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Maysak "destroyed or inundated" more than 2,000 houses and tens of public buildings in the affected regions, the official KCNA news agency said, while 60 kilometres of roads and 59 bridges collapsed, with over 3,500 metres of railway roadbeds "swept away". Natural disasters tend to have a greater impact in the North due to its creaking infrastructure, and the country is vulnerable to flooding as many mountains and hills have long been deforested. The damage obliged the authorities to "change the direction of our struggle after comprehensively considering the year-end tasks that were underway", Kim told a top committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to KCNA. It did not give specific details. - Pyongyang march - Kim has ordered some 12,000 Pyongyang-based party members to help with recovery efforts in affected rural regions, and they attended a rally on Tuesday before being dispatched. "We are afraid of nothing," said Kang Chol Jin, a party member at the event in … [Read more...] about Nearly 60 bridges, 2,000 houses wrecked by typhoon in North Korea

Nguyen Dinh Tung, CEO of HCMC-based fruit exporter Vina T&T, said at a logistics forum Tuesday that the company prefers road transport over railways in delivering goods across the border because the former is more convenient and ensures product quality. … [Read more...] about Railways lose out to road transport in cross border exports

“I can’t do them all but I still take about twice the work I used to, which is why I need to head out at 4 or 5 in the morning,” said You in the city of Suwon, south of Seoul, as he answers telephone calls and tightens ropes around tables and chairs on his truck. … [Read more...] about Liquidation business booms in South Korea as wave of small retailers close due to virus

While many South Korean companies pouring money in Vietnam are part of the manufacturing and electronics supply chain, we have also started to see more entrants into new economic industries including the online marketplace, online gaming, and also logistics and deliveries. This is driven by the young and emerging affluent population – one with very different spending and retail behaviour than previous generations. … [Read more...] about Citi creating robust energies for South Korean investors

He highlighted the fine traditional relationship between the two countries over the past 25 years and affirmed that Ho Chi Minh City has always created favorable conditions for foreign businesses, including Korean enterprises and over 100,000 Korean people living and working in the city. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, South Korea strengthen friendship, cooperation