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AFP/APP Seoul: Meta, the US-based tech giant, has been fined 21.6 billion won ($15.6 million) by South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission for illegally collecting sensitive data from nearly one million South Korean…

AFP/APP Seoul:  South Korea's Samsung Electronics announced on Thursday that its operating profits jumped 277% year-on-year to $6.6 billion, though they fell short of expectations as the company faced challenges in capitalizing on demand…

AFP/APP Seoul: A Netflix period war drama, produced by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, will open Asia's largest film festival on Wednesday. This marks the first time a streaming title has kicked off the event. Directed by Kim…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: The Paralympic opening ceremony was held in Paris last evening. For the next 11 days 160 delegations of 4,000 men and women with disabilities from across the world will  be competing in a range of expanding…

AFP/APP Seoul: Samsung Electronics reported a remarkable 15-fold increase in operating profits for the second quarter, reaching $7.5 billion. This surge is attributed to the rebound in chip prices and the growing demand for generative AI…

AFP/APP New York: The Dow rocketed to a fresh record Tuesday while gold prices also hit an all-time peak, as rising expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2024 lift Wall Street to new heights. After a down session in…

AFP/APP Hwaseong: Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, saw thousands of workers begin a three-day general strike on Monday over pay and benefits. The strike, which could impact memory chip production, involves…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: The dollar rose Tuesday and Asia equities were mixed as investors weighed the possibility of another Donald Trump presidency after last week's poor debate performance by incumbent Joe Biden. Speculation about a…

AFP/APP Seoul: North Korea on Monday launched an unidentified ballistic missile towards the east, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing the military Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul. The Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Equities rose across most of Asia on Wednesday following yet another record day in New York fuelled by data that boosted rate cut hopes, though expectations were tempered by cautious comments from Federal Reserve…