South Korean battery maker LG Chem Ltd. said on Thursday it has signed an agreement to set up a joint venture with China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. (00175.HK) to produce batteries for electric v ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-13
... e riders. South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. both said they would invest in the self-driving car software startup Aurora and speed up development of their respective autonomous vehic ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-13
South Korean hotel booking platform Yanolja said it has closed a US$180 million Series D funding round, taking its valuation to more than US$1 billion and making it a member of the "unicorn" club. Sin ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-12
... xports to South Korea and Taiwan markets were also weak, suggesting that the impact of trade woes is being transmitted along the supply chain. However, exports to the EU were up 8.2 percent, helping p ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
... uction of South America’s largest solar farm. In addition to the BRI, other countries, such as Japan, are also ramping up investment in island states and throughout the developing world. Countries rec ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
Thousands of people have been stranded and at least five killed amid torrential rain throughout central and southern China, Reuters reports, citing Chinese state media. Authorities are bracing themsel ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
... s relief. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he believes talks between North and South Korea and between the North and the United States would resume soon. Talks were underway about a t ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-11
... haps, the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, owned by China’s Alibaba Group, voiced disagreement with the Chinese government. “Despite an attempt to induce June 4 amnesia,” it said, “the crackdown ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
... eless and South Korean carrier LG Uplus have restricted employees from informal conversations with Huawei, sources were quoted as saying. Such discussions are a routine part of international meetings ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
... eeting in southern Japan repeated tepid support for a rules-based multilateral trading system, the report said. “Global growth appears to be stabilizing and is generally projected to pick up moderatel ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-10
... tter than South Africa and Spain, for example, Lee pointed out. The WEF list, which seeks to portray how independent a country's judicial system is perceived from influences of the government, individ ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
... sm in the South Asian country. Singh’s lawyer told the court on Wednesday that Singh would most likely be persecuted and his rights violated if he were handed over to Indian authorities because he is ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
... tates and South Korea have already started offering 5G services in limited areas. China welcomed foreign enterprises to participate in China’s 5G market, an official from the Ministry of Industry and ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
... 20 member South Africa’s economy, Reuters reports. “These are self-inflicted wounds that must be avoided,” Lagarde said in an IMF blog post on Wednesday. “How? By removing the recently implemented tra ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
... n and the South China Sea exacerbating tensions. The congressional notifications included a variety of anti-tank munitions including 409 Raytheon and Lockheed Martin-made Javelin missiles, sources tol ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-06
... es in the South Asian country. Ahead of the extradition hearing in Hong Kong, magistrate Pang Leung-ting passed an order lifting the restrictions on media coverage of the case. The decision came after ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-05
Brazil has temporarily halted beef exports to China following an atypical case of mad cow disease in a leading farm state in the South American country, Reuters reports, citing Brazil's agriculture mi ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-04
The Trump administration has moved ahead with a surveillance drone sale to four US allies in the South China Sea region, Reuters reports. The drones will afford greater intelligence gathering capabili ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-04
... in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan, came below expectations in Vietnam and improved slightly in the Philippines. “The additional shock from the escalated trade tensions is not going to be good ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-03
... tructure. South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported on Friday that Kim Yong-chol, Kim Jong-un’s right-hand man and the counterpart to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo before the failed Hanoi summit ...More
EJ Insight2019-06-03
