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Korean golf gun the star attraction at Vic Open

South Korean Jiyai Shin will feel right at home as the red-hot favourite to win a second Vic Open title this weekend at 13th Beach.

AAP

Hyundai And Kia's EV, Hybrid Sales Blitz Continued In January

The Hyundai Motor Group was America’s second best-selling electric vehicle automaker in 2024. Despite a regulatory kerfuffle affecting EVs under the new Trump administration, the Korean automaker continued its sales momentum in January.

InsideEVs

While plastic dominates human consumption, the global economy will remain hooked on fossil fuels

In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South Korea stalled. Leading the campaign against the deal were major oil-producing nations, especially Saudi Arabia and Russia, who argued for a more flexible approach to any legally binding limits on…

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Rubio Lays Down Ultimatum To Panama Over Canal

On his first trip overseas as the top US diplomat, Rubio took a guided tour of the canal accompanied by its Panamanian administrator as a South Korean-affiliated oil tanker and Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship passed through the vital link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Latin Times

South Korean appeals court upholds acquittal of Samsung chief Lee

A South Korean appeals court has upheld a ruling that acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial criminal charges over a contentious merger between Samsung affiliates that cemented his grip over the biggest South Korean company

The Independent UK

Asian markets dive as Trump kicks off trade war

Stock markets in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea fell as US prepares tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico.

Al Jazeera

South Korea Appeals Court Upholds Samsung Chief's Fraud Acquittal

Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong was cleared again Monday of a raft of charges linked to a controversial 2015 merger which prosecutors claimed was designed to seal his control of the South Korean tech giant.

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Asia’s postholiday markets plunge on DeepSeek, Trump tariff fallout

On Monday, Asian investors finally got to digest a week’s worth of bad news.

Fortune

A Lim Kim Withstands Late Nelly Korda Charge To Seal Wire-To-Wire Victory

South Korea's A Lim Kim claimed the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions by two strokes as the 2025 LPGA Tour season began in Florida

Golf Monthly

‘I want to be hopeful’: Nobel prize-winning novelist Han Kang on the crisis in South Korea

With protests on the streets of Seoul, the celebrated writer talks about the painful process of uncovering her country’s brutal past - and how it felt to win the Nobel prize

The Guardian - UK

South Korea Watchdog To Question DeepSeek Over User Data

South Korea will ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, its data watchdog said Friday, joining a number of countries seeking answers.

International Business Times

From chatbot to sexbot: What lawmakers can learn from South Korea’s AI hate-speech disaster

As artificial intelligence technologies develop at accelerated rates, the methods of governing companies and platforms continue to raise ethical and legal concerns.

The Conversation

The Recruit season 2 episode 1 recap: chasing the graymailer in Seoul

The Recruit season 2 episode 1 recap — Owen flies to Seoul, South Korea to hunt down the unknown person threatening to leak state secrets

WhatToWatch

Ateez, Stray Kids and Aespa: why 2025 will be another huge year for K-pop in London

BTS and Blackpink may be about to stage a comeback, while Ateez, Stray Kids and Aespa are all playing London this year

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Passenger Plane Catches Fire Before Takeoff In South Korea

Recent incidents at South Korean airports - plane fire at Gimhae and fatal crash at Muan.

The Independent UK

Air Busan Airbus charred by flames after aircraft catches fire before takeoff in South Korea

Firefighters tackled a fire on an Air Busan Airbus plane in South Korea on Tuesday, 28 January, after it went up in flames while preparing for departure from Gimhae International Airport to Hong Kong.

The Independent UK

Passengers and crew evacuated as plane catches fire on South Korean runway

Four crew members and passengers suffered injuries

Bangkok Post

Air Busan jet catches fire in Korea

An Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan in South Korea on Tuesday and all 169 passengers and seven crew evacuated without casualties, the Yonhap news agency reported.

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The Independent UK

Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport. All 176 people on board are evacuated

A passenger plane has caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea, but all 176 people on board have been safely evacuated

Evening Standard

Fire engulfs plane at South Korean airport while it prepared for take-off

Authorities have launched an urgent investigation

Dynamite News

Breaking: Passenger plane caught fire in South Korea, check all updates

Breaking news coming in from South Korea's Busan city where a Hong Kong bound plane caught fire. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

By the Stream review – Hong Sang-soo’s likably restrained pastoral comedy of campus life

Hong adds an eccentric chapter with simple charm to his many studies of middle-class Korean life, here focussing on an arts college drama class

Prime Video thinks it has your new favourite show coming very soon

Newtopia is on its way, and could be the next big streaming sensation to come out of South Korea.

The Guardian - AU

Threats, prayers and protests: the supporters backing South Korea’s impeached president

Yoon Suk Yeol faces insurrection charges and an impeachment trial that his backers dismiss as a communist conspiracy linked to China and North Korea

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Jeju Air Crash Investigation Reveals Black Boxes Stopped Recording

Discover key findings from the Jeju Air crash report in South Korea, including missing data from black boxes and evidence of bird strikes.

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