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Theme Park's Novel Bid To Fix South Korea Youth Unemployment

At a kids' role-playing theme park in Seoul, 23-year-old Park Woo-joo is on a very adult mission: the university-educated but unemployed South Korean is searching for his future career.

International Business Times

South Korea Steps Up Propaganda Broadcasts After New Trash Balloons From North

South Korea will ramp up propaganda broadcasts to the North in response to Pyongyang sending more trash-carrying balloons across the border, Seoul's military said Sunday.

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Olympics: Senegal won silver in 1988 – why it’s never managed to repeat this feat

Since Senegal first competed in the Olympic Games in 1964, its success has been marked by a single medal, a feat achieved in 1988 by El Hadji Amadou Dia Bâ at the Seoul games. His remarkable performance in the 400m hurdles secured him a silver medal.

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High-ranking North Korean Diplomat In Cuba Defected To South

A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday.

International Business Times

High-ranking North Korean Diplomat In Cuba Defected To South: Report

A high-ranking North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea last November -- just months before Seoul and Havana established diplomatic ties, a report said Tuesday.

International Business Times

North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, Seoul says

South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea

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North Korea Denounces NATO Summit Declaration

North Korea has denounced a declaration at a recent NATO summit that condemned Pyongyang's weapons exports to Russia, calling the document "illegal", state media said Saturday.

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S. Korea Petitioned To Probe BLACKPINK Jennie's 'Vaping Incident'

A now-deleted video showing K-pop megastar Jennie of BLACKPINK apparently smoking a vape indoors has sparked online outcry, with Seoul's foreign ministry telling AFP Tuesday it had received a formal complaint.

International Business Times

Blake Lively Teases Ryan Reynolds During Deadpool & Wolverine Tour.

Blake Lively teases Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman during Deadpool & Wolverine press tour, having fun with water guns at Waterbomb Festival in Seoul.

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Single And Proud: S. Korean YouTuber's Viral Embrace Of Solo Life

South Korea has declared its super-low birthrate a "national emergency" and poured billions into encouraging citizens to marry and reproduce, but one YouTuber has found happiness and success promoting the opposite ideal.

International Business Times

At least nine dead in central Seoul as car ploughs into pedestrians

The vehicle was driving backwards at the time of the incident, according to eyewitness accounts

Evening Standard

A car hits pedestrians in central Seoul, killing 9 and injuring 4

Emergency officials in South Korea say a car has hit pedestrians in central Seoul, killing nine people and injuring four others

The Independent UK

Not David vs. Goliath: Japan and Korea are making startups work with large conglomerates in a twist on the Silicon Valley model

Japan and South Korea believe that startups and large conglomerates work better when they work together.

Fortune

What startups and K-pop have in common

Today, we’re swapping software for bright lights, AI infrastructure for boy bands, and Silicon Valley for Seoul. We’re talking about K-pop dealmaking. It’s an especially good time to take a closer look at Korea-based entertainment powerhouse Hybe.

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International Business Times

South Korea's Skyscraper Window Cleaner With A Fear Of Heights

For nearly thirty years, Seo Seung-ho has cleaned the windows of some of South Korea's tallest buildings.

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As Black Desert Online celebrates its tenth anniversary, Pearl Abyss reveals the future of its MMO lies thousands of years in the past

"It was like, 'what's the next big adventure?'"

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North Korea failed launch was possible hypersonic weapon: Seoul

North Korea announced plans in 2021 to develop more sophisticated weapons, including hypersonic missiles.

International Business Times

N. Korean Test Of Likely Hypersonic Missile Fails: Seoul Military Official

North Korea test-fired what appeared to be a hypersonic missile on Wednesday, but the launch ended in a mid-air explosion, an official from Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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The Independent UK

Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines flights disrupted by pressurization problems

A Korean Air flight to Taiwan was forced to return to Incheon airport west of Seoul after a sudden depressurization on the plane, a Boeing 737 Max 8

Evening Standard

At least 22 dead after South Korea lithium battery factory fire

A series of battery cells reportedly exploded inside a warehouse near Seoul

The Guardian - UK

‘A return to the cold war’: Putin and Kim have joined forces as global delinquents

The defiant Russia-North Korea friendship pact raises big questions for Washington and Seoul – but also for Beijing, writes Andrew Roth

The Guardian - UK

US ‘incredibly concerned’ over Putin’s threat to supply weapons to North Korea after Asia tour

State department warns such a move could destabilise the peninsula, as South Korea considers arming Ukraine

International Business Times

S. Korea Summons Russian Ambassador Over Pyongyang Deal

South Korea summoned Russia's ambassador to Seoul Friday to protest a defence deal signed by President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un during a visit to Pyongyang this week.

Al Jazeera

South Korea fires warning shots as North Korean soldiers cross border again

Incident is the third this month and took place as Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting Pyongyang.

International Business Times

South Korea Fires Warning Shots After New Border Incursion

Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.

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