Adyen's single platform enables Amazon.co.jp to optimize checkout experience TOKYO , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adyen (AMS:ADYEN), the global financial platform of choice for leading companies, is now processing payments for Amazon Japan. Using Adyen's platform, Amazon Japan will further optimize the payment data and checkout experience for its Amazon.co.jp customers. Adyen's direct acqu...

South Korea and the United States have signed their first bilateral document on joint space policy research, Seoul's defense ministry said Tuesday, in the allies' latest push to reinforce cooperation in the increasingly crucial security domain. Cho Yong-geun, the ministry's director of North Korea policy, and John D. Hill, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for space and missile defense, i...

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has said he will "positively review" South Korea's joining of Quad, a US-led anti-China security partnership, if invited, according to a report. Yoon made the remark in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday (US time), saying he does not expect South Korea to receive an invitation any time soon, but if approached, "will positively review joining."...

WASHINGTON -- Two individuals have been indicted for teaching North Koreans how to evade US sanctions using cryptocurrency, the US justice department revealed Monday. The department said one Spaniard and one British national have been charged in the Southern District of New York with "conspiring to violate US sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)," referring to North Kore...

WASHINGTON -- Religious freedom conditions in North Korea remain among the worst in the world, a US government commission said Monday, recommending the US government to designate North Korea as a country of particular concern. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) also called on the state department to bring up human rights issues when negotiating security issues with Nor...

US semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research Corp. opened a technology center in South Korea on Tuesday, which the company hopes will serve as a key hub of its global research and development (R&D) network. Lam Research completed its Korea technology center at an industrial site in Yongin, about 50 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in February this year after breaking ground in July 2020. Lam Res...

Su-jeong said chart performances and trophy wins weren’t her main goals with her comeback. “I’m not saying those aren’t important, but I hope to have more valuable time making my music and communicating with people who appreciate it,” adding, “I hope that the album stays with people long as they live lives and go through different emotions, empathizing with them and offering healing at each mome...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Developing countries will access new climate funding and finance tools to address climate change, thanks to a Finance Strategy launched by the NDC Partnership in Montego Bay, Jamaica . The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica , launched the new Strategy with NDC Partnership Co-Chairs, Senator the Honourable Matthew...

The Company names Jason McClelland as the new Chief Marketing Officer, and Christopher 'Skip' Wilson as the new Vice President, Brand Marketing NEW YORK , April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK) (the "Company"), the leading global creative platform for transformative brands and media companies, today announced Jason McClelland is joining the Company's leadership t...

With over two-thirds of the African continent still unvaccinated against COVID-19, it is clear that the global pandemic preparedness and response, or PPR, regime remains seriously underfunded and lacking in resilient, effective delivery systems. While the World Health Organization’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator has helped to address the gross inequity in access to testing, treatments, and...

- Upto US$100 million investment planned for 'D-Labs' - New initiative to offer Group-wide services including virtual homes, digital property, digital wearables, and digital jewellery - All group companies and DAMAC Properties customers to receive priority - Part of the Group's organisation-wide digitisation ambitions and goal to become a global digital brand DUBAI , UAE, April 26, 2022 ...