South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Thursday as worries about an economic slowdown from the US Federal Reserve's widely expected interest rate hikes sapped investor appetite despite reports of sound corporate earnings this week. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 9.57 points, or 0.36 percent to trade at 2,648.63 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Shares traded mixed acr...

WASHINGTON -- US President Joe Biden will visit South Korea and Japan in late May for summit talks with his counterparts, the White House announced Wednesday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the president will visit South Korea and Japan from May 20-24, without providing further details of his planned trip. An official in Seoul said the US president is scheduled to visit Seoul from M...

South Korea's top economic policymaker said Thursday the government plans to take measures to stabilize the foreign exchange market, if needed, as the Korean currency has fallen against the US dollar at a fast pace. Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki made the verbal intervention as the Korean currency hit an over two-year low against the greenback Wednesday amid heightened external economic uncertaint...

SINGAPORE , April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH), a global medical technology leader, today announced that the company's mymobility® digital care management platform won "The Care Management Initiative of the Year" award at this year's Healthcare Asia Medtech Awards. mymobility® is a digital care management platform that uses iPhone® and Apple Watch®...

Five Israelis shot dead in Bnai Brak and two more in Tel Aviv. Clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque, where more than 150 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli riot police. Stabbings in southern Israel and Jerusalem; counterterrorism raids across the West Bank that killed more than a dozen Palestinians. Exchanges of rockets and airstrikes between the Gaza Strip and Israel. These are headlines from the la...

Widespread skepticism and misgivings about relocating the presidential office and residence before Inauguration Day on May 10 have been validated, unfortunately. The eight-week window to replace the Blue House has proven overwhelmingly inadequate. President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has painted himself into a corner with his campaign vow to “never spend a single night in the Blue House” after he takes...

SINGAPORE , April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing fresh fruits and vegetables, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, skill-building, and creating green spaces are all benefits of a community garden. On Friday, 22 April, 2022 , Singapore American School (SAS) celebrated alongside GROs in Woodgrove Division led by Grassroots Adviser, Ms Hany Soh, marking the opening of a new community garden that ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. , April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arasan Chip Systems, the leading provider of Total IP™ solutions for today's Systems on a Chip (SoC) market announces the immediate availability of its eMMC™ 5.1 PHY IP for the 5nm process technology. Arasan' s eMMC™ 5.1 PHY IP is silicon-proven on multiple foundry nodes including 5nm. It is seamlessly integrated with Arasan eMMC 5.1 Host C...

Turkish Airlines used a special leaf design for its aircraft which uses environmentally friendly biofuel ISTANBUL, Turkey , April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Flying to more countries than any other airline, Turkish Airlines introduced a special design element adorned with leaves on its Airbus 321 type TC-JSU tail numbered aircraft, which was used for its environmentalist fuel operation. The glob...

SHENZHEN, China , April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Huawei Global Analyst Summit (HAS) 2022, Gan Bin, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei Wireless Solution delivered a keynote speech titled " Endless Exploration, to Start a New Journey with 5G" . In his speech, Gan noted that "5.5G will deepen the digital and intelligent transformation with ubiquitous 10 Gbps experience ...

NEW YORK , April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ondo Finance has raised a $20M Series A to accelerate the adoption of DeFi among mainstream investors. This latest round of funding was led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel , and Pantera Capital. The funding will allow Ondo to build out its team and support new product launches including its multi-chain expansion. S...

New capacity will produce enough separator material to power 1.4 million electric vehicles LEBANON, Ore. , April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENTEK has committed to the transformational expansion of its US lithium-ion battery separator footprint at a scale and a pace to meet the US Department of Energy imperative for a sustainable and resilient domestic US lithium battery supply chain. By 2025, ...

MONACO , April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei held the Global Data Center Facility Forum 2022, with the theme of "Smart DC, Building the Future", on April 26 in Monaco to drive sustainability in the data center industry. The conference convened more than 200 business leaders, industry experts, clients, and partners from around the world to establish valuable connections and discuss key is...