South Korea's exports rose 28.7 percent in the first 10 days of May from a year earlier on the back of demand for chips and petroleum products, but the trade deficit widened over high global energy prices, customs data showed Wednesday. The country's outbound shipments stood at $16.1 billion in the May 1-10 period, compared with $12.5 billion a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea ...

South Korea reported job additions for the 14th consecutive month in April as economic recovery momentum has been extended despite heightened global uncertainty, data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people came to 28.08 million last month, up 865,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. The April reading was higher than an on-year increase of 831,000...

The Toronto Blue Jays' South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin is scheduled to return to the mound after missing the past few weeks with left arm problems. Toronto manager Charlie Montoyo told reporters in New York on Tuesday (local time), before a game against the Yankees, that Ryu was on track to start against the Tampa Bay Rays on the road Saturday. The game begins 6:10 p.m. Saturday at Tropicana ...

CoverGo's Series A highlights the company's rapid growth and success, with annual recurring software revenue increasing more than 10x since January 2021 . NEW YORK and SINGAPORE , May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CoverGo , the leading global enterprise no-code SAAS insurance platform, today announced it has secured $15 million in Series A funding led by California -based SemperVirens VC...

SINGAPORE and NOIDA, India , May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PureSoftware, a leading global software products and digital services company is now a salesforce consulting partner. This honor has placed PureSoftware amongst the top consulting partners that have proved their competencies in successful project delivery and client satisfaction along with the experience and knowledge of all that Sal...

The government has drawn up an extra budget bill aimed at compensating pandemic-hit small merchants and will submit it to the National Assembly later this week, Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said Wednesday. Choo made the remarks at the first consultative meeting between the ruling People Power Party (PPP) and the government, a day after President Yoon Suk-yeol took office. Choo said the extra ...

The United States and South Korea share a common objective of completely denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and will continue to coordinate closely on ways to achieve that goal, a state department spokesperson said Tuesday. State Department Press Secretary Ned Price made the remarks after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said his government will help revive North Korea's economy if Pyongyan...

North Korea is expected to continue advancing its nuclear and missile capabilities this year to increase its leverage in any potential negotiations with the United States, the top US military intelligence official said Tuesday. The remarks by Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, come amid speculation that Pyongyang may conduct a nuclear test as early as this mo...

The ship called the Republic of Korea has a new captain in charge who just launched his maiden voyage. While congratulating his inauguration wholeheartedly, we hope that the new captain is a reliable one who can skillfully navigate through dangerous reefs on the rough seas. Indeed, it is quite likely he will sail in uncharted territory during a perfect storm. Of course, he cannot sail the ship al...

Let’s tell the blatant truth right up-front: US Senate Republicans are upset by the leaking of the Supreme Court’s always-secret draft opinion. We all now know that the court’s new conservative majority voted secretly in February in favor of overturning the half-century of precedent-setting rulings that legalized the rights of America’s women to have medically safe abortions. But they weren’t qu...

TAIPEI , May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GIGABYTE today launched AORUS 17X gaming laptop, the brand-new flagship model that combines breakthrough performance with enhanced portability. The AORUS 17X is powered by the latest Intel 12th generation Core i9 HX processor that offers up to 16 cores. Pairing with the NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 30 series graphics card, the powerful combo in the AORUS 17X can d...

Category-leading global SaaS company provides world-class employee experience as demonstrated by nearly 95% of Boomi employees reporting they feel engaged with the company CHESTERBROOK, Pa. , May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boomi™, the intelligent connectivity and automation leader, received recognition in Inc. magazine's annual list of the Best Workplaces for 2022. Featured in the May/June issu...