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StanChart’s Korea Troubles Deepen After Exotic Notes Backfire
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 1 day ago(Bloomberg) -- Standard Chartered Plc stuck it out in South Korea’s hotly contested consumer banking...
Forces: North Korea Has Been Measured and Found Wanting
Strategy Page· 22 hours agoFebruary 8, 2024: A recent survey of national military power ranked South Korea as number five while its belligerent neighbor North Korea came in at 36.
What a World Growing Older Fast Means for Investing
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 39 minutes ago(Bloomberg) -- Idanna Appio spent 15 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York analysing the history of sovereign debt crises. Now, as a fund manager...
South Korean town looks for rural rejuvenation in shadow of the DMZ
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs millions of commuters in Seoul crowd onto subways or sit in rush hour traffic every morning, Kim...
Submarines: South Korean Super Subs
Strategy Page· 3 days agoJanuary 1, 2021: In November 2020 South Korea launched its second KSS-3 submarine. The first one, the 3,300-ton Dosan Ahn Changho, began sea trials over ...
Electronic Weapons: Smaller, Cheaper E-7A Replaces Elderly E-3
Strategy Page· 1 day agoMay 5, 2022: The U.S. Air Force has decided to replace its 31 elderly E-3 AWACS (Air Warning and Control) aircraft with the existing E-7A Wedgetail. The E-7A first flew in ...
Send in the Estonians?
Reason.com· 7 days agoLittle hope left: In Ukraine, the situation is growing increasingly dire. The two-plus years of Russian invasion have depleted military resources; the...
How should countries deal with falling birth rates?
BBC via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoBack in 1960 it was 3.65. “In fact, two thirds of the world’s countries now have childbirth rates below the replacement rate,” adds Prof Harper. “Japan...
As 'Don Chuy,' Border Patrol agent risked life, reputation
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoEl Paso was too risky. After retiring from the Border Patrol, he worked investigations with a top...
Korea: Friends Close, Enemies Closer
Strategy Page· 5 days agoThere was no mention of getting rid of the nukes or the strict verification terms the Americans and South Koreans were demanding. Kim Jong Un has not said anything in public or for broadcast ...