... spiked in South Korea, Japan and Italy. It shows the market had responded too slowly to the virus earlier and had not fully priced in the risk. Given the situation, there might be further downside ris ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
South Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases as countries stepped up efforts to contain the outbreak that is now spreading in Europe and ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... s such as South Korea, where customers can now gain access to essential banking services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Bridging the divide There is no doubt that the new virtual banks will be a g ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... Iran and South Korea. Many schools in Hong Kong have already switched to online learning and lessons by conference call, with assignments given out on a daily or weekly basis. The city has 81 confirm ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of South Korean boy band BTS, has chosen JPMorgan, NH Investment and Securities and others to handle its initial public offering, according to media reports. The ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... , such as South Korea, a high infection rate is not a prerequisite for economic hardship. The specter of a contagious disease tends to have a disproportionate impact on economic activity, because heal ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... rhouse in South China, only saw less than 2 percent of factories resume operation. An industrial park in eastern China’s Jiangsu province has around 4 percent of companies restarting work. It is said ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... rs tally. South Korea reported 231 new cases, taking its total to 833. Many are in its fourth-largest city, Daegu, which became more isolated with Asiana Airlines and Korean Air suspending flights the ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... Italy and South Korea reported a rise in virus cases over the weekend even as China eased curbs with no new cases reported in Beijing and other cities. The benchmark S&P 500, which represents over ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
Fears grew on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak in China will grow into a pandemic with disruptive and deadly consequences for countries around the world, after sharp rises in infections in South K ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-24
... ritories. South Korea raised its infectious disease alert to its highest level on Sunday but the European Union saw “no need to panic” over an outbreak in Italy. “In our current baseline scenario, ann ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-24
International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China has grown amid sharp rises in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran. The virus, which was first reported in central China's Hube ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-24
... or long”. South Korea’s fourth-largest city, Daegu, is the latest hotspot, with streets abandoned and residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the new coronavirus in what authorities d ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-21
South Korea is all the rage these days. Earlier this month, Parasite, from the South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, won Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Having read the reviews and seen the film a ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-21
The streets of South Korea’s fourth-largest city have been abandoned, with residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the new coronavirus in what authorities described as a “super-spread ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-21
... mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who edged Sanders in Iowa and narrowly lost to him in New Hampshire, attacked both Sanders and Bloomberg. “Most Americans don’t see where they fit if they have to choose ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-20
... e East or South Asia, where use of the hookah is a centuries-old tradition. Police said a second body was also found at the suspect’s home. “There are no indications that other suspects were involved. ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-20
South Korea reported 31 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the number of people infected in the country to 82, Reuters reports, citing Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (K ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-20
... g Kong or south China; they do not speak Cantonese. They had little opportunity to know Hong Kong people, other than business people who invested in the provinces where they worked. To an outsider, it ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-20
