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U.S. House Approves Coronavirus Relief Deal

March 11, 2021 08:19 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Asia in the coming days, according to the State Department and the Pentagon, their first trip abroad since the Senate confirmed them in January to their positions in the Biden administration. State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement Wednesday their March 14-18 trip to Japan and Korea will "reaffirm the United States' commitment to strengthening our alliances and to highlight cooperation that promotes peace, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region around the wo...

Koreans drank more often but consumed less alcohol last year, a survey suggests. This suggests that drinking small amounts of alcohol alone at home has become a trend in lockdown, replacing social binge drinking. /Newsis The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation polled 2,000 adults aged 19-59 nationwide last September and found that they drank nine times a month on average last year. The frequency of alcohol consumption dropped from 8.9 times per month in 2016 to 8.5 times in 2019, but rebounded last year. But they drank 6.7 glasses of alcohol each time on average, down from 6.9 in 20...

Korea Agrees to Spend 14% More for Upkeep of U.S. Forces

March 11, 2021 11:09 Global automakers in the U.S. have sent a petition to the International Trade Commission seeking leniency for SK Innovation in a legal dispute over the misappropriation of trade secrets with rival LG Energy Solution. The automakers are afraid that any punitive measures taken against SK could seriously hurt their battery supply. After the ITC's preliminary ruling in favor of LG, which could force SK to shut its factory in Georgia, Volkswagen and Ford said they could face huge problems producing electric cars, and it would cost American jobs during the coronavirus pandem...