South Korea said Friday that it had expressed “concern and regret” to the U.S. Embassy over an immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia during which it said “many” South Korean nationals had been detained. “The economic activities of our companies investing in the U.S. and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated,” said …
Read More »TSMC, like South Korean rivals, has US fast-track export status for China revoked Reuters US Pulls TSMC’s Waiver for China Shipments of Chip Supplies Bloomberg Samsung, SK Hynix Stocks Drop on Export Curbs. What It Means for U.S. Chip Companies. Barron’s Trump Takes Aim at South Korean Chipmakers’ China Operations The New York Times US curbs TSMC’s tool shipments to China Financial Times Source link
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Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Chan-wook has premiered a “bleakly hilarious” comedy about economic anxiety at the Venice Film Festival, and it could be a huge international hit. In 2019, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite debuted at the Cannes Film Festival to awestruck acclaim, and went onto be an Oscar-winning international hit. No Other Choice could be this year’s equivalent. The …
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Read More »Trump meets with South Korean leader after public blast The Washington Post Trump Live Updates: Latest News on Executive Orders, National Guard and More The New York Times South Korea’s Lee proposes meeting between Trump and North Korea Kim later this year, Lee’s office says Reuters Trump touts ‘great relationship’ with Kim Jong-un as he meets South Korea’s president CNBC South Korea’s Lee Says …
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Juna Moon Reporting fromSouth Korea BBC The ‘desk’ of a 33-year-old developer in Starbucks In the affluent Seoul neighbourhood of Daechi, Hyun Sung-joo has a dilemma. His coffee shop is sometimes visited by Cagongjok, a term for mostly young South Koreans who love to study or work at cafes, but there’s a limit. He says one customer recently set up …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two fraud charges arising from the $40 billion collapse of a cryptocurrency ecosystem that had promised investors their money was safe. Kwon, 33, dubbed by some as “the cryptocurrency king,” entered the plea in Manhattan federal court. According to a plea agreement signed by Kwon …
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Woochi the Wayfarer is a new single-player action-adventure game developed by LoreVault Studio, with The First Descendent developer, Nexon Games, signed on as its publisher. Similar to how Black Myth: Wukong leaned on a famous Chinese story, Woochi the Wayfarer leans on a famous Korean story, as a press release reveals the game is a depiction of ‘The Tale of …
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Publisher Nexon Games and developer LoreVault have announced Woochi the Wayfarer, a single-player fantasy action adventure game set in Korea’s Joseon era, coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC. A release date was not announced. “Woochi the Wayfarer will provide a fresh and unique play experience that is based on traditional Korean materials while also having an emotional resonance …
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