Feelings are running high in South Korea, where a boyoctt of Japanese goods and services is gathering pace. (Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je) South Korean firms are now scrambling to find alternative suppliers beyond Japan, while Japan's tourism industry is counting the cost of plunging visitor numbers from South Korea. The dispute stems from of a long-running disagreement over Japanese use of forced labour in South Korea during World War II. A series of South Korean court rulings have demanded Japanese companies compensate victims, but Tokyo says the issue was settled by a reparations package agreed decades ago. As ties worsened, Japan imposed restrictions on the export of chemicals key to the South Korean chip and phone industries, and this week removed Seoul from a favoured trading partner "white list". The moves have forced South Korean electronics giants like Samsung, LG and SK Hynics to hunt for suppliers elsewhere in the hope of reducing their dependence on Japanese manufacturers. In … [Read more...] about Japan-South Korea spat an economic lose-lose: Experts
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Vietnam to face North, South Korea in Women’s Olympic Football Asian qualifiers
Vietnam have been placed in Group A in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 alongside North Korea, South Korea, and Myanmar. The round’s draw took place at the headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday last week, FIFA reported. Eight teams were drawn into two groups of four and will compete from February 3 to 9, 2020. South Korea (Group A) and China (Group B) will host all matches in their respective groups. Group A consists of two-time Olympic participants North Korea, hosts South Korea, Vietnam and Myanmar, while Group B is made up of Australia, hosts China, Thailand and Chinese Taipei. The top two teams in each group will then play in two-legged, home-and-away play-offs on March 6 and 11, with the top team in Group A facing the runners-up in Group B and vice versa. The two winners of the play-offs will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will take place in … [Read more...] about Vietnam to face North, South Korea in Women’s Olympic Football Asian qualifiers
South Korea’s Hur leads LPGA Indy event by two strokes
South Korea's Hur Mi-jung competes in the LPGA Tour's Indy Women in Tech Championship. — Photo yahoo.com LOS ANGELES — South Korea's Hur Mi-jung fired a flawless nine-under par 63 on Thursday to take a two-shot lead over a chasing rio in the LPGA Tour's Indy Women in Tech Championship. Hur, who ended a five-year title drought with a triumph in the Scottish Open in August, had nine birdies without a bogey on the Brickyard Crossing course, a par-72 layout that includes four holes on the infield of the famed 4 kilometres oval race track where France's Simon Pagenaud won the Indianapolis 500 in May. "I was trying to stay in the present," said Hur, adding that her third LPGA title in North Berwick this year had boosted her confidence. Hur teed off on 10 and strung together four birdies in a row around the turn before closing her day with a birdie at the ninth. She was two clear of England's Bronte Law -- whose singles win helped propel Europe to victory in the … [Read more...] about South Korea’s Hur leads LPGA Indy event by two strokes
Fans absent as North and South Korea draw 0-0, China drop points
International Fans absent as North and South Korea draw 0-0, China drop points The Saigon Times Daily Wednesday, Oct 16, 2019,08:59 (GMT+7) Fans absent as North and South Korea draw 0-0, China drop pointsThe Saigon Times Daily Thailand's Manuel Bihr, Phitiwat Sukjitthammakul and Sasalak Haiprakon in action with United Arab Emirates's Ali Ahmed Mabkhout at Thammasat University Main Stadium, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand October 15, 2019 – PHOTO: REUTERS HONG KONG (REUTERS) - There were no fans and no goals as North Korea and South Korea drew 0-0 in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday while Marcello Lippi’s China dropped their first points as they were held to a surprise goalless draw in the Philippines. North and South Korea, still technically at war because their 1950-53 civil conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty, played out a 0-0 draw in front of an empty Kim Il Sung Stadium. Only the visiting FIFA … [Read more...] about Fans absent as North and South Korea draw 0-0, China drop points
Bamboo Airways Welcomed Flight Marking Operation of Regular Route Connecting Vietnam – Korea
Fly to Frosty Winter Adventures in Japan with Philippine AirlinesSun Group property grabs World Luxury Hotel Award 2019Fansipan Legend becomes “Việt Nam's Leading Tourist Attraction 2019”DOUBLE CELEBRATION FOR SALINDA RESORT PHU QUOC ISLAND AT WTA 2019Sun Group enjoys major haul of honors at World Travel Awards Asia and World Luxury Hotels Awards 2019 On October 17, 2019 in Seoul - South Korea, representatives of Bamboo Airways and its General Agent in South Korea - Pacific Air Agency Group (PAA) cut the ribbon to welcome the direct flight from Da Nang to Seoul. The flight, coded QH482, departed from Da Nang International Airport, Viet Nam at 16:10 on October 17 to Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea at 22:30 on the same day, local time. The flight marked the operation of Bamboo Airways' regular route connecting Da Nang - Seoul besides the other routes between two countries. Representatives of Bamboo Airways and its General Agent in … [Read more...] about Bamboo Airways Welcomed Flight Marking Operation of Regular Route Connecting Vietnam – Korea