At the same time, the chairmanship will allow Uzbekistan not only to continue its growth strategy within the organization, but also to enrich it with new and significant facets that will produce concrete results. At the SCO summit held in Dushanbe on Sept. 16-17, 2021, it was announced that a number of new legal, conceptual and policy documents will be developed under the chairmanship of Uzbekis...

Samyang Foods was the main sponsor of the K-pop superstars’ concerts in the US as it commemorated the 10th anniversary of Buldak.

Bestselling author Lee Oi-soo died of COVID-19-associated pneumonia on Monday, according to his family. He was 75. Lee died at around 8 p.m. at a hospital in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, of complications from COVID-19 after he contracted the viral illness in March. He had been in poor health since a collapse from a cerebral hemorrhage in March 2020. He was treated for stomach cancer in 2014. Bo...

Two weeks before the end of his term, President Moon Jae-in is reported to be contemplating whether to pardon former President Lee Myung-bak and Samsung leader Lee Jae-yong amid growing calls from religious and business groups on the grounds of “national unity.” Moon said in his last meeting with Cheong Wa Dae reporters on Monday, “It is true that people from all walks of life are requesting for...

South Korea’s economy expanded by a lackluster 0.7 percent in the first three months of this year, compared with the previous quarter, weighed down by the spread of the omicron variant and the risks stemming from the Ukraine crisis, central bank data showed Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy’s growth momentum nearly halved compared with the fourth quarter of 2021, when it saw a 1.2 percent e...

The Democratic Party of Korea is on track to pass the controversial prosecution reform bill as it originally proposed, after the bipartisan compromise it reached with the conservative bloc fell apart. Floor leaders of the Democratic Party and its main rival People Power Party met for a meeting with National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug on Tuesday but parted ways without progress. The 70-min...

Korean red ginseng improves stress resistance and alleviates fatigue, especially effective in relieving stress among the under-energetic who experience chronic fatigue and have low blood pressure, studies showed on Tuesday, At the 2022 Spring Ginseng Conference held last week by the Korean Society of Ginseng, a series of studies showed that the regular intake of red ginseng products showed an im...

TAIPEI , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As AIoT systems become increasingly more advanced, and the systems they power become ever more crucial to our daily lives, it is as important as ever to ensure high availability, and have reliable management tools. For this reason, Innodisk is proud to announce InnoAgent, an exciting new hardware module that allows out-of-band remote management of system...

SINGAPORE , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced insights into the potential impacts of stress on human reproductive health will be reported at the 2022 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) starting on Thursday. The Congress will hear of profound interaction between chronic and sustained stress and hormones, including those influencing fertility with potential l...

The daily foreign exchange (FX) trading by banks in South Korea hit a record high in the first quarter as currency market volatility increased and trade expanded, central bank data showed Tuesday. The daily FX turnover including trading of derivatives came to an average of $65.55 billion in the January-March period, up 14.9 percent from three months earlier, according to the data from the Bank o...

South Korea plans to invest 397.5 billion won ($318 million) in building charging stations for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles this year in an effort to foster the next-generation car industry, a senior government official said Tuesday. The government also plans to focus on building the infrastructure and developing technology for self-driving vehicles this year, according to First Vice F...

BANGKOK , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Electronics ( Thailand ) PCL. held a grand opening ceremony for the Delta Thailand Net Zero Container Showroom at Amata City Chonburi. The theme of Delta's 100% renewable energy showcase is smart, green energy for the RE100 era. Delta invited the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), AMATA Corpor...

Girl group Viviz will be taking the virtual stage on the Grammy’s digital performance series titled “Global Spin,” according to the trio’s agency Big Planet Made Entertainment on Tuesday. The act will be the first K-pop girl group to perform on the music show. Viviz will showcase “Bop Bop!” from its first mini-album “Beam of Prism,” released in February. The prerecorded performance will show the...

Service helps leaders anticipate and manage cybersecurity risks and deploy the right security technology to protect business reputation SINGAPORE , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To help firms better prepare, anticipate emerging cybersecurity threats, and protect their reputation, Forrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today introduced Forrester Decisions for Security & Risk in the Asia Pacific (APAC...

South Korea plans to build the country's first floating airport in the southern port city of Busan by 2035, the land ministry said Tuesday. Last year, the National Assembly approved a bill on a mega state project worth some 13.7 trillion won ($10.97 billion) to build the new airport on Gadeok Island, the biggest island of Busan, to handle growing air traffic demand and facilitate prosperity in t...