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The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with Pyongyang urging Seoul to step up efforts to improve relations after criticising what it called double standards over weapons development.

North Korea said on Sunday the United Nations Security Council applied double standards over military activities among U.N. member states, state media KCNA said, amid international criticism over its recent missile tests.

The U.S. special envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea this weekend amid a standoff over U.S.-South Korean military exercises that North Korea has warned could trigger a security crisis.

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned the United States on Tuesday it would be disappointed were it to seek comfort in comments by her brother, while a U.S. envoy met South Korea's president aiming to revive talks with North Korea.

Electric truck maker Rivian Automotive, which currently sources batteries from South Korean supplier Samsung SDI , plans to build battery cells in-house, its filing for a U.S. initial public offering showed on Friday.

Asia's manufacturing activity broadly stagnated in September as pandemic-induced factory shutdowns and signs of slowing Chinese growth weighed on the region's economies, surveys showed on Friday.

A South Korean sweet featured as one of the lethal challenges in the Netflix hit TV drama "Squid Game" has become a global craze, boosting business for the candy seller who provided the confection for the show.

French companies TotalEnergies , Air Liquide and Vinci announced the launch of what they said would be the world's largest clean hydrogen infrastructure fund, as companies increase their presence in the green energy sector.

Danawa, Interpark still looking to attract buyers

Dow futures rallied Friday, reversing an earlier sharp decline, on good trial news on Merck’s oral Covid treatment.