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asia South Korea's Lee pledges 'bold' economic policy after martial law crisis
Asiaone
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July 3, 2025
SEOUL — South Korean President Lee Jae-myung vowed on Thursday (July 3) to implement a "bold" fiscal policy to boost a flagging economy after the country's martial law crisis and to tackle challenges posed by looming US tariffs and North Korea....
South Korean Inflation Rises Due To Base Effect, Keeping BoK Rates On Hold Next Week
myMotherLode - California
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025 10:00 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Inflation broadly remains within the Bank of Korea's target range South Korea’s consumer price index (CPI) inflation rose 2.2% year on year in June (up from 1.9% in May and slightly above...
Millions Of 'Lovebugs' Swarm Hikers As South Korea Warms
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Residents in and around the South Korean capital Seoul are complaining about swarms of black insects dubbed "lovebugs" covering hiking trails and ambushing people, as rising temperatures due to climate change spur their...
New South Korean leader goes bold with national finance
PerthNow
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July 3, 2025
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has vowed to implement a "bold" fiscal policy to boost a flagging economy after the nation's martial law crisis and tackle challenges posed by looming US tariffs and North Korea. Lee, who was elected on June 3...
South Korea pushes food safety, export strategy in Latin America
FoodNavigator-Asia
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Latin America (LATAM) has been a growing food trade partner for South Korea in the past few years, according to data from the Korean Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT) information platform KATI. In FY2024 alone, South Korea agri-food...
Environment Ministry carries out lovebug control operation on Mount Gyeyang in Incheon
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 4, 2025
Published: 04 Jul. 2025, 16:35 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI The Ministry of Environment and related agencies' officials work with blowers and water sprayers during a pest control operation on lovebugs on Mount Gyeyang in Incheon...
Environment Ministry Launches Emergency Response to Lovebugs in Incheon
KBS World
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July 4, 2025
Photo : YONHAP News The environment ministry has begun emergency control operations on Mount Gyeyang in Incheon, where a massive spike in the number of lovebugs has caused severe discomfort for residents. The ministry announced on Friday that...
South Korea: Newly elected President must address human rights issues raised in survey
International Federation for Human Rights
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July 1, 2025
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) thank the four main presidential candidates for their replies to the human rights questionnaire sent to them ahead of South Korea’s presidential...
Taiwan, South Korea and Japan also need to spend 5 percent on defence
The Strategist
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July 3, 2025
There’s no shortage of measures that the United States’ major East Asian friends could spend an increased defence budget on. NATO allies of the US have agreed to allocate 5 percent of GDP to defence and related spending. With the growing risk of...
South Korean partners conduct ‘world’s first’ LNG boil-off gas recycling demo
Offshore Energy
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July 1, 2025
South Korean conglomerate HD Hyundai and compatriot classification society Korean Register (KR) have revealed the completion of what is claimed to be the world’s first demonstration of a technology that recycles boil-off gas (BOG) from LNG-fueled...
The 7 Easiest Countries to Make Friends as a Tourist (And 3 Where You’ll Feel Invisible)
Travelbinger
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July 7, 2025
Let’s talk about the one of the hardest things about travel, and that is loneliness. Traveling with a family, a friend, or a spouse makes travel so much better because you share the adventures and stories together. If this is a solo trip, then it...
Golf Gloves Market Trends, Opportunity, And Forecasts To 2030, With Profiles Of Callaway Golf, Under Armour, Zero Friction, Taylormade Golf, G/FORE, Mizuno, North Coast Golf Co., And Red Rooster Golf
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The golf gloves market is expanding due to increased golf participation across demographics, especially in North America and Europe. Key opportunities include demand for premium, innovative, and sustainable gloves,...
South Korea-Central Asia Summit Postponed to 2026
Times of Central Asia
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July 1, 2025
The long-anticipated summit between South Korea and Central Asian nations, originally scheduled for 2025, has been postponed to 2026 due to recent political developments in South Korea. The decision was confirmed by First Vice Foreign Minister...
South Korean firms' $7.3B investment in Georgia faces threat of 'Big Beautiful Bill'
WJCL TV - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
Above file video: Hyundai cuts ribbon on new Bryan County plant, announces expansioCARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — When two South Korean companies announced a multibillion-dollar investment to build solar panel and electric battery factories in northwest...
South Korea to explore potential of Northern Sea Route
United Press International (UPI)
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SEOUL, July 1 (UPI) -- South Korea is exploring the potential of the Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route, which is expected to reduce shipping times and costs between Asia and Europe. The state-run Busan Port Authority...
South Korea’s Energy Policy Under Lee Jae-myung
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 1, 2025
South Korea’s energy policy under its new president must move beyond pragmatic diplomacy to embrace consistency, clarity, and conviction. South Korea’s return to the global stage under President Lee Jae‑myung comes with the promise of “pragmatic...
South Korea struggles to grapple with invasion of ‘lovebugs’
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Emergency plan to bypass the Strait of Hormuz will be a template for future crude emergencies, says Indian Oil chief
Mint
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July 7, 2025
The national oil companies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) assured India of uninterrupted supplies through all possible options during the June conflict-led uncertainty in the global oil market, he added. On 25 June, Mint...
Beyond the battlefield: The price of war and the fight for peace - An 8-part series
The Times of India
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Scenes from WWII, in which an estimat- ed 25 million soldiers died. Over 40% of them were less than 20 years old Old men cry war, young men die - Part 1 When Eric Johnston, who befriended Stalin at the Kremlin in 1944, was asked if he thought...
Solomon Pavliashvili Meets with CEO of South Korea’s Leading Logistics Company HERMES-LOGIX
Caucasus Business Week
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During his working visit to the Republic of Korea, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Solomon Pavliashvili met with Suk-Ho Lee, the CEO of HERMES-LOGIX, one of the country's largest logistics companies. Founded in 1995,...