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Tag: K-Pop

Posted inChip Wars

Amid tough US chip chat, S Koreans turn anti-China

by Andrew Salmon December 30, 2022January 23, 2023

SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged additional tax breaks for the domestic semiconductor industry as the nation’s flagship export sector reels from a perfect storm – one that continues to rise in intensity. The semiconductor super-cycle, which buoyed the Korean economy through the Covid-19 pandemic, turned south this summer as chip shortages turned […]

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The long, troubled racism of the ‘robotic’ Asian

by Long T. Bui March 20, 2022March 20, 2022
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Why women travel to South Korea to find boyfriends

by Min Joo Lee March 11, 2022March 11, 2022
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Is China losing South Korea?

by Andrew Salmon September 15, 2021September 21, 2021
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Investors offer $50 billion for BTS label shares

by AT Contributor October 6, 2020October 6, 2020
Posted inSouth Korea

BTS expected to soar with hot ticket IPO

by Andrew Salmon September 28, 2020October 1, 2020
Posted inSouth Korea

BTS hit single could inject US$1.4bn into South Korea

by Dave Makichuk September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
Posted inGallery

Asia performs

by Tom Coyner September 5, 2020September 5, 2020
Posted inEntertainment, South Korea

Is BTS the perfect pop act for the pandemic era?

by Andrew Salmon and Agencies September 1, 2020September 3, 2020
Posted inAT+

Why South Koreans kill themselves

by Andrew Salmon and Mitch Shin July 29, 2020August 1, 2020
Posted inAT Life

K-pop icons BTS dig deep for Black Lives Matter

by Dave Makichuk June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Posted inOpinion

South Korea needs harsher sentences for sex crimes

by Da-Sol Goh March 26, 2020March 26, 2020
Posted inAT Life

Blast from the past with K-pop appeal

by Claire Lee March 21, 2020March 23, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Asian film: From Fu Manchu to Bong Joon-ho

by Andrew Salmon January 26, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia

Heavy metal crashes the K-pop party

by Ed Jones and Yelim Lee January 9, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

The most beautiful face in the world

by Dave Makichuk December 30, 2019February 18, 2020
The land-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptor is one of the alternatives being discussed. Photo: AFP/Missile Defense Agency
Posted inChina, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

Korea still taking Chinese economic hits over US missiles

by Andrew Salmon December 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia, World

K-pop star Goo Hara’s tortured life

by Sunghee Hwang November 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia, South Korea

K-pop tragedy: Goo Hara dead at 28

by Paul Muir November 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia, South Korea

BTS through eastern and western eyes

by Andrew Salmon October 30, 2019February 18, 2020

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