South Korea builds fast. It always has. The pali-pali (hurry, hurry) spirit turned a war-ravaged nation into an industrial titan in a single generation. It also has a habit of killing factory workers, safety experts say. Those deadly consequences were on full display in Friday’s fire at Anjun Industrial, an car parts supplier in Daejeon. The warning signs were impossible to miss. Oil vapour so thi...
South Korea builds fast. It always has. The pali-pali (hurry, hurry) spirit turned a war-ravaged nation into an industrial titan in a single generation. It also has a habit of killing factory workers, safety experts say. Those deadly consequences were on full display in Friday’s fire at Anjun Industrial, an car parts supplier in Daejeon. The warning signs were impossible to miss. Oil vapour so thick it coated the lenses of workers’ glasses with a greasy film. Grease caking the ceilings, the pipes, the machinery. Repeated pleas for ventilation improvements, met with silence. Advertisement Friday’s fire killed 14 people. Nine of them died in a single room that should not have existed. That room – an illegally constructed rest area built by splitting a single-storey space into two levels – appeared on no official blueprints. Its one small side window offered no escape from the toxic gases that filled it. Firefighters and forensics teams work at the fire-damaged factory in Daejeon on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua It was a death trap hiding in plain sight: the product of makeshift expansions carried out in 2010, 2011 and 2014 that authorities never properly identified or addressed, investigators and safety experts told This Week in Asia.
JinkoSolar ( JKS ) has globally launched its new AIDC modules for data centers, it said on Sunday. AIDC module addresses the specially high requirements of data centers, including high load capacity, high asset security, prolonged non-stop operation, extreme weather resistance, super stability and reliability, low O&M requirements, and large-scale deployment. This launch not only marks JinkoSolar'...
JinkoSolar ( JKS ) has globally launched its new AIDC modules for data centers, it said on Sunday. AIDC module addresses the specially high requirements of data centers, including high load capacity, high asset security, prolonged non-stop operation, extreme weather resistance, super stability and reliability, low O&M requirements, and large-scale deployment. This launch not only marks JinkoSolar's successful exploration of the limits of product performance in complex scenarios but also represents another significant milestone in the company's efforts to support the energy transition across all industries, the company added . More on JinkoSolar Holding JinkoSolar: Facing A Double-Edged Sword JinkoSolar CEO Chen resigns; names Cao as successor JinkoSolar surges after visit from Elon Musk team Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on JinkoSolar Holding Historical earnings data for JinkoSolar Holding
bunhill Asian equity markets were in the red on Monday as the standoff between US President Donald Trump and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz intensified, pushing oil prices higher and further fueling global inflation worries. With the conflict now entering its fourth week, President Donald Trump has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face direct strikes on its pow...
bunhill Asian equity markets were in the red on Monday as the standoff between US President Donald Trump and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz intensified, pushing oil prices higher and further fueling global inflation worries. With the conflict now entering its fourth week, President Donald Trump has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face direct strikes on its power infrastructure. The intensifying rhetoric has sent oil prices surging and reignited global inflation fears, leaving investors with little visibility on a potential path to de-escalation. WTI crude futures traded above $99 per barrel on Monday after climbing to as high as $101.5 earlier in the session, as investors assessed President Donald Trump’s ultimatum urging Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Gold prices fell below $4,400 per ounce on Monday, extending its selloff into a fourth week. Bitcoin ( BTC-USD ) traded around $68,000 in late March, holding most of its recent losses at a two-week low, as fresh threats and attacks involving the US, Israel, and Iran weighed on risk sentiment. The benchmark KOSPI fell more than 5% to around 5,480 on Monday, tracking a sharp regional selloff. The South Korean won fell past 1,500 per dollar, marking its weakest level since March 2009, as escalating US–Iran tensions rattled markets. Japan ( NKY:IND ) fell 3.52% to below 51,700, while the broader Topix Index declined 3.2% to 3,494 on Monday, with both benchmarks hitting their lowest levels in more than two months. The Japanese yen weakened toward 159.5 per dollar on Monday, nearing the key 160 level that has previously triggered market intervention. Japan’s 10-year government bond yield rose above 2.3% on Monday, marching toward multi-decade highs reached earlier this year. China ( SHCOMP ) fell 2.50% to around 3,880, while the Shenzhen Component fell 1.3% to 13,690 on Monday, with mainland stocks hitting three-month lows , and the offshore yuan weakened to around 6.915 on Monday...
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