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China punishes S. Korean companies, soaps, tourism as THAAD deployments begin

By World Tribune on March 7, 2017 BB NE Asia, China, Exclusives, NE Asia, South Korea, Top Stories, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2017 China has launched into major economic retaliation against South Korea for its deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. Beijing, in response to Seoul deploying the THAAD system, has shut down South Korean retail stores in China, has told travel agencies not to sell tourists tickets to the South […]

Two chubby young Koreans register on the global recognition scale

By Editor One on January 3, 2013 Exclusives, Life, NE Asia, North Korea, South Korea, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com LONDON — There was a time when Korea was best known overseas for Samsung gadgetry and Hyundai cars. Now Korea is permeating the global consciousness in ways that would have seemed unlikely if not impossible two or three years ago. The latest proof positive is a New Year’s […]