Burmese gemstone dealers are frustrated over the influx of Chinese jade traders who have set up shop in a northern mining town in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup, residents say.
The traders are purchasing gems illegally at lower cost, making alre…
Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco to build a mega petrochemical plant in the east of the Middle Eastern country, Seoul’s land ministry said Sunday.The US$5 billion Amiral proj…
South Korea’s Navy said Sunday it will participate in a U.S.-led multinational maritime exercise in waters off Guam next month to enhance combined operational capabilities.The Pacific Vanguard exercise is scheduled to take place from July 1-12, involv…
The government of President Yoon Suk Yeol sees “no need” to sour ties with China, Foreign Minister Park Jin said Sunday, as a Chinese envoy’s controversial remarks on South Korea’s U.S. policies fueled a diplomatic spat earlier this month.Park also st…
President Yoon Suk Yeol is likely to retain the head of the intelligence agency in spite of a recent mishap in personnel appointment at the National Intelligence Service (NIS), an informed source at the ruling bloc said Sunday.NIS Director Kim Kyou-hy…