Economic policies can induce people to quarantine safely during the pandemic
Jun 26, 2020 06:58 am UTC| Economy
Recent economic proposals to deal with COVID-19, like those summarized by UC Berkeley economist Pierre Olivier Gourinchas, have focused on compensating households and businesses for income losses due to lockdowns and other...
S. Korea and EU expand air routes in revised aviation pact
Jun 25, 2020 23:52 pm UTC| Economy
South Korea and 22 European Union (EU) countries have revised the horizontal aviation pact to include expansion of their air routes, the transport and foreign ministries announced. The agreement includes seeking...
Indian exporters raise over retaliation by China on consignment delay
Jun 25, 2020 15:55 pm UTC| Economy
Indian exporters have raised concerns over consignments being delayed by Hong Kong and Chinese customs in retaliation to a similar action by Indian authorities at Chennai port, says the Federation of Indian Export...
S. Korea, Germany to expand joint research programs in hydrogen, AI sectors
Jun 24, 2020 23:51 pm UTC| Economy
South Korea and Germany increased funding for joint research programs in the hydrogen energy and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors from $170,000 for a project per year to $225,000. At the science and industry joint...
South Africa to build $180-M space infrastructure hub
Jun 24, 2020 06:40 am UTC| Economy
South Africa will build a space infrastructure hub for $180 million to be self-reliant on satellite-sourced information and reduce the time for collecting data, president Cyril Ramaphosa revealed. Ramaphosa announced...
India slaps anti-dumping duty on steel products from China, Vietnam, and Korea
Jun 24, 2020 00:04 am UTC| Economy
India imposed a five-year anti-dumping duty ranging from $13.07 to $173.1 per ton on cheap imports of certain steel products from China, Vietnam, and Korea. The steel products concerned were the flat-rolled steel,...
S. Korea's exports plunge 7.5% on June 1 to 20
Jun 23, 2020 23:44 pm UTC| Economy
South Koreas exports fell 7.5 percent on-year in the first 20 days of June with automobiles plunging 36.7 percent and shipments to the United States falling 10 percent. In contrast, exports of memory chips rose 2.6...
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