... briefing. South Korea is one of the hardest-hit countries with 4,335 cases and 26 deaths. US government military laboratories were working to develop a vaccine, Milley said. President Donald Trump sai ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-03
... , such as South Korea and Japan, were commended for not banning Chinese travelers. While doctors on the ground battled the virus, Xi worked the telephone, speaking to world leaders ranging from Donald ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air said on Monday that it will acquire 51 percent stake in competitor Eastar Jet for 54.5 billion won (US$45.49 million), Reuters reports. The final acquisition price ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... es of the South Korean outbreak, the largest outside China and still growing, have been linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a secretive movement that reveres founder Lee Man-hee. Park Won-soon, ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... clashes, South Kwai Chung Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic was attacked early Sunday morning, with its outer walls blackened by smoke due to suspected arson. The spokesman, in the statement, str ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... North and South America during his own time. Throughout the book, he milks the episode for all its humor, recounting stories of ignorant sailors literally swallowing a fortune by mistaking tulip bulbs ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
Former mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana was set to suspend his campaign for president, a campaign aide said, following his fourth-place finish in the South Carolina Democratic primary easil ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
Samsung Electronics and LG Innotek closed some factories in South Korea temporarily after workers tested positive for the coronavirus, Reuters reports, citing company statements on Sunday. Samsung’s m ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... Italy and South Korea. Trump said on Saturday that the US was also considering shutting the country’s southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the virus. “We hope we won’t have to do that, ...More
EJ Insight2020-03-02
... s such as South Korea, Italy and Japan, however, now exceed those in mainland China. “Our immediate priority is to try and make contact with the Cyberspace Administration of China to understand their ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... Italy and South Korea were at a “decisive point” but still short of sustained community transmission. Market sell-off Spooked by the impact on China, the heart of corporate supply chains, and the incr ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-28
... in Japan, South Korea, Italy and Iran. Infections linked to Iran have been confirmed in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman, while cases tied to Italy have been found in Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Germany, ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... talities. South Korea is now second to China for COVID-19 infections, with 1,261 confirmed cases. The government has placed the country on the highest possible alert – a move that allows for lockdowns ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
... visiting South Korea. This week Taiwan passed a bill to penalize people who violate government-mandated home quarantine orders, with those in breach possibly facing a NT$2 million fine or two years i ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-27
The government did the right thing to impose entry restrictions on foreign visitors from South Korea, an Executive Council (ExCo) member said on Tuesday, arguing that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread beyond China, several countries around the world are taking a hit, with Japan, South Korea, Italy and Iran among the biggest victims. With fears mountin ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
US health officials told Americans to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated. Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tu ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... ions from South Korea to Italy accelerated emergency measures to curb the global spread of the virus. Aylward said China’s “extraordinary mobilization” to handle the outbreak showed how an aggressive ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... Turkey or South Korea. Egypt’s population almost doubled under Mubarak, but many remained mired in deep poverty. A spurt of growth in his final decade, fueled by market reforms overseen by his son Gam ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26