February 19, 2024

(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on Feb. 19)

The conflict between the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and doctors over the plan to increase the medical school enrollment quota is expected to intensify Monday as doctors are scheduled to take collection action the next day.

An escalation in the cla…

Thai stocks closed up 1.06 points.

Bangkok, SET closed today at 1,387.33 points, an increase of 1.06 points (+0.08%), trading value 31,776.98 million baht.

Stock trading today The index fluctuated narrowly. by making the lowest point of 1,382.88 points and making the highest point of…

(EDITORIAL from Korea JoongAng Daily on Feb. 19)

The New Reform Party is staggering from the start after being launched to court votes from the moderates or swing voters who are increasingly disgusted by the perennial political battle between the two mainstream parties – the governing People Power …

Military Land Lease for Landless Farmers

UDON THANI, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin kicked off the ‘Nong Wua So’ model to hand over state-owned land lease contracts to more than 430 farmers in the northeastern province of Udon Thani.

The project is the urgent policy of his government to l…

Seoul shares open higher on tech, auto gains

SEOUL, South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Monday led by gains from tech and auto shares.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) moved up 26.98 points, or 1.02 percent, to 2,675.74 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

Mark…