How South Korea is making the ‘smart balloon’ sent to the North

Back-and-forth balloon maneuvers are underway between North and South Korea. In response to Pyongyang’s trash-filled balloons, Seoul is sending special ‘smart balloons’ with leaflets and speakers. But how the balloons are prepared, the Karai-ba make them — that is what has recently come to light in a video released by the country’s activist group ‘The […]

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South Korea warned the North Korean soldiers by shooting

South Korean troops have fired warning shots after North Korean troops mistakenly entered the South Korean border. The South Korean army reported this information on Tuesday (June 11). The incident took place in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea last Sunday amid rising tensions between the two Koreas. Seoul’s military says that […]

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Will the two Koreas get involved in the balloon and speaker case?

The tension on the Korean peninsula is not decreasing. North Korea has been sending balloons filled with garbage to South Korea. And in response to this provocation, Seoul has started broadcasting on loud speakers on the Korean border. Analysts fear that such reciprocal ‘attack’ of the two countries may turn into a military war. Tensions […]

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Samsung workers in S Korea stage first strike

Samsung Electronics is one of the world’s largest smartphone makers and also one of the only companies globally to produce high-end memory chips used for generative AI, including top-of-the-line AI hardware from industry leaders such as Nvidia. Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, […]

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South Korea to resume all military activities along demarcation line

The suspension of the military agreement with the North, which President Yoon Suk Yeol approved earlier on Tuesday, is in response to North Korea’s decision to send hundreds of balloons carrying trash over the border South Korea’s military on Tuesday said it would resume all military activities along the demarcation line separating the two Koreas […]

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South Korea’s Yoon hosts Africa summit to tap minerals, vast export market

South Korea is one of the world’s largest energy buyers and is home to leading semiconductor producers and the world’s fifth largest automaker making a push for electrification. Partnership with Africa with 30% of the world’s critical minerals including chrome, cobalt and manganese is crucial, Yoon’s office said. Africa’s rich mineral resources and its potential […]

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South Korea to suspend military agreement with North Korea over trash balloons

North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons carried by wind across the border that dropped trash throughout South Korea, which called it a provocation and rejected Pyongyang’s claim it was done to inconvenience its neighbour. A plastic bag carrying various objects including what appeared to be trash that crossed inter-Korean border with a balloon believed […]

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South Korea, UAE sign deal to slash import duties at leaders’ summit

South Korea and the United Arab Emirates signed a trade pact on Wednesday to sharply cut import duties at a summit of their leaders that pledged closer business and investment ties. Host South Korea welcomed the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan with a traditional honour guard and a flypast of air force […]

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South Korea-Japan sanctions on Russia and North Korea

South Korea and Japan have imposed sanctions on Russia and North Korea over arms trade. The two countries imposed a series of sanctions on certain individuals, organizations and ships of Russia and North Korea. The decision to procure Russian arms from North Korea was made in violation of a Security Council resolution on Friday. British […]

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S Korea president announces record $19 bn plan to boost chip industry

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday announced a record $19-billion-dollar support plan for the country’s crucial semiconductor industry. South Korea is home to the world’s top memory chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix and last year pledged to build the world’s largest chip centre using $456 billion of private investment as it seeks […]

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