South Korea on Wednesday commenced the regulation of the country’s exports of facial masks as demand for sanitary products has been running high amid the spread of the new coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, under the measures effective until April 30, the government will limit mask exports to a maximum […]
China has quarantined 94 travellers from a flight from South Korea as a precaution against a further spread of the new coronavirus epidemic after three passengers were found with fever, state media reported. Authorities in the eastern city of Nanjing found that three Chinese tourists on an Asiana flight from Seoul on Tuesday had fever, […]
READ ALSO: How ‘Parasite’ made its historic Oscars 2020 win The U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film “Parasite,” telling a campaign rally he wished for the return of Hollywood classics such as 1939’s “Gone with the Wind.” “Parasite,” a dark social satire about the gap […]
A South Korean delegation has met U.S. officials in Washington for talks over Seoul’s efforts to resume humanitarian exports to Iran, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Hong Jin-wook, the ministry’s director-general for Middle East affairs and head of the delegation, held meetings with Brad Smith, deputy director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control […]
South Korea’s southeastern area was on full alert as the number of coronavirus patients continued to surge on Friday. The new cases were most assumed to be related to a church associated with a minor religious sect. READ ALSO: 800 SK hynix workers in self-quarantine over new coronavirus South Korea reported 52 new cases of […]
South Korea on Friday reported 52 new cases of Covid-19, a 50 per cent spike in the number of infections, the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. The number of coronavirus-affected patients almost trebled in just three days to 156, with most in the city of Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated two more passport and biometric visa facilities in Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, South Korea. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Sunday James disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. James said that the operation desks were inaugurated by the Minister of interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola […]
Minna – The Niger Government says a 900,000 dollar grant has been approved by the South Korean government for the preparation for the state urban policy. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), disclosed this on Monday in Minna at a press conference to commence the preparation for the Niger State Urban Policy. […]
Motolani Oseni LG Electronics (LG) has unveiled its premium 2019 TV lineups, including new OLED and NanoCell TV series featuring ThinQ AI technology at InnoFest MEA. The unveiling, which took place at LG Science Park in Seoul, South Korea from April 9 to 10, InnoFest is LG’s annually held celebration of innovation. The electronics company […]
Ecobank has won two major awards at the African Banker’s prestigious ceremony held at the Paradise Hotel in Busan, South Korea, according to a press release distributed on behalf of the bank by African Press Organisation (APO). According to the release, the bank was named Best Retail Bank in Africa after impressing judges with the […]
Leaders of North and South Korea stunned the world with their agreement to end 65 years of hostilities against each other’s country and rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, after holding an historic summit on Friday. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that North Korea President Kim Jong-un and US backed South Korea President […]
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in says his US counterpart, Donald Trump, “deserves big credit” for talks between South and North Korea. The talks, held on Tuesday, were the first in two years and led to the announcement that North Korea would send a delegation to the Olympics in Pyeongchang later this year. Mr Moon said […]
Ill-treatment of North Korean asylum seeks in South Korea has elicited global attention spearheaded by Human Rright Watch. Agency report said that a United Nations independent expert on alleged North Korean human rights violations was put on the defensive in Seoul Thursday, over South Korea’s opaque treatment of defectors. Tomás Ojea Quintana, an Argentinean human […]
Vice Chancellor of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Prof. Daniel Aina, has lamented that the major challenge facing Nigeria’s education sector is that it is not functional as he stressed the need for the country to engage in service education like the South Korea. The VC said this in a chat with some journalists in his […]
South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo offered to resign Tuesday after becoming caught up in a bribery scandal. Prime Minister Lee has faced allegations he accepted illegal funds from a businessman who committed suicide earlier this month. Just before his death, the businessman, Sung Wan-jong, told local media he had bribed several top government officials, […]