The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has joined hands with Hermes Co-op to develop the 70th industrial estate, ‘Hermes Industrial Estate’ in Chonburi, confident that it will attract 35 billion baht in investment.
The Industrial Estate …
Over 60 percent of large companies in South Korea predict the country’s exports to see on-year growth during the second half of the year, according to a poll released Monday.
According to the survey conducted recently by polling agency Mono Research…
Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday they will stage a three-day general strike as their negotiations with the management over wages and working conditions fell through.
The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the biggest …
South Korea will launch a new ministry of population strategy to address low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, which have emerged as some of the starkest challenges facing the country, officials said Monday.
The government unveiled the pla…
At least nine people were killed and four others were injured when a car crashed into pedestrians in downtown Seoul on Monday, police said.
Initially, seven injured individuals were transported to a hospital, three of whom were in cardiac arrest. Th…
The government plans to announce measures to strengthen industrial safety for foreign workers later this month following last week’s deadly fire at a battery plant that claimed 23 lives, including 18 foreigners, the labor minister said Monday.
Seven…
Unionized workers of Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday they will stage a general strike as their negotiations with the management over wages and working conditions fell through.
The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), the biggest labor unio…
South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Monday it has won a 1.4 trillion-won (US$1 billion) order to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for a Middle Eastern shipper.
The vessels will be delivered to the undisclosed sh…
South Korea’s data protection watchdog is nearing the completion of its probe into the Chinese e-commerce firms AliExpress and Temu over consumer data protection and will likely take actions soon upon its results, its chief said Monday.
The investig…
Prosecutors on Monday questioned the director of the National Hangeul Museum (NHM) for questioning over allegations surrounding a luxury jacket worn by former President Moon Jae-in’s wife, Kim Jung-sook, during a visit to France in 2018.
Kim Il-hwan…