• ELECTRONICS
    Samsung Electronics Bashed in South Korea and Japan Alike

    Samsung Electronics is facing difficulties in an array of industries, ranging from memory chip, smartphone and consumer electronics to non-memory chip and biotech. Samsung Electronics is concerned over how to operate its foundry facilities, which are the core of its non-memory chip business, with the Japanese government restricting exports of photoresists for use in extreme […]

  • NEWS
    US submarine arrives in South Korea as tensions rise

    A US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson. North Korea is celebrating its army’s 85th founding anniversary on Tuesday. It has previously marked similar occasions with […]

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    China, Japan and South Korea criticise North Korea over missile test

    Image credit: REUTERS/Katsumi Kasahara/Pool The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea on Wednesdaycriticised North Korea over a submarine missile test it conducted during annual talks between the three countries, AP reported. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the test was a “provocation that simply cannot be tolerated”, adding that Tokyo had lodged a protest […]

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    Softbank Ventures Korea invests in True Balance

    The investment will help True Balance expand to the 15 telecom circles in India. New Delhi: Softbank Ventures Korea, the venture capital arm of Japan’s SoftBank, has invested an undisclosed amount in True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, the company said in a statement. It will use […]