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Energy Transfer Delays Lake Charles LNG Project Decision to 2026
Energy Transfer LP has pushed back its targeted final investment decision for the proposed Lake Charles liquefied natural gas export project in Louisiana to the first quarter of 2026 from the end of this year, according to people familiar with the...
Regular direct container shipping route between Qingdao, South Korea's Jeju launched in China's Shandong
A drone photo taken on Oct. 16, 2025 shows the "SMC RIZHAO" ship performing the maiden voyage of the Qingdao-Jeju container shipping route berthing at the Qingdao International Cruise Terminal in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. A regular...

S Korean court clears Kakao founder of stock manipulation charges
A South Korean court on Tuesday cleared Kakao Corp’s billionaire founder Kim Beom-su of stock manipulation charges, sending shares of the country’s dominant chat app operator 5% higher. The tech tycoon was arrested in July last year on charges of...

Construction work at US Hyundai-LG battery plant resumes
Construction work on a new battery plant in Georgia, USA, has resumed after a six-week disruption following immigration detentions of South Korean workers. Photo: Jason Yoder via AdobeStock The disruption came after engineers from LG Energy...

Power Shift
Things were looking pretty sunny for alternative energy sources back in 2005. Though still resisted by conservative politicians and allied voters, human-caused climate change was accepted as fact by the vast majority of scientists, many business...

Petrobras to Supply India's HPCL Up To 6 MM Oil Barrels
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has contracted Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) for the supply of up to six million barrels of crude. With the one-year agreement, "Petrobras will now supply oil to India's three main state-owned refiners",...
No casualties reported in S. Korea's building fire
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- No casualties were reported Tuesday in a high-rise building fire in South Korea's capital Seoul, which led to the evacuation of more than 100 people, according to Yonhap news agency. The fire broke out at the 16-storey...
General Motors lifts forecast as tariff outlook improves, shares surge 10%
By Nora Eckert and Nathan Gomes (Reuters) -General Motors lifted its financial outlook for the year and slightly lowered its expected hit from tariffs, as the automaker awaits expected relief on tariffs in the U.S. while confronting a weakening...

Death of kidnapped South Korean student spurs talks with Cambodia to tackle online scams
PHNOM PENH – South Korean and Cambodian officials met Thursday to coordinate a response to online scams, following the death of a South Korean student who was reportedly trafficked and forced to work in a scam center in Cambodia. A South Korean...
Ernie Els goes bogey-free again to keep Dominion Energy lead
Ernie Els fired a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday at The Country Club of Virginia in Richmond to build a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. For the second day in a row, the 56-year-old South Africa native...
Warner joins race to develop K-drama with South Korea streaming deal
US media giant will host streaming service TVING on its HBO Max platform across 17 Asian markets [SEOUL] Warner Bros Discovery is entering a race to produce original Korean content by teaming up with one of the country’s biggest media...

Semiconductors as the Spark for an India-Japan-South Korea Trilateral
Image Source: Getty Images The emergence of a multipolar world order is gradually leading to an era of shifting alliances and novel partnerships. In this context, the move towards an India-Japan-South Korea trilateral seems natural, given the...

SKC to merge with South Korea’s SK enpulse to boost chip back-end business
Seoul [South Korea], October 16 (ANI): SKC Co., a materials unit of South Korea's SK Group, will absorb and merge with SK enpulse Co., its semiconductor materials investment subsidiary as part of a reorganization move to focus on high-value-added...

South Korea resumes war remains excavation project at DMZ battle site
Published: 15 Oct. 2025, 14:59 Officials take part in a project to retrieve the remains of soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War at Arrow Head Ridge in Cheorwon, Gangwon, on April 10, 2020. [KOREA HERITAGE SERVICE] The military on Wednesday...

Bahri seals 10-year VLCC deal with South Korea’s S-Oil
AsiaMiddle EastTankers Bahri Saudi Arabian shipping giant Bahri has renewed its long-term contract of affreightment (COA) with South Korean refiner S-Oil, extending a partnership that has been in place for two decades. The 10-year agreement will...

General Motors lifts financial forecast as Trump tariff outlook improves
General Motors lifted its financial outlook for the year and slightly lowered its expected hit from tariffs, as the automaker awaits expected relief on tariffs in the US while confronting a weakening market for electric vehicles. The company now...

YouTube Service Normalised After Temporary Disruption In South Korea
YouTube service was normalised after experiencing a temporary disruption in South Korea on Thursday, which had affected playback on both mobile and desktop devices, according to industry watchers. Earlier in the day, an error prevented some users...

Morning Minute: You Signal That Virtue Any Harder, You're Going to Hurt Yourself
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Good morning, and welcome to RedState's "Morning Minute" — a brief glimpse at which stories are trending at...

The evolution of cinema: from protest to profit
The earth came into existence approximately 4.5 billion years ago; Homo sapiens emerged around 200-300 thousand years ago. If we consider that the first paintings made in the cave are 40 thousand years old, we can accept this age of art. Well, if...