South Korea restricts travel to Cambodia over online scam center kidnappings; the UK and US sanction Cambodia's Prince Group for allegedly running scam centers
Seoul says 330 of its nationals detained or abducted in the first eight months of this year — South Korea has prohibited …
China arrested a South Korean chip engineer on espionage charges in December 2023, escalating Beijing and Seoul's IP theft battle in the critical chip sector
i.e. subject him to solitary confinement w/o access to lawyers or families, & coerce them to admit whatever the Chinese govt want: https://www.ft.com/...
A look at the efforts in Japan, South Korea, and Australia to create stronger regulations for big tech platforms like Apple and Google
Tokyo, Seoul and Canberra follow the EU and US in trying to rein in the dominance of Apple and Google — Japan, South Korea and Australia are tightening rules …
A look at South Korea's position in the tech “cold war”, as the country pivots away from China's economy and prepares to comply with the US-led China chip ban
albeit untrumpeted — pivot away from the Chinese economy. My latest Big Read for the FT: https://www.ft.com/... @financialtimes : South Korea's chips and batteries are vital to Washington's and Beijin...
As Chinese companies recruit South Korean tech talent more aggressively, Seoul creates a database to monitor South Korean chip engineers' international travel
Seoul says US export controls have made Chinese companies more aggressive in acquiring expertise
A look at South Korea's antitrust battles with local tech firms Kakao and Naver, as regulators balance protectionism with the companies' global ambitions
but it might be too little, too late @borowiecsteven's reporting from Seoul https://restofworld.org/... Cengiz / @cengizyar : In a country where most interactions are mediated by big tech companies, s...
South Korea's National Assembly passes a bill that forces Apple and Google to allow alternative payment systems in their app stores
Seoul requires the companies to allow competing payment systems, threatening their 30% cut of most in-app digital sales — SEOUL—Google and Apple Inc …
Mayor of Seoul says the city is building its own cryptocurrency called S-Coin for use in city-funded welfare programs and will create a fund for blockchain tech
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