The Samsung group, the largest business conglomerate in South Korea, announced today the death at 78 years old of its president, Lee Kun-hee, richest man in the country that had entered in a Seoul hospital since 2014 from a heart attack that left him incapacitated. Samsung said in a statement that Lee “passed away on […]
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Israel, China, Singapore use surveillance tech to track Covid-19
From Israel to South Korea to China, governments around the world are using technology to track the coronavirus outbreak as they race to stem its spread. But how long will it last and is this an infringement of privacy, rights groups have asked. In China, government-installed CCTV cameras point at the apartment door of those under […]
South Korea confirms second case
China’s National Health Commission stated as many as 25 individuals have died from a fast-spreading coronavirus, as the full variety of confirmed circumstances within the nation rose to 830. The lethal pneumonia-like virus was first recognized on Dec. 31 within the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan in Hubei province. It has since unfold past […]
‘We have it totally under control’
“We have it completely beneath management,” Trump informed “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen in an interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “It’s one individual coming in from China. We have it beneath management. It’s going to be simply advantageous.” The CDC on Tuesday mentioned a Snohomish County, Washington state, resident who […]
North Korea remains open to dialogue with the US, South Korea’s Moon says
President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un stand on North Korean soil while walking to South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday it was too early to be pessimistic about stalled […]