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“It’s turning out now to be a mistake, because as you said the fourth missile test today. And I’m sure there’ll be more,” says Anthony Ruggiero from the FDD.

Asia-Pacific stocks dropped on Friday as the recent rally in U.S. stocks broke momentum with the Nasdaq snapping a three-day winning streak.

On Thursday, state media claimed the country had test-fired a “hypersonic missile” the previous day.  

European semiconductor stocks rose on Friday after Samsung Electronics and STMicro issued positive fourth quarter updates.

South Korea’s military says an unidentified person has crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea

South Korea says it will grant a special pardon to former President Park Geun-hye, who is serving a lengthy prison term for bribery and other crimes.

Singapore travel stocks fell after the country’s authorities announced a freezing of new ticket sales for quarantine-free travel starting Thursday.

Global stocks tumbled on Monday as concerns surrounding the fast-spreading omicron Covid variant weighed on investor sentiment.

The Fed will be buying $60 billion per month of bonds starting in January, and said that it will likely continue that trajectory.

China released a slew of key economic data on Wednesday, including industrial production and retail sales.

Several high profile central banks are due to hold their monetary policy meetings this week, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.

Oil prices came under pressure on Friday amid demand concerns after the WHO warned of a new Covid variant.

His comments come as energy analysts assess the effectiveness of a U.S.-led pledge to release oil from strategic reserves to stymie surging fuel prices.

Drew Binsky started out making $2,000 a month teaching English in South Korea. Now he’s getting paid six-figures to travel around the world.

A Seoul hospital says former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo has died

Netflix’s “Squid Game” will reportedly generate almost $900 million in impact value for the company, which said the show is its biggest series launch ever.

“Squid Game,” a South Korea-produced Netflix show that depicts hundreds of financially distressed characters competing in deadly children’s games for a chance to escape severe debt, has captivated global audiences since its September debut.

The U.K government’s initial approach to tackling the coronavirus outbreak has been called one of the country’s worst ever public health failures.

Quarantine-free travel between Singapore and South Korea will start from Nov. 15 for vaccinated travelers, Singapore’s ministry of transport said Friday.

The investment includes two lithium-ion battery plants in central Kentucky and a 3,600-acre campus in west Tennessee called Blue Oval City.