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Hyundai Heavy joins hands with Saudi Aramco in hydrogen projectIndustryMar 3, 2021Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. (HHIH) said Wednesday that it has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia's state-run oil firm Saudi Aramco to cooperate on a hydrogen project. Under the deal, Hyundai ... -
Major banks shed over 1,500 jobs, 200 branches amid COVID-19MoneyMar 3, 2021South Korea’s five major banks cut over 1,570 jobs and shut down 238 brick-and-mortar branches last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushed them toward digitalization, industry data showed Wednesday. ... -
S. Korea, US to hold defense cost-sharing talks in Washington this weekDefenseMar 3, 2021South Korea and the United States will hold a new round of talks in Washington later this week on the sharing of the cost for stationing the US Forces Korea (USFK), the foreign ministry said Wednesda... -
FM Chung meets victim of Japan's wartime sexual slaveryForeign affairsMar 3, 2021Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong met with a victim of Japan's wartime sexual slavery Wednesday, as Seoul seeks to defuse persistent historical tensions with Tokyo amid Washington's calls for tighter t... -
Coupang ready to go publicMarketsMar 3, 2021E-commerce giant’s IPO pricing is expected to be determined on March 10 -
Quixotic knight sings ‘The Impossible Dream’TheaterMar 3, 2021Man of La Mancha’ to return to Seoul after brief Daejeon run -
K-pop online concert studio to open at Olympic Park in OctoberCultureMar 3, 2021Olympic Park K-Art hall in Songpa-gu, Seoul, will be turned into a venue for online K-pop concerts, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday. The new studio is scheduled to launch ... -
‘Seobok’ to be released simultaneously on Tving, in theaters in AprilFilmMar 3, 2021A film about the first human clone “Seobok,” starring actors Gong Yoo and Park Bo-gum, will be released simultaneously on Korean streaming platform Tving and in theaters on April 15. The upcoming fi... -
KDB commits $126m financing to satellite projectMoneyMar 3, 2021South Korea’s state-run lender Korea Development Bank said Wednesday that it had agreed on a $126 million commitment to finance an artificial satellite project in Indonesia. KDB is the first Korean ... -
Military begins administering COVID-19 vaccine to its membersDefenseMar 3, 2021The defense ministry on Wednesday began administering coronavirus vaccines to military personnel, with doctors and other health care workers becoming the first recipient group, officials said. The m... -
Apartment prices in Seoul have kept rising despite 25 rounds of countermeasures by Moon govt. : civic groupSocial affairsMar 3, 2021Apartment prices in Seoul have continued to rise under the Moon Jae-in government, except for four months, despite a string of measures to stabilize the market, a civic group survey showed Wednesday.... -
Sanctions not sole reason for humanitarian crisis in N. Korea: unification ministryNorth KoreaMar 3, 2021Unification Minister Lee In-young did not mean that global sanctions are the sole reason for causing a humanitarian crisis in North Korea when he recently stressed the need to review their efficacy, ... -
S. Korea seeks to sell more farm goods overseas amid pandemicEconomyMar 3, 2021South Korea said Wednesday it plans to keep up brisk overseas sales of agricultural products in 2021, as demand for ready-to-eat products has been growing around the globe with more people dining at ... -
Exports of fishery goods down 7.4% in 2020 amid pandemicEconomyMar 3, 2021South Korea's exports of fishery goods moved down 7.4 percent on-year in 2020 amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments of fishery goods reached $2.32 billion in 2... -
S. Korea unveils additional support to virus-hit airlinesTransportMar 3, 2021South Korea on Wednesday unveiled another set of measures to support airlines hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in the latest move to help airlines stay afloat during the crisis. The government will...
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