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Japan"s move to lower South Korea trade status takes effect @ 2019-08-30T04: Back Hot News
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THE BOYCOTT IS THE MOST NOTICEABLE POPULAR EXPRESSION OF AN ESCALATING ROW BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN, WHICH HAS EVOLVED FROM A DIPLOMATIC SPAT OVER JAPAN』S CONDUCT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR INTO A FULL-BLOWN FEUD OVER TRADE AND NATIONAL SECURITY. ON AUGUST 28TH JAPANESE RESTRICTIONS ON THE EXPORT OF HUNDREDS OF PRODUCTS TO SOUTH KOREA CAME INTO FORCE. EARLIER THIS WEEK, SOUTH KOREA CONDUCTED SCALED-UP MILITARY EXERCISES AROUND DOKDO, DISPUTED ISLETS WHICH SOUTH KOREA CONTROLS BUT JAPAN CLAIMS AS ITS OWN (CALLING THEM TAKESHIMA). DAYS BEFORE SOUTH KOREA HAD HALTED AN INTELLIGENCE-SHARING PACT WITH JAPAN.
HWASEONG, SOUTH KOREA — AT FIRST GLANCE, ENERGY NOMAD APPEARS TO BE A TYPICAL SOUTH KOREAN COMPANY: JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY WHO WORKS THERE IS MALE.
THERE IS ALSO AN INCREASING TREND AMONG MEN AND WOMEN TO DELAY OR AVOID MARRIAGE IN BOTH COUNTRIES. IN 2018, A MAJORITY OF SOUTH KOREANS AGES 20 TO 44 WERE SINGLE, ACCORDING TO THE KOREA INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (KIHSA). AMONG THOSE WHO WERE NOT DATING, 51% OF MEN AND 64% OF WOMEN SAID THEY WERE CHOOSING TO REMAIN SINGLE.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SOUTH KOREA』S BIRTH RATE FALLS TO NEW DEVELOPED WORLD LOW
ALTHOUGH THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT CUT MAXIMUM WORKING HOURS FROM 68 HOURS TO 52 HOURS PER WEEK IN 2018, WITH THE EXPECTATION OF BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY AND ENCOURAGING WORK-LIFE BALANCE, MANY YOUNG SOUTH KOREANS STILL OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES AT THEIR DESKS.
THROUGH THE FCC MONTHS AGO, SAMSUNG HAS BEEN QUIET ABOUT ITS SMART SPEAKER PLANS IN RECENT MONTHS. NOW IT APPEARS THAT AT LEAST ONE OF ITS DEVICES IS STARTING TO BE ROLLED OUT TO CONSUMERS, WITH THE COMPANY STARTING UP A BETA IN SOUTH KOREA TO LET INTERESTED USERS IN ITS HOME COUNTRY TRY OUT THE NEW SMART SPEAKER.
NORTH KOREA HAS RECENTLY TESTED A SERIES OF BALLISTIC MISSILES AND PROJECTILES CAPABLE OF HITTING MUCH OF SOUTH KOREA. CHINA REMAINS FURIOUS OVER SOUTH KOREA』S DECISION TO ALLOW THE UNITED STATES TO DEPLOY A MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM AT ITS DOORSTEP. AND LAST MONTH, A RUSSIAN MILITARY PLANE INTRUDED INTO SOUTH KOREA』S AIRSPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE 1950-53 KOREAN WAR, PROMPTING SOUTH KOREAN FIGHTER JETS TO FIRE WARNING SHOTS.
THE STATE MINISTER IS VISITING SOUTH KOREA AT THE INVITATION OF THE KOREAN OCEAN AND FISHERIES MINISTER AIMING TO SEEK KOREAN INVESTMENT IN THE SHIPPING AND FISHERIES SECTORS OF BANGLADESH.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - SOUTH KOREA"S TOP COURT SENDS FORMER PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE CORRUPTION CASE BACK TO LOWER COURTS FOR SEPARATE TRIALS.
HAMBURG, AUG 29 (REUTERS) - SOUTH KOREA’S LARGEST FEEDMAKER NONGHYUP FEED INC. (NOFI) PURCHASED AROUND 69,000 TONNES OF CORN IN AN INTERNATIONAL TENDER WHICH CLOSED ON THURSDAY, EUROPEAN TRADERS SAID.
SEOUL, AUG. 29 (YONHAP) -- THE NOMINEE TO LEAD SOUTH KOREA"S AGRICULTURE MINISTRY SAID THURSDAY THAT SEOUL COULD FACE AN UPHILL BATTLE TO KEEP CLAIMING DEVELOPING-COUNTRY STATUS DUE TO U.S. PRESSURE.
REGARDING THE INCREASINGLY CHILLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, SCHRIVER SAID, "IF THE TENSIONS CONTINUE, THE COUNTRIES THAT WOULD BENEFIT WOULD BE CHINA, NORTH KOREA, AND RUSSIA."
GIRLS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES WHO JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN; DOZENS OF ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN IN SOUTH KOREA ARE RAVING ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF THEIR NEW DAY-TIME DISCO CLUB.
IN RESPONSE, PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN OF SOUTH KOREA VOWED 「WE WILL NEVER AGAIN LOSE TO JAPAN,」 HEARKENING BACK TO JAPAN』S COLONIAL OCCUPATION. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAID SOUTH KOREA WAS CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING FROM A VITAL INTELLIGENCE-SHARING DEAL THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES, WHICH BOTH HOST AMERICAN MILITARY BASES, SIGNED IN 2016 AT WASHINGTON』S URGING.
THE PLAN CONFIRMED SOUTH KOREA』S INTEREST IN A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER OF ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AS JAPAN’S JS IZUMO. THIS SHIP WILL PRESUMABLY OPERATE F-35B JOINT STRIKE FIGHTERS, ALONG WITH AN ARRAY OF HELICOPTERS AND POTENTIALLY UNMANNED VEHICLES. JOSEPH TREVITHICK HAS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE REASONING BEHIND SOUTH KOREA』S INTEREST IN A SHORT TAKEOFF/VERTICAL LANDING (STOVL) AIRCRAFT CARRIER. JAPAN IS CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION, BUT NORTH KOREA』S VAST ARTILLERY AND CONVENTIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES CAN PUT STATIONARY AIRFIELDS ACROSS THE SOUTH AT CONSIDERABLE RISK.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, THE CONGLOMERATE"S KEY UNIT, HAS TAKEN A HARD HIT FROM SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN"S TRADE RIFT AS JAPAN TIGHTENED THE SUPPLY OF KEY COMPONENT EXPORTS TO KOREA.

 

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