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Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution – here’s why it matters

On March 2 2022, delegates to the UN environment assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new treaty by the end of 2024 to end plastic pollution. With 24 days of formal negotiation between almost 200 countries completed, spread over meetings in Peru, France, Kenya and…

The Conversation

Global plastic production must be cut to curb pollution, study says

Analysis lays bare huge challenge of mismanaged waste on eve of UN plastic treaty talks in Busan

The Guardian - UK

Hyundai and Vitra Design Museum explore plastic's past, present and future in new exhibition

Currently on show at Hyundai Motorstudio Busan, anexhibition collaboration with the Vitra Design Museum puts the past, present and future of plastic in the spotlight

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Countdown To Busan: Is A Plastic Pollution Treaty In Reach?

Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution, but countries remain so far apart that a deal may prove impossible.

International Business Times

Busan Chicken branches out to inner-city hub

Authentic Korean fried chicken and a cold beer? Yes please!

Newcastle Herald

Governments have just 5 weeks to end plastic pollution. A global, binding treaty is the only solution

Dame Ellen MacArthur-Christiana Figueres: The negotiations in Busan are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address the root causes of plastic pollution.

Fortune

Lee Sun-Kyun Honored At Busan International Film Festival

Busan International Film Festival pays tribute to Lee Sun-kyun with a Special Program showcasing his works and awarding him the Korea Cinema Award.

Top News

‘Only in Rio’: South Korea’s ambassador to Brazil is an unlikely samba star

Lim Ki-mo first heard Brazilian music 50 years ago in his home town of Busan; now his consular crooning marks a triumph of soft power

The Guardian - US

A Killer Paradox episode 5 recap: Jang searches for Lee

A Killer Paradox episode 5 follows Lee as he moves to Busan under a false name.

WhatToWatch

Pleased with Busan showing, Manika Batra dreams of something special at Paris Olympics

MUMBAI: It hits you as to just how much Indian table tennis has progressed in recent years as you hear Manika Batra express regret over the women's team narrowly failing to beat heavyweights China in the just concluded ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan.

The Times of India

Indian men, women lose in pre-quarterfinals of World TT but likely to qualify for Paris Olympics

NEW DELHI: The Indian men's and women's teams on Wednesday faced defeats in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea. The women's team, led by Manika Batra, lost 1-3 to Chinese Taipei, while the men's team was defeated 0-3 by South Korea for the second…

The Times of India

World Table Tennis Championships: Indian women's team progresses to knock-out phase with win over Spain

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic turnaround, the Indian women's table tennis team secured a spot in the knock-out phase of the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan.

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Indian men's team beats Chile 3-0 in World Table Tennis Team Championships opener

NEW DELHI: India's men's table tennis team started their World Table Tennis Team Championships campaign with a convincing 3-0 victory over Chile in Busan, Korea on Saturday.

TechRadar

World Team Table Tennis Championships live stream: watch Busan 2024 for FREE online, Day 4

Here's how to watch 2024 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships live stream from anywhere in the UK, US, China, India and beyond. Free streams, schedule, dates.

The Independent UK

Man accused of stabbing a South Korean politician wanted to stop him becoming president, police say

South Korean police say the man accused of stabbing South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in the neck told investigators that he wanted to kill him to prevent him from becoming the country’s president

International Business Times

Stabbed S. Korean Opposition Leader Calls For 'End To Warlike Politics'

South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck by a man pretending to be a supporter, called for an "end to warlike politics" as he was discharged from hospital Wednesday.

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Evening Standard

South Korea police raid home of suspect who stabbed opposition leader in neck

South Korean police have raided the home and office of a man who stabbed the country's opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck in an attack that left him in intensive care, officials said.

WEKU

Up First briefing: Israel Supreme Court ruling; South Korean opposition leader stabbed

Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. South Korea's Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the city of Busan.

WEKU

South Korean opposition leader is stabbed by knife-wielding man

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck, authorities said, during a visit to the city of Busan. No motive for the attack was immediately available.

International Business Times

South Korean Opposition Leader Stabbed In Neck

South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday while talking to reporters in the port city of Busan.

France 24

South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck, expected to undergo surgery

South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter.

Al Jazeera

South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck, airlifted to hospital

Lee Jae-myung was attacked while speaking to reporters during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan.

International Business Times

Busan, Riyadh Or Rome? 2030 World Expo Host To Be Revealed

Organisers will on Tuesday announce the host of the 2030 World Expo, with Rome in Italy, the Saudi capital Riyadh and South Korea's Busan contending to welcome the showpiece event held every five years.

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