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About 70 S Korean attendees of tech event CES in US test positive for Covid

About 70 South Korean nationals who attended the giant CES tech trade show in Las Vegas last week tested positive for Covid

South Korea authorises Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, imports Pfizer pills

At least 21,000 of Pfizer's antiviral pills, called Paxlovid, will arrive in South Korea on Thursday, with another 10,000 more expected to arrive by the end of the month, the health ministry said

India, South Korea set $50 billion bilateral trade target before 2030

India and South Korea set a bilateral trade target of $50 billion before 2030, as South Korea's Trade Minister Yeo Han-Koo held talks with India's Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on Tuesday

Apple to allow third-party app payment option in South Korea

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) had requested Apple and Alphabet's Google to submit compliance plans

Piyush Goyal asks South Korea to axe non-tariff trade barriers

A bilateral talk was held in New Delhi to discuss trade and investment-related issues

India flags market access issues in Korea during trade ministers' meet

The issue was raised during the meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo

Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in S. Korea

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) had requested Apple Inc and Alphabet's Google to submit compliance plans after the bill was passed in August last year.

India and South Korea to discuss bilateral trade-related issues

India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and South Korea's Trade Minister Han-koo Yeo will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss bilateral trade-related issues.

India, Korea to hold discussions on ways to boost trade, investments

The meeting will be held between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Korean Trade Minister Han-koo Yeo

South Korea's kimchi exports hit new high in 2021 amid growing popularity

South Korea's exports of kimchi, a traditional spicy side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, hit an all-time high last year due to its growing popularity, data revealed on Sunday.

South Korea extends travel ban on 6 nations, parts of Philippines

South Korea will extend a travel ban on six countries in the Middle East and Africa as well as some parts of the Philippines for six months due to prolonged security risks, the Foreign Ministry said

North Korea fires unidentified projectile toward sea: South Korea military

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile into sea, South Korea's military said.

South Korea exports post $644.5 billion, hitting all-time high in 2021

With the strong sales of major industries and growth of new industries, South Korea's exports posted $644.5 billion, the highest ever, in 2021

Covid-19 pandemic: South Korea records first Omicron variant death

The patient was posthumously found to have contracted the omicron variant

South Korea's 5G users topped 20 million in November 2021: Report

The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks had topped 20 million as of November for the first time since the service was commercialised in 2019, data showed on Monday

South Korea reports 2 deaths linked to Omicron variant of Covid-19

Two deaths in connection with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were reported in South Korea on Monday, according to health officials.

N Korea unresponsive to Seoul's message about weekend border-crossing

North Korea remains unresponsive after South Korea sent a message about an unidentified person having crossed the eastern inter-Korean border over the weekend, Seoul's Defence Ministry said

Unidentified person crosses militariszed border from S Korea to North Korea

An unidentified person crossed the heavily militarized border from South Korea into North Korea on Sunday.As per the South Korean military, the person was spotted at the eastern front of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at around 9:20 pm local time on Saturday, reported CNN.South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that the person was detected by the military with the use of a thermal observation device.The JCS said troops were dispatched but they were unable to find the person, who crossed the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea at around 10:40 pm.A military official said security cameras had earlier captured the person climbing a barbed wire fence at around 6:40 pm Saturday, but the guard on CCTV duty had missed it, reported CNN.The official said they were currently working to identify the person and that it is unknown whether the person was still alive.Meanwhile, North Korean state media has not reported on any crossings over the DMZ overnight.

S Korea factory activity quickens but output, export orders shrink: PMI

Activity in South Korea's factories expanded at the fastest pace in three months in December but the economy struggled to gather momentum

LG Energy Solution targets $10.8 billion in S Korea's biggest-ever IPO

Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution has opened the books to investors to raise up to $10.8 billion in the country's largest ever