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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...
Navigating Global Turbulence: Leveraging High-Quality Real Assets to Weather the Storm | Insights from ARK & CapitaLand
Macau Business
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July 7, 2025
SHANGHAI, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As markets reel under the pressure of unpredictable U.S. trade policies and rising geopolitical risks, volatility has become a defining feature of the current investment environment. In such a landscape,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Risk Factors for Candidozyma auris Among Admitted Patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2020–2022)
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Introduction This study investigated the risk factors for Candidozyma auris (formerly known as C. auris) 1 infection in a tertiary university teaching hospital located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The emergence of Candida auris (C. auris) in tertiary...
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...
The East-West Gate (EWG) intermodal terminal: A strategic hub for global logistics
Rail Freight
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July 7, 2025
Located near the Hungarian-Ukrainian border in Fényeslitke, the East-West Gate (EWG) intermodal terminal represents a pioneering development in European logistics. As the continent’s largest and most advanced land-based intermodal facility, the...
UNESCO: New World Heritage Sites to be announced
Deutsche Welle
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July 7, 2025
In just a few days, the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria could be added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Alongside 31 other sights around the world, Neuschwanstein Castle, Linderhof Palace, the King's House on Schachen, and the...
Special counsel likely to zero in on suspected treason after detaining Yoon
Hankyoreh
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July 7, 2025
Yoon Suk-yeol, the former president of South Korea, arrives at the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office on July 5, 2025, for questioning in the special counsel probe of his martial law declaration last year. (Kim Tae-hyeong/Hankyoreh) The special...
South Korea’s ‘Café Villains’ Stir Debate Over Long-Term Occupancy and Legal Limits
The Korea Bizwire
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July 1, 2025
A personal partition installed at a Starbucks store” (Image from Professor Seo Kyung-duk’s social media) SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing wave of discontent is brewing in South Korea’s café culture over so-called “café villains” — patrons...
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,...
IMEA Maersk Market Update – July 2025
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 7, 2025
As market dynamics evolve and peak-season activ ity intensifies, many businesses are rethinking their sourcing patterns, transport routes, and inventory buffers to stay ahead of fluctuating demand, capacity constraints, and regulatory shifts. To...
Can South Korea Deescalate North Korea Without US Support?
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 2, 2025
Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “President Lee and North Korea.” The full symposium can be found here. In his inaugural speech, new South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung only mentioned North Korea once, noting the immense size...