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Saudi Arabia Open to Joint Investment in Global Mines with S. Korea: Riyadh Minister

SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Saudi Arabia is open to partnering with South Korea in joint mine investments in third countries to help Seoul strengthen its supply chain resilience involving rare earth minerals, a senior Riyadh official said Thursday. In an interview with Yonhap News Agency held in Seoul, Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi minister of [...]

Army Base Fails to Pay Hazardous Incentives to Mine Disposal Service Members

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Active-duty soldiers in charge of mine disposal are suffering from exceptionally low wages, which aren’t even being paid properly. “There are service members in charge of mine disposal here,” a service member working at an Army base in Incheon, just west of Seoul, said on a Facebook page that [...]