The Korea Times - August 03, 2021

Gymnast Shin wins gold medal in men’s vault

No Olympics vibe, but firms devotedly back athletes

Moderna vaccine delay troubles Samsung Biologics

Tougher antivirus measures unavoidable

WORLD

WEATHER in SEOUL

August comes as tough month for Moon

Will Ahn Cheol-soo join main opposition party?

No decision yet on annual military exercise with US: defense ministry

Meeting with social workers

Should prescription glasses be sold online?

Gov’t to conduct survey of multicultural families

Police vow stern response to illegal rallies on Aug. 15

4 South Koreans abducted in waters off West Africa released

Second-generation athletes follow in parents’ footsteps

From ‘Butter’ to ‘Lovesick Girls,’ K-pop songs set mood at Tokyo Olympics

SSG.com aims to go public early next year

Lotte Rental’s IPO targets corporate sustainability

Concerns over FSS leadership vacuum grow

Bithumb fraud investigation expands over mismanagement

Seoul stocks slightly rebound on solid export data

Royalties erode shipbuilders’ profitability

Battery firms race to secure sustainable supply chain

YG Entertainment to pull out of golf business

Samsung to keep Intel at bay with investments

Samsung seeks to sell more wind-free air conditioners

Asian factory activity hit by rising costs, Delta variant

Renault locks in lithium supply from Vulcan Energy in 5-year deal

Dorsey leads $29 bil. buyout of Afterpay

HSBC’s half-year pretax profit more than doubles to $10.8 bil.

Zoom to settle US privacy lawsuit for $85 mil.

Fauci says US not headed back to lockdown

US, UK join Israel in accusing Iran of deadly tanker attack

Anger as top US Republican jokes about hitting Pelosi

700 saved from Mediterranean sea

COVID skeptics defy protest ban in Berlin

Wildfires rage across southern Europe

Japan’s COVID-19 cases rise 87% during first week of Olympics

Spanish ambassador finds state visit ‘point of inflection’

Serbian pop artist Vladislav Scepanovic gets limelight in Pohang

Knowledge as virtue

Ancient stone rubbing

Flexible approach

Record exports in July

Remedies for modern inflation

TODAY in HISTORY

Nuclear phase-out policy should be reversed

Why helping Iraq makes sense

Democrats fail to engage young people

Athletes

Turn off, turn on: Simple step can thwart top phone hackers

Vaccine

‘Metaverse’: next internet revolution?

Big Tech booms even as lockdown living wanes

Diabetic’s monitor is more than office annoyance

DAILY FORTUNE

Last Word in Astrology

‘Tutankhamun’ continues streak of success in Seoul

‘Assassins’ director on following murderers of Kim Jong-nam

‘Escape from Mogadishu’ scores highest K-film opening this year

First-generation abstract painter Lee Joon dies at 101

Baker honored for giving out free breads to children

F.T. Island’s Lee Jae-jin completes mandatory military service

Young TikTok star shot in California movie theater dies

Rapper DaBaby dropped from Lollapalooza lineup

Athletes in less popular sports capture attention

Record-setting high jumper Woo overcomes disadvantage, injury

Korea reaches baseball semifinals

Korea wins bronze in badminton women’s doubles

Barshim, Tamberi share men’s high jump win in Tokyo

Ocon wins in Hungary, Hamilton 8-point lead

New era dawns for S. Korean gymnastics with vault medals

Italian Jacobs takes surprising gold in Olympic 100