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...North Korea has claimed to have successfully launched a military spy satellite into orbit for the first time, two months after Russian president Vladimir Putin pledged to support Kim Jong Un’s space ambitions...
...Putin last visited North Korea in July 2000 for a meeting with then leader Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un’s late father....
...South Korean diving instructor Park Soo-hong has been a customer of AliExpress, Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s online shopping service, ever since he went bargain-hunting for car parts five years ago....
...The inter-Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), reached in 2018 by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s then-president Moon Jae-in during a period of intense diplomacy, was designed...
...EQT has hired Maarten de Jong and Mark Braganza to its private capital healthcare team, based in London. They join from Moelis and Sun European Partners, respectively....
...Russian records suggest it has shipped about $2.1mn of goods to Orlan LLC — a St Petersburg company that is a self-described fishing equipment supplier....
...Soo Kim, a former CIA analyst now at the Rand Corporation think-tank, said: “North Korea will of course keep the US in mind as it continues to make advancements in its nuclear and missile capabilities....
...Young Soo Jang, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, has studied private lenders’ behaviour by examining over 200 deals that fell into distress during Covid....
...stake in SM and has just $65mn in assets under management, successfully campaigned for an independent auditor on SME’s board — a decisive victory against the company’s founder and controlling shareholder Soo-man...
..., the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said in September — the last time a senior member of the regime commented on the proposal....
...Kim succeeded his father Kim Jong Il as leader in 2011 and is known to have a penchant for alcohol and cigarettes....
...Kyung Kye-hyun, chief executive of affiliate Samsung Electro-Mechanics, will be the new head of its semiconductor business, while its consumer electronics and mobile divisions will merge under Han Jong-hee...
...North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned of a “grave incident” linked to the coronavirus pandemic, stoking fears of an outbreak in the isolated country....
...Four months after being released from prison, Samsung’s third-generation heir Lee Jae-yong is taking a more active role in the company by reshuffling management: Han Jong-hee, head of Samsung’s visual display...
...Google will likely come under tougher regulations as regulators around the world, including in the US and Europe, step up their scrutiny over the business model of platform operators,” said Wi Jong-hyun,...
...The South Korean law “will become an important precedent for the US and European countries as they increase their guard against Apple and Google”, said Wi Jong-hyun, a professor of business strategy at Chung-Ang...
...Under former president Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un continued to rapidly develop nuclear weapons technology while Washington insisted that loosening sanctions was contingent on concrete steps by Pyongyang to...
...However, Kim Jong Un was unlikely to “panhandle for humanitarian aid” nor make “substantive concessions”, Soo Kim added. “Kim has provocation tools at his disposal....
...Kim is sending Biden the signal that dealing with North Korea will remain a tough challenge — whether or not the administration chooses to prioritise the North Korean threat is irrelevant to Kim,” said Soo...
...Before he won the US election, North Korea dismissed Joe Biden as a “fool of low IQ” while the presidential candidate labelled Kim Jong Un a “thug”....
...Joe Biden has been urged by foreign policy experts to secure an arms control agreement with Kim Jong Un, a potentially radical change after decades of unsuccessful US diplomacy....
...Mr Jon has held senior finance roles in the North Korean government and ruling Workers’ Party and was close to the late leader Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un’s father, analysts said....
...Soo Kim, a former CIA analyst now with the Rand Corporation, said Mr Kim’s announcement did not mean that North Korea was softening its stance....
...North Korea will cut all communications with South Korea in what experts say is the latest gamble by Kim Jong Un to pressure Washington over economic sanctions....
...Soo Kim, a former CIA North Korea analyst now at Rand Corporation, a US think-tank, said Mr Kim’s absence revealed “discord” between Seoul and Washington and “underscored greater need for alliance co-operation...
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