Thursday, July 4, 2024

South Korea

Netflix to invest $2.5 billion in South Korean movies, TV shows as K-content gains global popularity

Netflix is set to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce more Korean dramas, movies and reality shows, doubling its previous commitment to the market since it arrived in 2016. The announcement was made...

Samsung commits $230B to build ‘world’s largest’ chip center in South Korea

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced plans to invest $230 billion to build the 'world’s largest' chip center in South Korea comprising five new memory and foundry fabs.

South Korea allocates $440 million after North Korea sends drones cross border

South Korea announced spending $441 million over the next five years for a set of anti-drone projects, including the deployment of a laser weapons system, after a drone invasion from North Korea

South Korea scrambles 80 fighter jets after detecting North Korean warplanes

South Korea scrambled 80 fighter jets, including advanced F-35 stealth fighters, after nearly 180 North Korean aircraft were detected flying within North Korean territory

151 killed in deadly Halloween crowd crush in Seoul

At least 151 people have died in a crush as huge Halloween crowds surged into a narrow street in South Korea’s capital, Seoul.

North Korea fires two more ballistic missiles after South Korea and US navy drills

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Munchon area of Kangwon Province to the waters off the peninsula’s eastern coast.

South Korea lifts visa ban on Pakistani workers

South Korean government lifted visa ban on Pakistani workers.

Tensions high as North Korea blows up liaison office with the South

North Koreans are blaming South’s president, unification minister for the current situation

Republic of Korea donates US$200,000 to Pakistan to counter locust threat

The Republic of Korea donates funds to help Pakistan combat locust invasion

Korean investors offer fuel production from waste in Punjab

Koreans want $60 million investment to set up power plant that will convert waste products into diesel South Korean investors have offered $60 million investment for fuel production in Punjab to produce energy from waste. Koreans are interested in setting up...

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Storms cause flooding in Switzerland, Italy and France as wildfires rage in Turkey and Greece

Extreme weather across Europe has caused four deaths in storms in Switzerland and northern Italy, while wildfires have forced evacuations in Greece and Turkey.