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TopicSouth korea

Topic: south korea

US committee wants India, Japan and South Korea to share military & human intelligence

Congressman Adam Schiff has argued that India, Japan & South Korea be brought par with the 'Five Eyes', to maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific region.

An Indian Army officer’s photos will be all over South Korea next July. Here’s why

The South Korean government is honouring Indian Army’s contribution to the Korean War on the conflict’s 70th anniversary.

US, South Korea bust giant child porn site by following a bitcoin trail

The US unsealed an indictment against Jong Woo Son, 23, who operated a Darknet market that accepted Bitcoin & distributed more than 1 million sexually explicit videos involving children.

BJP delegation to visit South Korea for ‘knowledge exchange’ programme

Party general secretary P. Murlidhar Rao will head the BJP's delegation looking to foster better relations between India and South Korea.

Swedish major SAAB pulls out of P75I race, cites ‘unbalance’ in strategic partnership policy

SAAB official says they are concerned about the Indian side having full control in the strategic partnership model. South Korean company joins race P75I now.

Global smartphone supply will be affected by 100-year-old strife between Japan & South Korea

With South Korean electronic device manufacturers reliant on chemicals from Japan, any delay in their production has the potential to disrupt global tech supply chains.

Thaw in trade war as Japan allows export of computer chip material to South Korea

The 2 countries have been in a bitter trade war since last month when Japan imposed export controls on 3 essential chemicals used to make memory chips, which is among Korea’s top exports.

Drugs, prostitution, sexual assault: Gangnam is back but without much style

A fresh scandal to hit South Korea's K-Pop has drawn attention to an entrenched system of exploitation and sexual abuse in Gangnam.

Tinder wants to win over Asia by reinventing itself

In South Korea, new billboards have emerged for Tinder: “New Year, New Friends, New You" , as a part of their 'localisation' strategy.

NATO threatens action if Russia doesn’t destroy its nuclear missile system

US puts pressure on South Korea over Huawei, and President Donald Trump appoints immigration hardliner Mark Morgan head of US Customs and Border Protection.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.