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Highlights From Local News Wires

SOUTH KOREA

Below is a collection of news wires reports from English versions of South Korean Newspapers and some other major news outlets from the past day or so.


Health: Yoon announces end to nearly all COVID-19 restrictions (link)

Economy: Yoon pledges to focus on economy, speed up reforms in 2nd year (link)

Economy: Exports down 10.1 % during first 10 days of May (link)

Economy: KDI cuts S. Korea's economic outlook to 1.5 pct for 2023 (link)

Economy: Service output in all provinces, major cities up in Q1 (link)

Economy: Banks' household loans snap 3-month fall in April amid high borrowing costs (link)

Economy: Korea’s foreign labor shortage intact despite quota increase for E-9 visas (link)

Economy: Korea confirms first foot-and-mouth disease cases in 4 years (link)

Economy: Most Koreans Want More Flexible Labor Laws (link)

Tech: S. Korea needs to diversify chips portfolio to address industry cycle: KDI (link)

Tech: OLED displays: another axis in S. Korea-US alliance (link)

Tech: US eyes new rules for Samsung, SK to bring chip machines to China (link)

South Korea/Japan: Uncertainty remains over contributions by Japanese war crime firms to 'partnership fund' (link)

Markets: Korean investors flock to Japanese stocks for foreign exchange gains (link)

Markets: Foreigners turn net buyers of local stocks in April (link)

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