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'We are not your enemy', say South Korean truckers striking for minimum wage protections

Inside five white tents outside the Uiwang container depot near Seoul, about 200 striking truckers huddle around gas heaters, trying to fight the bitter cold and the government narrative that they are well paid "labour aristocracy."

Reuters

Thousands protest in South Korea in support of truckers, government orders them back to work

Thousands of demonstrators representing organised labour groups march in Seoul, denouncing government attempts to force thousands of striking truckers back to work.

ABC News

Feminists are protesting against the wave of anti-feminism that's swept South Korea

Many men in South Korea claim to be victims of gender discrimination, a movement turbocharged by President Yoon. Meanwhile, women lag far behind men in pay and face unrealistic beauty standards.

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Seoul arrests ex-top security official over border killing

South Korean prosecutors arrested the country’s former national security director over suspicions he engaged in a cover-up to hide details and distort the circumstances surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals’ sea boundary in 2020

The Independent UK

Seoul places new sanctions on North Korea over arms buildup

South Korea is sanctioning eight North Korean individuals and seven organizations suspected of engaging in illicit activities to finance the North’s growing nuclear weapons and missile programs

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim calls for meeting to review state affairs

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a major political conference before the end of the year to talk about key state affairs, where he’s expected to address his increasingly tense relations with Washington and Seoul over the expansion of his nuclear and missile programs

The Independent UK

Grieving South Korean father seeks justice for Halloween crush victims

Taking time off work, South Korean bus driver Cho Gi-Dong has visited a crypt where the remains of his 24-year-old daughter are kept almost every day since she perished in a deadly crush on the night of Halloween a month ago.

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South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies

Many young people in South Korea have chosen not to marry or have children, citing a change of views toward a marriage and family life and uncertainty of their future

The Independent UK

Kim's sister makes insulting threats to Seoul over sanctions

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made insult-laden threats against South Korea for considering unliteral sanctions on the North

The Independent UK

North Korea slams South Korea's Yoon, warns sanctions will fuel more hostility

North Korea on Thursday denounced Seoul's push to impose additional sanctions on Pyongyang after its missile launches, calling South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his administration "idiots" parroting the United States, state media KCNA reported.

Reuters

China resumes streaming South Korean content after six-year suspension

A Chinese streaming platform has resumed distributing South Korean content after suspending it for nearly six years, South Korean officials said on Tuesday, in what Seoul called a sign of Beijing's readiness to improve ties.

Reuters

South Korea has almost zero food waste. Here’s what the US can learn

In the US, most food waste ends up in landfills while South Korea recycles close to 100% annually, and its model could illustrates some core principles

The Guardian - US

N. Korea's ICBM test aimed at developing multiwarhead tech

SEOUL -- North Korea appears to be racing to increase the nuclear payload capability of a multiwarhead intercontinental ballistic missile, as indicated by its launch on Friday of an ICBM that a South Korean official said was thought to be a new Hwasong-17.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kim Jong Un's daughter seen for first time

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of Pyongyang’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile with his daughter at his side for the first time, state media reported on Saturday.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I’m afraid to have children’: fear of an older future in Japan and South Korea

As birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and ageing population

Reuters

U.S., South Korean trade officials discuss Inflation Reduction Act at APEC -U.S. statement

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai acknowledged Seoul's concerns with the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act during a meeting with South Korea's Trade Minister Ahn Dukgeun at the Asia-Paciﬁc Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Tai's office said on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince, S. Korean President Discuss Energy Security, Strategic Partnership

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz confirmed that Saudi Arabia and South Korea are seeking to intensify joint action to confront threats that undermine international peace and affect energy security and the safety of supply chains. The Crown Prince was speaking during his meeting with South Korean President…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Suspected Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, Seoul's military said, the second launch in two days as Pyongyang continues a record-breaking blitz that has sent fears of a nuclear test soaring. A South Korean defense official told AFP that they "estimated that North Korea had fired an ICBM",…

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Saudi Crown Prince Discusses ‘Promising’ Investment Opportunities with Heads of Korean Companies

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman met on Thursday at his residence in the South Korean capital, Seoul, with several heads of Korean companies. The discussions between the two sides focused on the promising opportunities for investments in various fields in the Kingdom, mainly in energy, technology,…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

ROK: N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missile

SEOUL -- North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan on Thursday morning, the South Korean military said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Missile launch over Japan a 'warning to enemies'

SEOUL -- North Korea's state news agency said that the launch of a ballistic missile on Oct. 4 that passed over Japan was a "warning to enemies."

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Meets with South Korean President

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Thursday with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the presidential headquarters in Seoul. In a statement, the Crown Prince expressed the Kingdom’s desire to continue to consolidate ties with South Korea. “We seek to intensify joint action to…

France 24

North Korea fires ballistic missile after threatening 'fiercer' response to US, allies

North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Thursday, hours after the North threatened to launch “fiercer” military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Crown Prince Begins Asia Tour in South Korea

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz has held talks with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo in Seoul.

The Conversation

Seoul crowd crush: history suggests authorities may try to blame the victims

The tragedy in South Korea on Halloween, in which at least 154 people were crushed to death in an alleyway, has a grim historic precedent nearly 80 years before, in wartime London.

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