South Korea

For peace with North Korea, Biden must end the US-South Korea military exercises

Feb 01, 2021 15:48

Due to their scale and provocative nature, the annual U.S.-South Korea combined exercises have long been a trigger point for heightened military and political tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Iran mulls lawsuits and legal actions to unblock funds

Jul 17, 2020 19:14

An Iranian businessman says South Korea has agreed to release a part of funds belonging to Iran and frozen in the country's banks under pressure from the United States. Hossein Tanhayi, who chairs Iran-South Korea Joint Chamber of Commerce, said recently that the two countries had agreed to use a first installment of the funds for Iran’s purchase of drugs and medical equipment.
Time to call it quits in Korean peninsula

Jun 29, 2020 15:44

The irony is that US wars and trade restrictions against other nations have backfired, dealing a major blow to the commercial interests of Western companies and investors. For example, the economic sanctions, military pressure, and intemperate threats against Pyongyang will equally prove counterproductive.
Post-coronavirus crisis looming for the environment

Mar 09, 2020 15:36

The rapid outbreak of the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, among countries around the world is not only a huge challenge for the public health, but the environment will also bear its dire consequences.
WHO warns of global shortage of medical equipment to fight coronavirus

Mar 08, 2020 09:41

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a global shortage and price gouging for protective equipment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus and asked companies and governments to increase production by 40% as the death toll from the respiratory illness mounted.
Stress, rumors, even violence: Virus fear goes viral

Feb 24, 2020 15:36

You’ve probably got a better chance of winning a game than buying face masks in parts of Asia. Conferences have been disrupted from Beijing to Barcelona to Boston. Quarrels in Japan; riots in Ukraine. Rumors that napkins could be used as masks emptied East Asian store shelves of paper goods. Bernie Huang, a high school teacher in Taiwan said “Fear is a very strong emotion, and the prevailing fear over the new coronavirus drives people to do things irrationally without thinking straight.”
Free trade elusive for China, Japan, South Korea

Jan 03, 2020 16:34

The annual China, Japan and South Korea summit wrapped up recently in Chengdu, China, with attending leaders making generalized commitments to free trade and regional peace and security.
Korea-Japan: History is not present in the past

Nov 01, 2019 14:24

South Korea-Japan bilateral relations are now at probably their lowest point since diplomatic ties were established between the two Northeast Asian countries in 1965. The latest dispute revolves around the two countries’ different interpretations of their 1965 “Agreement on the Settlement of Problems Concerning Property and Claims and on Economic Cooperation.”
Japan-Korean relations slip to a new low

Aug 08, 2019 14:25

Tokyo on Friday, August 2 revoked South Korea’s preferential status as a trade partner for the purchase of dual-use materials vital to Korean industry, driving bilateral relations to their lowest ebb in recent memory and raising questions over the grounds for the Japanese action.
Sum of all American fears in Korea: Peace

Feb 26, 2018 17:50

What the US is afraid of in East Asia is unification of the Korean Peninsula, which means no need for any American presence in the region. Now we have an analysis by Tony Cartalucci, a Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher, titled: “Sum of all American fears in Korea: Peace.”