Asia stocks makes modest gains as trade optimism extends Wall Street’s bull run
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were mostly higher on Thursday, buoyed by a firmer finish on Wall Street, which hit…
Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang
Russia has been banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, by the International Olympic Committee,…
Reunion for families divided by Korean war
Families in North and South Korea are attending the 21st official reunion since the Korean war resulted in the division…
Asian shares flat as drop in S&P 500 futures weighs
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian stocks were flat in early trade on Wednesday after Wall Street ended higher, with the S&P…
Foreign automakers oppose Trump NAFTA plan as U.S-Mexico talks resume
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign-brand automakers with U.S. plants do not support Trump administration rules to raise the amount of local…
Asia stocks capped, dollar droops following Trump comments
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were capped and the dollar dipped on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump accused China…
South Koreans enter North to reunite with kin split by war
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Asia shares inch up with yuan, wary on Sino-U.S. talks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets crept cautiously higher on Monday as investors awaited developments on proposed Sino-U.S. trade talks…
North Koreans In Los Angeles Are Facing Discrimination—In Koreatown (HBO)
North Koreans living in Los Angeles had a lot to worry about, even before the Trump-Kim summit was announced. Los…
Stocks, emerging currencies, lick wounds as lira bounces for second day
LONDON (Reuters) – Action from Turkey’s central bank pushed the lira higher for a second day on Wednesday, helping European…
Lessons from South Korea’s changing gender gap
In part three of a series by our Northeast Asia correspondent, Wei Du learns how past gender imbalance in South…
Rival Koreas start talks meant to set up leaders’ summit
Senior officials from the rival Koreas met Monday to set a date and venue for a third summit between South…
Asia shares, euro under water as Turkish lira sinks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia share markets skidded and the euro hit one-year lows on Monday as a renewed rout in…
Samsung unveils gaming-friendly Galaxy Note 9 to boost sales
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) launched the Galaxy Note 9 “phablet” in New York on Thursday, promising…
South Korea: Homosexuality remains a taboo subject
While a growing number of younger South Koreans are starting to accept homosexuality in their country, the majority of Koreans…
Kim Jong Il dead: Video of grief and mass hysteria in North Korea
The news of the North Korea’s leader death has put the 24-million population on the verge of insanity, hyped up…
Asian shares rise on trade war relief as investors await data
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street, as a report of attempts to renew…
Global auto powers plotting response to Trump auto tariff threats
MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico and South Korea will meet in Geneva next week to…
North Korea said to be dismantling key parts of launch site
North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at its main satellite launch site in a step toward fulfilling…
Korean plane taking part in Singapore Airshow crashes at Changi Airport
Runway 1 of Changi Airport was shut for several hours and a number of flights delayed, after the South Korean…
Shares get China stimulus boost, bonds show the strain
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares climbed for a third day running on Tuesday, as China promised fiscal action to support…
Olympic diplomacy between South Korea and North Korea | Q&A
Olympic diplomacy between South Korea and North Korea: CBC’s Asia correspondent Saša Petricic answers your questions about the politics in…
Asian stocks choppy, sentiment shaken by sliding yuan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Most Asian stock markets retreated on Friday after China allowed its yuan currency to slide further, stoking…
North Korea touts nuclear site demolition, reacts to cancelled summit with Trump
As North Korea has claimed it has demolished its nuclear test site, reaction to Donald Trump’s cancellation of his summit…
Japan shares jump as yen bows to strong dollar
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as a bullish outlook from the head of the…
Asia stocks sag after oil slides, dollar steady before Fed speech
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks sagged on Tuesday, weighed by a sharp decline in crude oil prices as Libyan ports…
Britain to unveil model of planned new fighter jet: source
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Defence Minister Gavin Williamson will unveil a model of the country’s proposed new fighter jet…
Planemakers plot course through trade, Brexit worries to air show deals
FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – Aerospace firms are setting out wares from luxury jets to lethal drones at back-to-back British air…
Trump-Kim summit: Cancellation seen as slap to South Korea’s Moon Jae-in, experts say
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. https://cna.asia/2LvLq07 Some experts…
Beijing urges U.S. firms in China to lobby Washington over trade war
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China on Thursday said foreign firms operating in China would suffer in a trade war, urging U.S.…
Trump-Kim summit: South Koreans in Singapore prepare to mark historic meeting
Ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the South Korean community…
The anguish of job-seeking university graduates in South Korea
In South Korea, 70% of high school graduates go on to university. The enrolment rate is the highest in the…
North Koreans Are Risking Their Lives To Leak News To This Website (HBO)
Kim Jong Un plans to shut down North Korea’s nuclear testing site, and he will reportedly let foreign inspectors and…
Seoul Radio & Defending The 9/11 Mastermind: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the April 30, 2018 FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. 2:50 David Nevin has devoted the…
South Korean children some of the unhappiest: Report
South Korea might have the world’s most highly educated population, but the hugely competitive education system has taken a toll…
The Endless Korean War & Arizona Teachers Walk Out: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the April 26, 2018 FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. 2:44 Arizona teachers have voted to…
Samsung’s second quarter profit seen flagging as smartphone innovation dries up
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is expected to post its smallest profit growth in more than a…
Asian shares, yuan on shaky ground on specter of Sino-U.S. trade war
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks were on shaky ground on Wednesday while the Chinese yuan stood near 11-month lows as…
Mexico Border Crackdown & Northern Ireland Abortion | VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the June 6, 2018 FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. 3:00 Mexico has been cracking down…
Ohio Immigrant Arrests & Net Neutrality Dies: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the June 11, 2018 FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. 2:18 We asked four experienced American…
Apple, Samsung settle U.S. patent dispute
(Reuters) – Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday settled a seven-year patent dispute over Apple’s allegations that…
Global stocks slide on intensifying trade row, dollar wobbles
TOKYO (Reuters) – World stocks extended a sell-off on Tuesday as an escalating trade fight between the United States and…
South Korean steelmaker POSCO names head of Posco Chemtech as candidate for next leader
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean steelmaker POSCO on Saturday selected Choi Jeong-woo, the head of affiliate Posco ChemTech, as its…
Asian shares edge ahead, oil subdued before OPEC meeting
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares crept ahead on Thursday as a lull in the Sino-U.S. trade tussle and talk of…
World shares snap five-day losing streak on China policy easing
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks steadied near three-week lows on Wednesday and Chinese markets bounced after recent sharp falls as…
Select few emerging Asian economies comfortable with Fed hikes
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Higher U.S. rates are rattling many emerging markets in much the same way past tightening cycles…
‘Arms buildup may spiral out of control over Korea tensions’
The increase in tensions on the Korean Peninsula could lead to the militarization of Japan and South Korea up to…
Asian shares fall as Sino-U.S. trade spat intensifies
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares retreated on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump cranked up trade tensions with China by…
Trump vows to deal with ‘unfair trade’ ahead of tense G7 summit
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Canada and the European Union on Friday, setting…
South Korea Ice Skating queen- Kim Yu Na
Skating has always been popular in South Korea, but that popularity surged in recent years because of the country’s skating…
CrossTalk Bullhorns: The Possessed (Extended Version)
Are the mainstream media playing out roles found in the great Russian novel ‘The Possessed’? Voicing dissent against media orthodoxies…
Pompeo meets top North Korean official in New York as summit plans continue
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with a top North Korean official as the Trump administration races to prepare…
Shares fall on Italian turmoil, euro near 6-1/2 month lows
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Tuesday and the euro hovered near 6-1/2 month lows as early elections loomed…
Oil falls as OPEC, Russia look to raise output amid U.S. surge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending even steeper declines from Friday, as Saudi Arabia and Russia said…
Oil prices fall as top three producers look to boost supplies
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending a steep decline in the previous session, as the market eyed…
News of Trump-Kim meeting greeted with hope and caution
“I don’t know what’s in Trump’s head, and I have doubts as to whether he’s serious,” says one Tokyo resident.……
North, South Korea meet as White House sends team in case Trump-Kim Jong Un summit takes place
The White House is still planning to send a team to Singapore in case a summit between President Trump and…
North Korea holds military parade on eve of Pyeongchang Olympics
North Korea held a massive military parade highlighted by intercontinental ballistic missiles in its capital on Thursday, just one day…
Stock futures steady as North Korea keeps talks on table, oil weighs
(Reuters) – U.S. stock market futures steadied on Friday, helped by a measured response by North Korea to President Donald…