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Kim Jong Un Orders Execution Of Officials After Deadly Floods

Reports suggest Kim Jong Un ordered executions of officials following deadly floods in North Korea. Despite aid offers, North Korea declined assistance and...

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Outgoing Japanese leader Kishida will visit South Korea for a summit on improving ties

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is going to South Korea to improve the two country's relations

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China spent more on chipmaking equipment than South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. combined — $25B in investments in the first half of the year

A Nikkei report says that China bought more chipmaking tools than the U.S., Taiwan, and South Korea combined.

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Indian Students Are Ditching Universities In The US, UK And Canada—Here's Where They're Going Instead

Indian students are now considering studying in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Singapore due to visa restrictions and increasing costs in the US and UK.

International Business Times UK

Studio Heech transforms a Seoul home, nodding to Pierre Chareau’s Maison De Verre

Young South Korean practice Studio Heech joins the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios

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China wins twin gold in para table tennis as France finishes with bronze in men's doubles

China continued its unrivalled supremacy in para table tennis on Friday night, taking away both of the first two gold medals in the women’s doubles. The doubles format, which returned to the Paralympics this year for the first time since 1976, has so far proved disappointing for the French contenders,…

France 24

A sinkhole swallows an SUV in South Korea, injuring 2 people

Emergency workers in South Korea's capital say that two people have been injured after a sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed their SUV

The Independent UK

South Korean Crypto Executive Stabbed During $800M Fraud Trial

Haru Invest's CEO was stabbed by his attacker in the neck while he was attending a trial for fraud charges over the crypto company's sudden suspension of customer withdrawals in mid-2023.

International Business Times

South Korea will increase criminal penalties for sexual deepfakes shared on platforms like Telegram

South Korean celebrities make up over half of all deepfaked pornography worldwide.

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The Guardian - UK

South Korea’s climate law violates rights of future generations, court rules

Absence of legally binding targets for greenhouse gas reductions from 2031-49 deemed unconstitutional

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South Korea's Constitutional Court Orders Stronger Climate Action Plans

South Korea's Constitutional Court orders government to enhance climate goals and plans through 2049 in response to climate cases, highlighting the need fo...

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Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049

The Guardian - UK

Type 2 diabetes drug associated with 35% lower risk of dementia, study finds

Large Korean study suggests sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, may lower the risk of dementia

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South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography after thousands found to be spreading images

One Telegram channel had 220,000 members creating and sharing doctored images and videos, with the president saying many of the victims and perpetrators are minors

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US Soldier Travis King Ran Into North Korea, Now He’s Pleading Guilty To Desertion

Travis King is pleading guilty to desertion and assaulting a non-commissioned officer as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The post US Soldier Travis King Ran Into North Korea, Now He’s Pleading Guilty To Desertion first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Independent UK

American soldier Travis King who ran away to North Korea to plead guilty to five charges

Soldier ran across border during a guided tour of demilitarised zone separating North Korea from South Korea in July 2023

International Business Times

As Climate Warms, S. Korea Fights New Border Threat: Malarial Mosquitoes

Near the heavily fortified border that divides North and South Korea, a monitoring device is working 24-7 -- not tracking missiles or troop movements, but catching malaria-carrying mosquitoes that may cross the border.

International Business Times

Kim Jong Un Grins Broadly While Watching Demonstration Of New North Korean 'Suicide Drones'

An image released by state media showed a white drone with X-shaped wings and tails plunging toward a target resembling a South Korean tank.

International Business Times

Kim Unveils New North Korea 'Suicide Drones'

North Korea has unveiled a new "suicide drone", state media said Monday, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing a performance test of the weapons, which experts said could have come from Russia.

International Business Times

South Korea Speeds Up EV Battery Certification Program Following Fire In Apartment Building Garage

The Aug. 1 blaze in Incheon started in a Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle and injured 23 people, took eight hours to extinguish and damaged or destroyed 140 cars.

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