plant on Friday that will serve as model for a $17 billion semiconductor factory

South Korea reports 25,125 fresh Covid cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours

The daily caseload was down from 28,130 in the previous day and lower than 32,441 tallied a week ago, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)

White House says Biden, Chin'as Xi Jinping may talk in coming weeks

Biden lands in South Korea on Friday evening, where he meets new President Yoon Suk-yeol with North Korea at the top of the agenda

Biden, South Korea's Yoon to meet amid concerns over North Korea

Leader Kim Jong Un abandoned a freeze on intercontinental ballistic missile testing and appears poised to resume testing of nuclear bombs, perhaps while Biden is in the region

Joe Biden has an eye on China as he heads to South Korea and Japan

Biden departs Thursday and is set to meet newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida

Crypto-loving S Koreans bet on Luna rising from ashes, worrying regulator

Reckoning they have little to lose with prices so ridiculously low, South Korean speculators in recent days have piled into Luna, a cryptocurrency that lost 99.99% of its value last week

Biden's upcoming Asia visit for Quad Summit to focus on Indo-Pacific

In his first trip as President to the Indo-Pacific region, Joe Biden will use to assert American leadership in this vital region of the world: Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor

S Korean companies likely to invest in US in line with Biden's visit

President Yoon Suk-yeol said on the 16th that he will discuss ways to strengthen global supply chain cooperation through the India-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) with U.S. President Joe Biden