News South Korea Government: Hyundai and Kia win big with South Korea’s new support for EVs
Hyundai and Kia gained an edge over surging Chinese brands like BYD after South Korea raised subsidies and introduced ...
News South Korea Government: South Korea government responsible for fraud and abuse in foreign adoptions, truth commission says
South Korea’s truth commission concluded that the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and ...
News South Korea Government: South Korea Retaliates Against Japan in Trade and Diplomatic Rift
In addition to the South Korean government’s vow of retaliation, members of the South Korean public are also boycotting Japanese consumer goods and leisure travel to the island nation. South Korea and ...
News South Korea Government: Tesla's Model 3 is now on sale in South Korea and it's cheaper than you'd think
Thanks to aggressive government subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles, a Model 3 in South Korea is even more reasonably priced than it would be in the US. Tesla's Model 3 makes its sales ...
News South Korea Government: South Korea to pull Japan from its preferred trade list
South Korea said Monday that it will remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a retaliatory move after Tokyo's recent decision to downgrade Seoul's trade status amid a diplomatic row.
News South Korea Government: Japan uses trade restrictions as a weapon against South Korea
Japan placed restrictions on exports to South Korea of materials essential to its semiconductor industry amid an impasse between the two governments over reparations dating from World War II. It's part of a trend among some of the world's most powerful nations.
News South Korea Government: S. Korea, Japan fail to resolve growing trade dispute
Lee Ho-hyeon, an official from South Korea's trade ministry, said Japanese officials cited inadequate bilateral discussions as a reason why their government tightened controls on high-tech exports ...
News South Korea Government: Japan-South Korea Feud Heats Up Over Tokyo’s North Korea Claims
(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. The feud between Japan and South Korea worsened, as Seoul called for an international probe into Tokyo’s claims it allowed sensitive materials to end up in the hands of North Korea.South
News South Korea Government: Japan Export Curbs on South Korea May Widen Rift Over Wartime Labour Compensation
Japan's restrictions on certain tech exports to South Korea are deepening a decades-long feud over wartime forced labour and may make compromise harder as leaders in both countries appeal to their political bases.
News South Korea Government: South Korea think tank lowers 2019 growth forecast
South Korea is facing headwinds from the U.S.-China trade dispute ... for Economic Cooperation Development forecast Tuesday--is more pessimistic than the government's growth forecast of 2.6% to 2.7% ...
News South Korea Government: South Korea's monetary policy needs to be 'substantially' accommodative: think tank
South Korea's monetary policy needs to be substantially accommodative to counter slowing inflation and sluggish domestic demand, a state-run think tank said on Wednesday. "As inflation has fallen to a near zero percent and as demand is shrinking at home and abroad, monetary policies need to
News South Korea Government: South Korea's government will switch to Linux over cost concerns
It believes Windows will be too expensive to support. Some governments might have fallen out of love with Linux, but South Korea appears ready to start a torrid affair. The country's Ministry of the ...
News South Korea Government: South Korea vows to send aid to North quickly, may send food
South Korea has not provided direct food aid to North Korea since 2010. Moon's government first proposed providing $8 million to the WFP and UNICEF to help North Korean children and pregnant women ...
News South Korea Government: In North Korea, Worst Drought in Decades Adds to Food Crisis
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Wednesday that it was suffering ... The United Nations agencies said that the government was already reducing rations, which millions depend on for daily ...
News South Korea Government: Iceye and APSI enter pact to sell radar imagery in South Korea
APSI, a company based in Seoul and established in 2000, provides equipment and services for multiple government programs in South Korea, according to the May 15 news release. Working with Iceye ...
News South Korea Government: South Korea says North Korea's latest launches were missiles
(AP) -- The U.S. and South Korea have determined that two projectiles launched by North Korea were short-range missiles, a South Korean military official said Friday, a day after the North's second l
News South Korea Government: China, Japan and South Korea, while vowing to go green at home, promote coal abroad
Less attention has been paid to the overseas coal commitments of Japan and South Korea, which are primarily underwritten by export credit agencies — public lenders that provide government-backed loans ...
News South Korea Government: The Hanoi Summit and Japan-South Korea Relations
For the Japanese government, though, the outcome was acceptable, given that the Trump administration, which had been taking advantage of joint projects between North and South Korea to proactively ...
