Japan has lifted restrictions on exports to South Korea of materials necessary for making chips. With this, the two countries have taken a new step towards normalising trade relations. Earlier this week, South Korea had already returned Japan to a list of trusted trading partners. Relations between the two neighbouring […]
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The co-CEO of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix does not rule out the possibility that his company will make an offer for Arm together with others. However, the company emphasises that it is rather a thinking exercise that is far from concrete. SK Hynix is considering forming a consortium […]
Prosecutors in South Korea have launched an investigation into the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. The reason was the destruction of the liaison office just across the border in North Korea last month. A few days before the property was brought down, the sister, Kim Yo-jong, announced […]
North Korea cuts all communications with its neighbour South Korea. The country does so out of dissatisfaction with the propaganda that South Korea spreads in the north via balloons. Meanwhile, the UN warns of rising food shortages and widespread famine in North Korea. For two years now, there has […]
Trump Wants to Reduce US Troops in South Korea. US President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to consider withdrawing American troops from South Korea, reports The New York Times. In the course of the coming weeks, Trump will normally meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. According to the […]
