South Korea
Skand Tayal | Amid tensions in Korea, Opposition win in Parliament polls huge setback to Yoon
Opposition gains ground as President Yoon faces domestic discontent and foreign policy complexities
Skand Tayal | Will Camp David summit lead to a strategic shift in the Indo-Pacific?
The Camp David trilateral summit is a concrete move for strategic rebalancing in the Indo-Pacific triggered by Chinese expansionism
AA Edit | To a hydrogen-powered India
Hydrogen, with its limitless and extremely low cost supply, can become a powerhouse for India’s next generation transformation
S. Korea in shock, grief as 151 die in Halloween crowd surge
Tens of thousands of people were believed to have gathered in Itaewon for festivities on Saturday night
S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high
Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR tests
Skand Tayal | Korean lessons: Pardon politics, prosecutors, big business & graft
This year, rather surprisingly, President Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea pardoned his predecessor, former President
LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business worldwide
LG was once the third-largest mobile phone maker but has lost market share to Chinese and other competitors
New testing method can diagnose COVID-19 in just 30 minutes, study finds
The virus can be detected immediately without any preparation process with high sensitivity in a short time
Samsung signs $6.6 billion deal with Verizon to supply 5G network solutions
Samsung’s global prospects for its network business have improved following US sanctions on its bigger rival Huawei, analysts said
World COVID-19 deaths top 800,000 as nations ramp up measures
More than half the global fatalities have been reported in the hardest-hit United States, Brazil, Mexico and India