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☆ Dozens in cardiac arrest after Seoul crowd surge during Halloween festivities
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean officials say dozens of people were in cardiac arrest after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul. He did not give a specific number of the people being treated for cardiac arrest Sunday but said they were in the dozens. Choi said it was believed that people were crushed to death after a large crowd began pushing forward in a narrow alley near Hamilton Hotel, a major party spot in Seoul. Police said dozens of people are being given CPR on Itaewon streets while many others have been taken to nearby hospitals. A local police officer said he was also informed that a stampede occurred on Itaewon’s streets where a crowd of people gathered for Halloween festivities.

☆ North Korea fires missiles toward sea as U.S. warns against using nuclear weapons
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

South Korea’s military has strengthened its surveillance posture and maintains readiness amid close coordination with the United States, it said. North Korea sees such regular drills by Seoul and Washington as practice for launching an attack on the North, though the allies say their exercises are defensive in nature. The area was apparently closer to South Korea than any other missile launch site North Korea has used so far this year. South Korea and the United States have strongly warned North Korea against using its nuclear weapons preemptively. North Korea has said the artillery firings were in reaction to South Korean live-fire exercises at land border areas.

☆ 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.

☆ Koreas exchange warning shots along sea border amid tensions
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

SEOUL, South Korea — The rival Koreas exchanged warning shots along their disputed western sea boundary on Monday, their militaries said, amid heightened animosities over North Korea’s recent barrage of weapons tests. It said the North Korean shells didn’t land in South Korean waters but South Korea is increasing its military readiness. Most of North Korea’s 26 million people have no official access to foreign TV and radio programs. North Korea said its artillery firing drills were staged as countermeasures against similar South Korean artillery drills at border areas. South Korea’s annual field exercises are set to end this Friday.

☆ North Korea fires artillery shells near border with South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired about 100 more artillery shells toward the sea Wednesday in response to South Korean live-firing drills at border areas as the rivals accuse each other of dialing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula with weapons tests. South Korea’s military detected the artillery being fired from a western North Korean coastal town, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. North Korea’s military said the launches were a warning against what it called provocative South Korean artillery firing drills along the border earlier this week. South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it conducted artillery drills at land border areas as part of its annual military exercises. But its forward-deployed long-range artillery guns pose a serious security threat to the South Korean capital, Seoul, about 25 to 30 miles from the border with North Korea.

☆ North Korea launches another missile, flies warplanes near border
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea early Friday launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests. “Whatever the intentions are, North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches are absolutely impermissible and we cannot overlook its substantial advancement of missile technology,” Hamada said. A similar incident took place last week, but it was still uncommon for North Korea to fly its warplanes near the border. North Korea’s military early Friday accused South Korea of carrying out artillery fire for about 10 hours near the border. The North Korean military said it took unspecified “strong military countermeasures” in response.

Hong Kong/Seoul CNN Business —Clark Park, a 35-year-old YouTuber, is one of many people in South Korea fed up with high food prices. South Korea is the world’s third largest market for fried chicken, outpaced only by the far more populous United States and China, data from market research provider Euromonitor International shows. Fried chicken on display at a Homeplus store in South Korea. Fried chicken warSellers have taken vastly different approaches to the situation in recent months. In August, emart, another major supermarket chain, launched a one-week promotion to sell fried chicken at almost 50% off — and sold all 60,000 pieces.

☆ The Korean War Emptied the Town. Those Who Rebuilt It May Now Be Rewarded
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Choe Sang-Hun | More About Choe Sang-Hun | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

HAEAN, South Korea — Along the border with North Korea is a town where the sad legacy of war is perhaps best understood by looking at the crops in the field. Mr. Han arrived in this mountain basin on the eastern border with North Korea in 1956, when military trucks unloaded 160 families as new settlers of the war-torn territory. The families, mostly from Korean War refugee camps, were told by the government in the South that they would be allowed to keep the land if they cultivated it for 10 years. “We were landless peasants who lost everything during the war,” Mr. Han said. “We came here with a dream of owning our own land.”

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☆ The world's largest trade deal could be signed in 2020 — and the US isn't in it
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-12 | by ( Yen Nee Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Manan Vatsyayana | AFP | Getty ImagesAfter more than six years of negotiations, more than a dozen countries in Asia Pacific are now aiming to sign what would be the world's largest trade agreement in 2020. All 16 countries started negotiating RCEP in 2013, when talks for another major trade pact — the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP — were underway. Given China's absence in the then U.S.-led TPP, which was slated to be the world's largest trade deal, many observers considered RCEP a way for Beijing to counter American influence in the region. The final text with details of the trade agreement will go through legal reviews before being signed and released. Deborah Elms, executive director at consultancy Asian Trade Centre, told Reuters that would help Asian producers to sell more of their products to the rest of the region.

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