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South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat

There are two Koreas, North and South

The Independent UK

How do college and career courses vary across public schools?

Public schools in the Northeast have the highest rate of advanced courses offered at 89%; the South and West regions of the US have the highest rate of career and technical education classes at 88%.

USAFacts

North Korea may have executed officials over flood response, reports say

South Korea’s intelligence service says it has ‘detected signs’ Kim Jong-un ordered executions of 20 to 30 officials

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South Korea says North Korea has again launched suspected trash-carrying balloons across the border

South Korea says it has detected suspected trash-carrying balloons launched by North Korea, in the latest round of a Cold War-style psychological warfare between the war-divided rivals

The Independent UK

North Korean table tennis players may be punished for Olympic podium selfie with rivals from South

Kim Kum-yong and Ri Jong-sik reportedly placed under ‘ideological scrutiny’ and could face punishment if they fail to criticise inappropriate behaviour

The Guardian - AU

Democrats’ LGBTQ delegates cheer barrier-breaking candidates - Roll Call

Candidates at a convention caucus could be the first openly gay member from a southern state and the first trans member.

Roll Call

The case for going "flexitarian"

"A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota"

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Why North Korea may find the South’s new vision for unification provocative

Every year, on August 15, there is a public holiday in South Korea to commemorate the day the Korean peninsula was liberated from Japanese colonial rule. On this day, there is a longstanding tradition whereby South Korean presidents outline their vision for Korean unification – Korea has been divided between…

The Conversation

North Korean soldier crosses militarised border to defect to South – report

South Korean military says it is investigating but can’t confirm the person’s ‘exact motivations and goals’

The Guardian - AU

US and South Korea begin joint military drills as North Korea accuses them of invasion rehearsal

U.S. and South Korean troops have kicked off a large-scale exercise aimed at strengthening their combined defense capabilities against nuclear-armed North Korea, which again is accusing the allies of practicing an invasion

The Independent UK

Meet Carmen Nash — The Designer Infusing Storytelling Into "Emotional Objects That Are Cherished and Loved"

The African-American artist and curator stepped into the design world as a vintage furniture reseller. Today she weaves the folklore, heritage, and spirituality of her southern background into products that amplify her experiences

Livingetc

Heart disease is rampant in parts of the rural South. Researchers are hitting the road to learn why

Public health experts from some of the nation’s leading research universities have deployed a massive medical trailer to rural parts of the South as part of an ambitious and unusual new health study

The Independent UK

“I don’t get into many fights now cos you get hit on the throat and you miss a gig”: The explosive rise of Lynyrd Skynyrd, America’s greatest southern rock band

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s classic debut album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) was released on August 13, 1973, setting them on the path to stardom

Louder

South Korea and US will start summer military drills next week to counter North Korean threats

South Korea and the United States will start their annual joint military exercises next week with a focus on improving their combined capabilities to deter and defend against growing North Korean nuclear threats

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The share of Americans living in the West has fallen for the first time in 100 years

“The places that are most expensive are seeing the biggest drops,” explained a Bank of America senior economist.

International Business Times

Trotting Ahead Of K-pop? South Korean Crooner Rivals BTS

Lim Young-woong may not have as many fans as BTS, but the trot singer is rivalling the global superstars, showing there's more to South Korean music than K-pop with his billions of streams and a sold-out stadium tour.

Top News

5Th Circuit Court Narrows Voting Rights Act Scope In Redistricting

Learn about the recent 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling impacting the Voting Rights Act in redistricting cases in the South.

Salon

You should be making bourbon iced tea

"Sweet tea on a hot, balmy summer day revives and refreshes a body like few other things in this world . . ."

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Sunbelt boomtowns are cooling off, but the sun-soaked region will reclaim its hot status

More than 2 million single-family homes have been built in the South since January 2021, more than four times the number completed in the Northeast, according to a Capital Economics economist.

Fortune

Richard Attias: ‘We don’t need to rely exclusively on Western countries to level up the less developed ones’

Channeling regional support from better-developed countries in developing regions could be the best way to address global challenges, says Richard Attias.

The Independent UK

Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost to Black people in the South

Wood pellet production has skyrocketed across the US South to feed the European Union’s push

The Independent UK

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields

International Business Times

N. Korea Sweet Wrappers, Noodles On Seoul Streets In Balloon Blitz

North Korean sweet wrappers and packets of crackers made at a factory once visited by leader Kim Jong Un were seen by AFP reporters on streets in the South Korean capital Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Judge asked to block slave descendants' effort to force a vote on zoning of their Georgia community

A Georgia county is asking a judge to block a referendum effort that seeks to roll back zoning changes that residents say threaten one of the South's last communities of Gullah-Geechee slave descendants

The Independent UK

US census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count

Six places in the South and West will host practice runs for the next U.S. head count in 2030

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