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The Korean Cultural Center is hosting a traditional Korean wedding for the first time in Bangkok, allowing everyone to enjoy the customs and costumes, at Korean Town, Sukhumvit 12, on Friday at 11am.

Bangkok Post

Chelsea sale: Nick Candy's consortium partner breaks silence amid brutal Blues takeover decision

Chelsea news: The South Korean football agent was hoping to help the British property tycoon in his attempts to takeover his boyhood club from Roman Abramovich

Football London

South Korea's COVID-19 deaths strain crematories, hospitals

Health officials in South Korea have instructed crematories to burn more bodies per day and funeral homes to add more refrigerators to store the dead

The Independent UK

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Escape from Mogadishu review – Koreans bolt through Somali war-zone chaos

Diplomats from North and South Korea join forces to escape the Somalian capital in 1991, in film version of an amazing true story

The Guardian - UK

Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID, President-elect Yoon backs practice

Kim Jin-woo, a 27-year old resident of Seoul battling COVID-19 and recovering at home under a new government policy, needed to see a doctor when his symptoms did not improve, but the nearest designated hospital was fully booked. So he picked up his phone.

Reuters

Euroseas Inks New Building Agreements For Three Fuel Efficient Vessels

Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESEA) has signed a contract for the construction of three 1,800 teu eco-design fuel-efficient feeder containerships. The total consideration for the construction of the three vessels is ~$102 million and will be financed with a combination of debt and equity. The vessels will be built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. in…

Benzinga

Should You Buy the Dip in Coupang?

The shares of South Korea-based e-commerce giant Coupang (CPNG) were crushed recently after its largest shareholder sold CPNG shares worth $1 billion. Furthermore, challenges related to high costs and rising local competition make the company’s growth prospects gloomy. Also, given that CPNG has not been able to improve its profitability,…

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S. Korea's Yoon faces obstacles in plan to ditch Blue House

South Korea’s outgoing liberal government takes issue with a plan by its rival and conservative President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol to relocate the presidential office by his inauguration in May

The Independent UK

Moon administration says rush to move S.Korea's presidential office threatens security

Outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in's administration said on Monday his successor's rush to relocate the presidential office and official residence could "create a security vacuum and confusion" at a time of tensions with North Korea.

Reuters

As global brands shun Russia, Asian firms sit out controversy

Different government policies and public perceptions fuel reluctance to follow Western-led corporate exodus, experts say

Al Jazeera

S. Korean slavery victim seeks UN justice as time runs out

Thirty years ago, South Korean Lee Yong-soo went public with her story of adduction, rape and forced prostitution by Japan’s wartime military

The Independent UK

‘Crime against nature’: the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious succulent thief

Byungsu Kim pleaded guilty to attempting to ferry more than 3,700 wild dudleya plants from California parks to South Korea

The Guardian - US

South Korea's President-elect Ditches 'Imperial' Blue House Office

South Korea's president-elect said Sunday he will relocate his office from the "imperial" Blue House, in a move critics charged is linked to his belief in shamanistic spiritual practices. Yoon Suk-yeol, who won a tight election earlier this month, pledged on the campaign trail that he would move presidential business…

Asharq Al-Awsat

N. Korea fires artillery into sea days after missile launch

South Korea says North Korea has fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea

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Reuters

N.Korea fires multiple-rocket launcher, South says

North Korea appeared to have fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher on Sunday, South Korea's military said, amid heightened military tensions on the peninsula after a spate of larger missile launches by the nuclear-armed North.

The Independent UK

S. Korea's next leader to abandon Blue House for new office

South Korea’s president-elect says he will abandon the current mountainside presidential palace of Blue House and establish his office in central Seoul as part of efforts to better communicate with the public

Reuters

S.Korea's Yoon says he will move presidential office to defence ministry

South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, breaking with decades of tradition, said on Sunday he will move the presidential office from the Blue House to the defence ministry compound, a step estimated to cost $40 million.

InsideEVs

Hyundai Ioniq 5 Wholesale Shipments Exceeded 10,000 In February

Last month, Hyundai's plug-in electric car wholesale sales (closely related to production) tripled to 17,261 (up 208% year-over-year).

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The Times of India

Switch to doubles helped teenage shuttler Gayatri Gopichand

Teen shuttlers Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly scripted history as they became the first Indian women’s doubles pair to reach the semifinals of the All England Championships. They defeated second seeds Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan of Korea 14-21, 22-20, 21-15 on Friday.

Football London

Nick Candy's Chelsea bid receives huge boost as two Korean groups 'lined up' ahead of deadline

Nick Candy's pursuit of Chelsea Football Club has received a huge boost with two South Korean groups reportedly backing the property developer's bid

Benzinga

HC Wainwright Sees Almost 1000% Upside On Spectrum Pharma Stock

HC Wainwright reiterates the Buy rating on Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SPPI), with a price target of $10. The analyst projects revenues of $170 million for Rolontis and $328 million for poziotinib in 2026. Eflapegrastim (formerly known as Rolontis; to be renamed) is a long-acting granulocyte colony-stimulating factor intended to stimulate neutrophil production for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia…

The Independent UK

Turkey builds massive bridge linking Europe and Asia

Turkey's president and South Korea’s prime minister have inaugurated a massive suspension bridge over the Dardanelles Strait that connects the European and Asian shores of the key waterway

InsideEVs

Kia EV6 Wholesale Shipments Near 7,000 In February 2022

Kia EV6 wholesale sales (closely related to production) amounted to 6,806 in February, which is one of the highest monthly results so far.

Reuters

Good move? S.Korean president's home stirs feng shui furore

South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's plan to break with decades of tradition to move his future office and residence beyond Seoul's Blue House compound has whipped up a fierce debate involving experts in the ancient practice of feng shui.

RideApart

Gas-Powered Delivery Scooters In Seoul To Go 100 Percent Electric By 2025

Delivery scooters in South Korea’s capital Seoul will soon be replaced by electric scooters through an initiative by the metropolitan government.

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