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March 30, 2020 Industry

[Monitor] Korea’s consumer sentiment falls to 10-year low

South Korea’s consumer sentiment fell to the lowest level in more than a decade in March, affected by the continued spread of the COVID-19, data from the Bank of Korea showed last week. The composit...

[Editorial] Keep up vigilance

The presidential office said Sunday its National Security Office chief held an emergency meeting shortly after North Korea fired two short-range projectiles off its east coast early in the morning. ...

March 30, 2020
Editorial
[Newsmaker] Jeju sues coronavirus-carrying travelers

The southern province of Jeju Island said Monday it has filed a lawsuit against two travelers who tested positive for coronavirus after a five-day trip of the island. The lawsuit, filed by the provi...

March 30, 2020
Social affairs
[Jeffrey Frankel] Foreseeable unforeseeables

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic, the US housing market crash of 2007-2009 and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are often called “black swans.” The term is meant to suggest that no one could...

March 29, 2020
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Unnecessary costs

Two state-funded lenders last week decided to provide 1 trillion won ($825 million) in emergency loans to Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., which is experiencing a credit crunch. Doosan He...

March 29, 2020
Editorial
Suwon warns of legal action against British COVID-19 patient

A British national who tested positive for the new coronavirus here may face penalties for not observing quarantine rules. The resident of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, got tested for COVID-19 on the af...

March 29, 2020
Social affairs
[Editorial] Surging unemployment

South Korea faces an unemployment surge due to the novel coronavirus crisis. Even before the outbreak, the employment situation was already in bad shape. Employment growth was barely buttressed by fi...

March 27, 2020
Editorial
Full text of joint statement from G-20 virtual summit

The following is a full text of a joint statement adopted at the G-20 2020 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders Summit. It was provided by Cheong Wa Dae. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is a powerful r...

March 27, 2020
Politics
[Bangladesh] Message by the Ambassador of Bangladesh

On this auspicious occasion of the 49th Independence and National Day of Bangladesh on 26 March 2020, I cordially convey our warmest greetings and warm felicitations to the friendly people and the...

March 26, 2020
World News
[Bangladesh] A message from the prime minister of Bangladesh

I extend my heartiest greetings to the countrymen and expatriate Bangladeshis on the occasion of the great Independence and National Day of Bangladesh. The 26 March is the day of establishing sel...

March 26, 2020
World News
[Bangladesh] A message from the President of Bangladesh

Today is 26th March, the Independence Day of Bangladesh. On the occasion of our great Independence and National Day, I extend my heartfelt greetings and warm felicitations to my fellow countrymen liv...

March 26, 2020
World News
90 percent of imported infections involve Koreans

Novel coronavirus infections stemming from overseas outpaced locally transmitted cases in South Korea, and nearly 90 percent of imported cases involve Koreans returning from overseas, local authoriti...

March 26, 2020
Social affairs
[Shang-Jin Wei] Beating the virus and the economic pandemic

Back in January, I predicted that the spread of the new COVID-19 coronavirus in China would reach a turning point by the second or third week of February. Indeed, the total number of serious and crit...

March 25, 2020
Viewpoints
[Editorial] Heightening breakwater

The conclusion of a currency swap deal between South Korea and the US a week ago immediately stabilized local stock and currency markets, which were rattled by mounting concerns over the economic fal...

March 25, 2020
Editorial
[Monitor] Local e-remittance market grows rapidly

The average amount of money transferred through local e-remittance services within a day during 2019 has increased by 124.4 percent to reach 235 billion won from a year earlier, according to Bank of ...

March 25, 2020
Industry

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