South Korean Truckers Say Strike Is A Fight For Livelihood
Kang Myung-gil parked his truck last week and stopped hauling products from a unit of Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies to the port of Incheon, joining a strike that has hit industrial hubs and ports.
With Eye On China, And U.S. Ties, Japan's Universities To Screen Foreigners
Japan is asking universities for greater scrutiny of foreign students and scholars to prevent technology leaks to places like China, partly for its own national security but also to safeguard exchanges with U.S.
N.Korea Media Give Kim Jong Un 'Top Gun' Treatment In Missile Coverage
Sporting a shiny leather jacket and slick aviator shades, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has starred in a Hollywood-style video for Pyongyang's latest missile launch.
Early Voting For S.Korea President Begins In Shadow Of COVID
South Korea began early voting on Friday for a presidential election in the shadow of the pandemic, as up to a million people with COVID-19 are expected to cast ballots during a spike driving one of the world's highest caseloads.
Samsung Slashes Capex, Calls End To Chip Boom After Record Third Quarter
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd slashed 2018 capex by more than a quarter on Wednesday and warned of lower profit until early next year, calling an end to a two-year boom in memory chips that fueled record third-quarter profit.
Samsung Q3 Profit Likely Hit Record High But Chip Price Falls Cast Shadow
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said its quarterly operating profit likely surged by a fifth to a record high, with its chip unit bolstered by robust demand from data centers and gains in production yields.
Samsung Board Chairman To Stay In Role After Indictment For 'Union Sabotage'
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's said on Friday its chairman of the board, Lee Sang-hoon, will continue in his role despite an indictment for allegedly sabotaging labor union activities.
