The Korea Times - 2020-05-22

• Samsung to build new local foundry line
• Korea launches group against infectious diseases
• Teachers struggle with quarantine responsibi­lity
• Weekender
• U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China over the coronaviru­s, Wednesday, calling the $2 billion that Beijing has pledged to fight the pandemic “paltry” compared to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars of dam
• The income disparity between the haves and have-nots has widened as the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in employers slashing the country’s low-paying jobs.
• DPK’s Kim to become Assembly’s first female deputy speaker
• New legislatio­n aims to end digital sex crimes, boost digital signature competitio­n
• Moon confident about vision of Korea as digital powerhouse
• Sex slavery survivor wants Yoon judged by law
• Activists report Orion chief to prosecutio­n for worker suicide
• Korea to introduce disposable cup deposits in 2022
• Elderly S. Koreans lament loss of ‘playground’ as discos shut
• ‘N. Korea halting talks with US until election is over’
• Gwangju’s place in history
• Mend ties with Japan
• Visiting Israel, Palestine
• New digital certificat­es
• Supreme Court on subpoena
• Gwangju after 40 years
• Democracie­s are better at managing crises
• When memories are what matters most
• China needs foreign policy worthy of ‘Asian century’
• Is US-China tension fueling new Cold War?
• AI voice recognitio­n startup eyes Western markets
• World’s best chef starts again with takeaway soup
• Oprah Winfrey gives $12 mil. for virus relief
• Will Netflix have to pay for network use?
• Rising LNG demand sheds light on KOGAS’ overseas biz
• Starbucks Korea reduces electric sockets
• SeAH expands global influence in special steel
• Samsung leads US 5G market
• Hyundai Capital sees epic growth overseas
• Samsung Life CEO Jeon put to test amid pandemic
• Eximbank issues Aus$700 mil. in ‘kangaroo bonds’ in Australia
• KOSPI recovers to 2,000 during intra-day trading
• Trump proposes in-person G7 summit
• Monkeys infected with COVID-19 develop immunity, a positive sign for vaccines
• WHO records highest daily number of COVID-19 cases
• Senate passes bill to delist Chinese firms from US stock exchanges
• Trump ramps up attacks on mail voting, targeting battlegrou­nds
• World Bank warns pandemic could push 60 million into extreme poverty
• Top prosecutor set to resign in blow to Abe
• Man’s effort to contact his newfound family is ignored
• Last Word in Astrology
• DAILY FORTUNE
• Liverpool will not endanger players: Klopp
• FC Seoul fined for putting sex dolls in stands
• Late Korean pro wrestler Kim Il to be buried in nat’l cemetery

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