OKCHEON, South Korea, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent Korean study has taken a more scientific approach to explaining Donald Trump’s unprecedented victory in the U.S. presidential election. Voice analyst Cho Dong-wook, a Chungbuk Provincial College professor, announced the results of a study Monday that said Trump’s voice was more stable and reliable during [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Books authored by Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, have grown extremely popular following the announcement of the election results on Wednesday. Some 1,200 units of Trump’s Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again were sold on November 9 alone as the news of the unprecedented [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Some Korean-Americans supported Donald Trump’s surprise election as U.S. president and are expected to be given roles in the incoming government. Most representative of them are Lisa Shin, an eye doctor living in New Mexico; Michelle Park Steel, vice chair of California’s Orange County Board of Supervisors; RNC Asian [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The exhausting, polarizing race for the White House has finally ended, and to the world’s surprise, Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. The result was a heavy blow to a majority of Koreans, the country’s financial market, and political circles, as the now president-elect [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed Washington’s security commitment to South Korea during his telephone conversation with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, an official source said. During the talks that lasted some 10 minutes, Trump was quoted as saying that the United States will maintain a “firm, strong” [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could try to complete the postponed transfer of the wartime operational control of South Korean forces from Washington to Seoul in an effort to reduce American security burdens, a top expert on Korea said Wednesday. South Korea handed over control of its forces to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top financial regulator said Wednesday the related authorities will do their best for market stabilization with an “utmost sense of tension,” as Americans caught the world off guard by choosing Donald Trump as their next president. “Following the U.S. presidential elections, the expansion of swings at South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shares plunged Wednesday as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump won the White House. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 45.00 points, or 2.25 percent, to 1,958.38. The index fell to an intraday low of 1.931.07 during the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The outcome of the U.S. presidential election will inevitably have an impact on South Korea’s exports to the U.S., but victory of either one of two leading candidates — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — may lead to a rise in South Korean shipments, just in different areas, a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean stock market was very much affected by the first U.S. presidential debate, and was clearly in favor of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Korea’s representative KOSPI index opened Tuesday with doubts over the first debate, but with Clinton gaining strength against Donald Trump as the debate progressed, the [...]