... 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
... 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
