A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in southwestern South Korea cracks walls and leaves other minor damageA magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Buan, a fishing community in southwestern South Korea, causing minor property damage but no injuries. The...
12 Jun, 2024, 09.02 AM IST
South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI in bid to retain edge in chipsSouth Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a 9.4 trillion won investment in AI to strengthen semiconductor dominance, aiming to compete...
09 Apr, 2024, 12.27 PM IST
Taiwan earthquake to hit some chip output, disrupt Asia supply chain: analystsThe island plays an outsized role in the global chip supply chain as it is home to the world's largest chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manuf...
04 Apr, 2024, 11.00 AM IST
Taiwan quake to hit some chip output, disrupt supply chain, analysts sayTaiwan's earthquake impacts tech supply chain. Manufacturers face challenges in restoring operations. TSMC and Nvidia navigate potential di...
04 Apr, 2024, 07.37 AM IST
‘Badland Hunters’: Check out South Korean dystopian action film’s release date, plot, cast and more"Badland Hunters" is an upcoming South Korean dystopian action film directed by Heo Hyeong Haeng, co-written by Kim Bo-tong and Kwak Jae-mi...
03 Nov, 2023, 12.25 AM IST
Paramount+ releases trailer of Korean earthquake survival series 'Bargain'. Check release date, star cast, theme, plotAn organ trafficking ring housed in a building posed as a brothel and an earthquake! Everyone struggles to survive. Know when Paramount+ wi...
05 Sep, 2023, 08.38 PM IST
BTS’s Jimin and J-Hope donate Rs 1.29 crore for ‘Children Relief’ work in earthquake-affected Turkey and SyriaJ-Hope and Jimin of BTS come out to help collect donations for children affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
16 Feb, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
Asia's version of Nobel Prize awards, Ramon Magsaysay, cancelled due to coronavirus fearsThe awards were cancelled in 1970 & 1990 due to a financial crisis and an earthquake in Philippines, respectively.
10 Jun, 2020, 10.08 AM IST
North Korea's 2017 bomb test set off later earthquakesThe underground test -- which took place on September 3 last year -- was North Korea's sixth, and by far largest yet, yielding some 250 kil...
27 Sep, 2018, 02.50 PM IST
Pakistan outsources PoK work to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, South Korea and ChinaThe Chinese live in separate colonies near Muzaffarabad city and are seen interacting with the local population with the help of translator...
04 Sep, 2015, 03.14 AM IST
13 aftershocks jolt Nepal as toll in fresh earthquake rises to 76As many as 13 aftershocks were reported today, most of them centred around Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk, according to Nepal Seismological Cen...
13 May, 2015, 07.19 PM IST
Japanese hotel offers 'crying rooms' for womenA hotel in Tokyo has launched special "crying rooms" for women that are equipped with tear-jerking movies, eye masks and luxury tissues.
08 May, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
Lot more room exists between India, Korea to increase trade: EnvoyIn a lighter vain he said that if this is to be done in India, the chairman of the Railway Board will have to keep explaining.
23 Jul, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
- Japan a 'buying opportunity', will recover, says Buffett
Warren Buffett believes Japan's devastating earthquake is the kind of extraordinary event that creates a buying opportunity for shares in J...
22 Mar, 2011, 06.53 AM IST
- North Korea conducts nuclear test, official media reports
North Korea said on Monday it had staged a "successful" underground nuclear weapons test which was more powerful than its previous test of ...
25 May, 2009, 12.37 PM IST
- North Korea conducts nuclear test
North Korea said it has successfully conducted underground nuclear test.
25 May, 2009, 09.48 AM IST
- Sunil Mittal, Anil Agarwal in Forbes philanthropy heroes list
HCL chairman Shiv Nadar and Nandan Nilekani's wife Rohini Nilekani are also in the list of '48 Heroes of Philanthropy'. 10 most admired cos...
05 Mar, 2009, 02.31 PM IST