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Japan-South Korea spat an economic lose-lose @ 2019-08-30T16: Back Hot News
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SOUTH KOREA』S PROVOCATIONS ARE JUST THE LATEST BLOWS IN A GROWING TIT-FOR-TAT DISPUTE (SEE ARTICLE). THEY ARE A PETULANT REACTION TO JAPAN』S ABRUPT DECISION TO REMOVE SOUTH KOREA FROM A LIST OF TRUSTED COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO MINIMAL EXPORT CONTROLS AND TO IMPOSE EXTRA RESTRICTIONS ON SHIPMENTS OF CHEMICALS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO CHIPMAKING. THAT AFFRONT CAME IN RESPONSE TO A RULING FROM SOUTH KOREA』S SUPREME COURT, WHICH FOUND THAT JAPANESE COMPANIES SHOULD PAY COMPENSATION TO SOUTH KOREAN PLAINTIFFS FORCED TO WORK IN JAPANESE FACTORIES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, EVEN THOUGH THE TWO COUNTRIES HAD SIGNED A TREATY THAT SUPPOSEDLY RESOLVED ALL CLAIMS.
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.
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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.
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.
SAMSUNG HASN"T EVEN RELEASED THE ORIGINAL GALAXY HOME OVER A YEAR AFTER ITS REVEAL, BUT THAT ISN"T STOPPING THE COMPANY FROM OFFERING A PEEK AT A FOLLOW-UP SPEAKER. THE COMPANY HAS CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF THE GALAXY HOME MINI BY ACCEPTING SIGN-UPS FOR A PUBLIC BETA TESTING PROGRAM IN SOUTH KOREA. RESIDENTS WITH SAMSUNG PHONES CAN APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 1ST TO TRY A TINY VERSION OF THE BIXBY SPEAKER, WHICH MATCHES THE EARLIER FCC FILING TO A TEE -- IT"S AN AKG-TUNED AUDIO BOWL WITH SOME BASIC CONTROLS ON TOP.
SEOUL (REUTERS) - A FEUD BETWEEN TWO SOUTH KOREAN BATTERY MAKERS ESCALATED ON FRIDAY AS SK INNOVATION CO LTD (
THE ATTENTION TO THIS ASPECT OF SOUTH KOREA-PHILIPPINES SECURITY TIES HAS CONTINUED ON INTO THIS YEAR AS WELL. INDEED, JUST EARLIER THIS MONTH, IN A CEREMONY WELCOMING THE BRP CONRADO YAP, A SOUTH KOREA-DONATED POHANG-CLASS CORVETTE, PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY DELFIN LORENZANA HAD SHED LIGHT ON SOME FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN PHILIPPINE-SOUTH KOREA DEFENSE COLLABORATION WHEN HE NOTED THAT MANILA WOULD ORDER TWO NEW CORVETTES FROM SHIPBUILDER HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES – FURTHER ADVANCING ALREADY EXISTING COLLABORATION WITH THE COMPANY – WHILE ALSO ACCEPTING TWO MORE DONATED VESSELS FROM SEOUL AS WELL.
LEE』S ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT IN 2017 WAS EQUALLY IF NOT MORE SHOCKING IN SOUTH KOREA THAN PARK』S DOWNFALL. SAMSUNG, THE LARGEST OF SOUTH KOREA』S FAMILY-CONTROLLED CONGLOMERATES KNOWN AS CHAEBOL, ACCOUNTS FOR A FIFTH OF THE NATION』S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND WAS CODDLED BY SOUTH KOREAN LEADERS FOR DECADES DURING THE COUNTRY』S PUSH FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION.
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.
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."
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.

 

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