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☆ In Halloween crush, South Koreans see young people being failed again
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Soo Youn | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Then they placed white chrysanthemums on a memorial altar for the 156 mostly young victims of the Halloween crowd crush, and wrote condolences for scores of people who had departed this life decades too soon. Older generations, she said, failed them like they failed the costumed partygoers on Oct. 29. “Why couldn’t the police have gotten there sooner?”South Koreans across the country are asking the same questions. On Monday, Yoon apologized for the crowd crush, vowing to improve police and safety management systems and hold accountable anyone found responsible. The anti-Yoon protests have been going on for weeks with a heavy police presence, including the night of the Halloween crush, which has also angered critics, as has Yoon’s move out of the official presidential residence into a luxury apartment building.

☆ South Korea, U.S. in 'intense conversation' over EV tax credits, trade ambassador says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

SAVANNAH, Ga. – South Korean officials are working closely with the U.S. government to adjust restrictive regulations on electric vehicles under the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, according to the county's trade ambassador Tuesday. "We are in very intense conversation at the moment," Cho said Tuesday following the groundbreaking of a $5.5 billion electric vehicle plant by Hyundai Motor Group near Savannah, Georgia. Under the IRA, plug-in electric vehicles much be produced in North America to qualify for the tax incentives. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves during the event on Tuesday called South Korea a strong trade partner, but did not comment on the Inflation Reduction Act. Last week, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke with Korea's Minister for Trade Ahn Dukgeun about the IRA.

Estimates that 80-90% of Russian oil will continue to flow outside the cap mechanism are not unreasonable, a U.S. Treasury official told Reuters. "Oil traders dealing in Russian oil are no longer in Switzerland, Geneva or London. P&I services heeding EU law insure 95% of the world's shipborne oil trade, meaning the EU move could have halted most of Russia's exports. Insurance and shipping industry figures still saw themselves at risk of sanctions which could upend the trade even in the G7 price cap workaround. The EU ratified the price cap this month but details on implementing it remain forthcoming.

☆ South Korea's trade minister says China remains an important trading partner
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSouth Korea's trade minister says China remains an important trading partnerAhn Duk-geun, South Korea's trade minister, discusses the importance of a stable trade relationship with China.

☆ U.S., South Korea are working to 'rectify the problems' on EV subsidies, South Korea trade minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Jihye Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

South Korean and U.S. officials are working toward a "concrete proposal" to resolve their differences over electric vehicle subsidies, South Korea's trade minister told CNBC. "We've established a specific dialogue channel to address this particular issue, and we are glad that the U.S. government wholeheartedly engaged with us to rectify the problems," Ahn Duk-geun told CNBC's Chery Kang on Wednesday. He was referring to concerns over EV subsidies that would put South Korean automakers at a disadvantage, with some South Korean officials calling the move a "betrayal" of the bilateral trust between the two countries. The $430 billion climate and energy bill, or the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), was signed into law by President Joe Biden in mid-August. Hyundai is the second-biggest EV sellers in the U.S. after Tesla.

☆ The U.S. and its allies are joining forces on chips. That could stop China reaching the next level
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Leading chipmaking nations including the U.S. are forming alliances, in part to secure their semiconductor supply chain and to stop China from reaching the cutting-edge of the industry, analysts told CNBC. But the semiconductor supply chain is complex — it includes areas ranging from design to packaging to manufacturing and the tools that are required to do that. "The other geopolitical significance is just related to Taiwan's central role in the semiconductor supply chain. Alliances being built that exclude ChinaBecause of the complexity of the chip supply chain, no country can go it alone. One is about bringing together countries, each with their "comparative advantages," to "string together alliances that can develop secure chips," Kotasthane said.

☆ Duolingo is hiring across all of its teams. The company's global head of talent says it looks for 2 traits in all candidates.
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-13 | by ( Rachel Durose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Duolingo has just over 500 employees, according to Jocelyn Lai, global head of talent acquisition. To land a job at the growing company, candidates should also be an expert in their craft, she added. According to Jocelyn Lai, global head of talent acquisition, quirkiness is one of two core traits — along with caring — she and her team look for in Duolingo job candidates. Despite the company's quirkiness, the talent team is still looking for highly skilled talent. For Duolingo, that means looking for candidates with a "level of craft," meaning heightened precision or mastery.

Kim Jong Un a fost ales preşedinte al partidului la putere la precedentul congres, în 2016. Liderul nord-coreean a fost ales în unanimitate, duminică, secretar general al partidului, a informat agenţia oficială de presă nord-coreeană, KCNA. Această schimbare de titulatură are loc după ce Kim Jong Un s-a angajat miercuri în timpul congresului să consolideze capacităţile de apărare ale ţării, deja o putere nucleară, citează Agerpres. Tatăl lui Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il, decedat în 2011, a rămas secretar general etern al partidului, în timp ce bunicul lui, Kim Ir Sen, fondator al Coreii de Nord şi mort în 1994, este preşedintele tern al ţării. Pe de altă parte, congresul Partidului Muncitorilor a ales un nou birou politic care nu o include Kim Yo Jong, sora mai mică şi consilieră a lui Kim.

Persons: Kim Jong, Chan, Kim, Kim Jong Il, Kim Ir Sen, Kim Yo Jong, Kim ., îşi Organizations: Partidului Muncitorilor Locations: Coreea de Nord, marţi, Phenian, - coreeană, China, coreene, Seul, de Nord

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