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First pictures as Tottenham’s new signings take part in pre-season training before South Korea trip

Tottenham made their return to pre-season training on Monday, with three of their four summer signings to date present as preparations for the 2022/23 campaign began.

Evening Standard

U.S. F-35 fighters arrive in South Korea as joint military drills ramp up

U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighters arrived in South Korea on Tuesday on their first publicly announced visit since 2017 as the allies and nuclear-armed North Korean engage in an escalating cycle of displays of weapons.

Reuters

Suspected North Korea dam water release prompts South Koreans to evacuate

North Korea appears to have released water from a dam near its border with South Korea, prompting vacationers in the neighbouring country to evacuate over rising water levels on the Imjin River, officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Fabio Paratici's 3 Tottenham transfer tasks to complete for Antonio Conte before pre-season tour

Antonio Conte has a few jobs that he needs Fabio Paratici to sort before Tottenham depart for South Korea on Saturday

Football London

Tottenham target further signings this week as Djed Spence and Clement Lenglet talks continue

Tottenham are expected to accelerate their summer transfer business this week, with head coach Antonio Conte determined to have more signings in place before the squad departs for South Korea on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Son Keen to Avoid Spurs Tour Guide Duty During South Korea Visit

Son Heung-min has been named South Korea's top athlete for five straight years but he is keen to downplay his star status with his Tottenham Hotspur team mates for fear of having to play tour guide for the entire squad during their pre-season tour. Spurs begin preparations for the Premier…

Asharq Al-Awsat

BTS Rekindle Debate about Military Service in South Korea

A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military service is hugely contentious in South Korea where all able-bodied men…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea

Reuters

Tejas aircraft emerges as top choice for Malaysia’s fighter jet programme

Malaysia has narrowed down on the Indian aircraft notwithstanding stiff competition from China’s JF-17 jet, South Korea’s FA-50 and Russia’s Mig-35 and the Yak-130 plane

The Hindu

North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan military cooperation

North Korea has slammed the U.S., South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls for the country to reinforce its military capability

The Independent UK

North Korea says U.S.-South Korea-Japan agreement materialises U.S. plan for 'Asian NATO'

North Korea criticised the United States, South Korea and Japan's recent agreement on strengthening military cooperation to be a means to materialise a U.S. plan for a military alliance like NATO in the region.

Reuters

One to watch: NoSo

The Korean-American singer-songwriter toys with the nuances of identity and escapism on their guitar-led debut album

The Guardian - UK

Indo-Pacific alphabet soup needs beefing up

In May, US President Joe Biden visited South Korea and Japan with the aim of reaffirming America's commitment to the Asia-Pacific region after the uncertainties and doubts generated by Donald Trump's presidency. In Tokyo, Mr Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (Ipef) and participated in a summit of…

Bangkok Post

Pyongyang blames Covid on ‘alien things’

North Korea has claimed that people who had touched “alien things” near the border with South Korea were the first to be infected with the coronavirus.

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Evening Standard

North Korea blames people touching ‘alien things’ near border with South Korea for Covid outbreak

North Korea has claimed that its Covid outbreak started because people were touching “alien things” near the border with South Korea.

Wales Online

North Korea says Covid 19 crossed its borders thanks to 'alien things' and balloons

It is blaming South Korea

The Independent UK

N. Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

North Korea is suggesting its COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons flown from South Korea

Daily Mirror

North Korea blames 'alien things' and balloons from south for severe Covid outbreak

North Korea has bizarrely told people in the country that Covid patients had touched "alien things coming by wind" as it attempted to blame the South for the virus

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North Korea blames COVID-19 outbreak on ‘alien things’ from South

North Korea blamed its COVID-19 outbreak on “alien things” likely sent by balloon across its border with South Korea, saying a teenage soldier and a five-year-old girl in April were the first people in the country infected by coronavirus.

Reuters

South Korea says leaflets sent by defectors unlikely to be cause of COVID in North Korea

South Korea's unification ministry said on Friday there is "no possibility" of COVID-19 entering North Korea via contaminated balloons sent by activists in the South.

Reuters

North Korea blames 'alien things' near border with South for COVID outbreak

North Korea claimed on Friday that the country's first COVID-19 outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to the neighbour for the wave of infections in the isolated country.

InsideEVs

Report: Samsung SDI Is Preparing Pilot Line For Tesla 4680 Batteries

A new unofficial report from South Korea says that Samsung SDI is preparing a pilot production line for Tesla's 4680-type cylindrical battery cells.

Benzinga

Middleby Expands Offerings In Ice - Read How

Middleby Corp (NASDAQ:MIDD) has acquired Icetro, a maker of ice, soft serve, and slush machines used worldwide in commercial food service. Deal terms were not disclosed. Icetro has annual sales of ~$40 million and is headquartered in South Korea, with U.S. operations based in Anaheim, California. The acquisition furthers MIDD's Asian manufacturing…

Marie Claire

The 15 Best Korean Romance Movies Ever Made

They'll shatter your heart, then put it back together again.

InsideEVs

Hyundai Delays Next-Gen Nexo Hydrogen Fuel Cell SUV To 2024: Report

The South Korean carmaker had planned to kick off mass production and sales of the next-generation Nexo in the second half of 2023.

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