South Korea’s competition watchdog plans to fine Google at least 207.4 billion won (USD 177 million) for allegedly blocking smartphone makers like Samsung from using other operating systems, in what would be one of the country’s biggest antitrust penalties ever. Continue Reading
The US and South Korea are deeply concerned about North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme and want to focus on a diplomatic solution, US President Joe Biden has said, while announcing the appointment of US diplomat Sung Kim as a North Korea envoy. Continue Reading
South Korea’s former interior minister Kim Boo Kyum has been officially appointed as the country’s new Prime Minister, receiving the certificate of appointment from President Moon Jae In here on Friday. Continue Reading
A new agreement with South Korea on sharing the cost of keeping US troops on the Korean peninsula is early evidence that President Joe Biden is shifting America’s approach to alliances in Asia and beyond. Continue Reading
South Korea will begin administering Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines to medical staff on 27 February, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Sunday. Continue Reading
The deadly Coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in China and abroad as the death toll due to it in this Far East country rose to 41 with 1,287 confirmed cases, China’s National Health Commission announced today. Continue Reading