The Legislative Yuan yesterday on third reading passed the central government budget for this year, cutting 6.6 percent from the Executive Yuan’s proposed expenditure — the largest in history. The ...

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s new novel, “We Do Not Part,” starts with a plea: Filmmaker Inseon, who is recovering from an accident in Seoul, asks her friend Kyungha to travel to her home on ...

Han Kang is a private person. When she won last year’s Nobel Prize for literature, it was widely reported in the South Korean press that she was married to the literary critic Hong Yong-hee.

A DOOR AND WINDOW COMPANY IN GRINNELL WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. JELD-WEN IS SET TO LAY OFF NEARLY 300 EMPLOYEES NEAR THE END OF MARCH. THE MAYOR OF GRINNELL CONFIRMED THE ...

JELD-WEN, a manufacturer of windows and doors, has announced it will be closing the window manufacturing line at its Grinnell facility by the end of March, idling 298 workers. “While decisions ...

Chinese stocks and the yuan rose as Trump did not impose trade tariffs at his inauguration. However, he directed federal agencies to investigate unfair trade practices and hinted at future tariffs on ...

The Chinese yuan surged on Monday night after US President Donald Trump struck a softer-than-expected tone on China during his inaugural address, with analysts forecasting the currency would ...

Han Kang’s latest novel, about a South Korean massacre, delves into why atrocities must be remembered. “It’s pain and it is blood, but it’s the current of life,” she said. Han Kang in 2016.

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Chinese stocks and the yuan tentatively rose on Tuesday ... deepen reforms and upgrade technology," said Wen Hao, a stock trader in eastern Hangzhou city ...

Han Kang's new book "We Do Not Part" is out now. (Author photo courtesy Paik Duhim; book cover courtesy Penguin Random House/Hogarth) Last year, novelist Han Kang became the first Korean writer to ...

Chen De being upgraded at CSBC shipyard earlier this month. Picture courtesy of 臺灣賞船人Taiwan Ships Watchers https://www.facebook.com/TaiwanShipsWatchers ...