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North Korea launches fresh wave of trash balloons toward South Korea

North Korea launched a fresh wave of “trash balloons" toward its southern neighbors Wednesday night, according to local media.

The New York Times · 1d

A North Korean Trash Balloon Hits a Seoul Government Compound, Again

Debris was found more than a day after the North’s latest balloon launch. South Korea says it’s essentially impossible to track every balloon.

Yonhap News English on MSN · 1d

N. Korean garbage balloon at gov't complex

South Korean soldiers retrieve the remnants of a garbage-carrying balloon sent by North Korea at the parking lot of the government complex in Seoul on Sept. 20, 2024. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome Your News Tips] We invite our readers to submit news tips,

ViewusGlobal on MSN · 2d

Seoul’s Scare: Quick Response to Fire Blamed on North Korean Balloons

A fire in a Seoul apartment complex, reportedly ignited by balloons from North Korea, was extinguished quickly with no injuries.

US soldier who fled to N. Korea released

U.S. News & World Report · 12h

US Soldier Who Fled to North Korea Is Free After Sentencing

U.S. Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea and was taken into custody there, was sentenced on Friday to one year of confinement then freed based on time already served, his lawyer said in a statement.

The Hill · 35m

US soldier who fled to North Korea pleads guilty to desertion, assault

U.S. Army Pvt. Travis King, who crossed into North Korea last year, pleaded guilty to charges related to desertion, assault and disobeying an order, the Army said Friday in a blog post. King

CNN on MSN · 13h

US soldier who fled to North Korea sentenced to one year in confinement and dishonorable discharge

The US soldier who ran across the border from South to North Korea last year was sentenced Friday to one year in confinement and dishonorable discharge after pleading guilty to charges of desertion and assault.

South Korea, adoption

PBS · 16h

‘South Korea’s Adoption Reckoning’ Reporters & Director Spotlight How Western Demand Played A Role in the Korean Adoption Boom

The filmmaker and reporters of "South Korea's Adoption Reckoning" documentary talk about how their reporting challenges some Korean and Western assumptions about international adoption, and how the practice is now facing a reckoning.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions

Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that adoption agencies were aggressively competing for kids, pressuring mothers and bribing hospitals,

Oregonian · 16h

Widespread adoption fraud separated generations of Korean children from their families

She believes the government of France — along with many Western nations — allowed families to “mail order children” through international adoption, and did nothing to protect them. “They were reckless,

A Stock Trader’s Guide to South Korea’s Upcoming Value-Up Index

Investors are looking for potential stock-market winners from South Korea’s launch of the Value-Up Index, a key plank of the ...

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South Korea national universities see 90,000 dropouts over five years

South Korea has recorded a significant rise in student dropouts at national universities in provincial areas, with nearly ...

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Exclusive-South Korea's Yoon confident Czech nuclear plant deal will be completed despite legal concerns

South Korea is confident it can overcome any obstacles to a multi-billion dollar project to build a nuclear plant in the ...

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Time to call the kimchi police: South Korea’s heatwave is causing cabbage chaos

An unprecedented heat wave across South Korea has driven up the price of cabbages, data revealed yesterday, with the ...

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How to describe South Korea’s golf courses? Unique, elusive and very, very exclusive

The best South Korean tracks are typically outside of Seoul, where they capitalize on the country’s uncommon beauty and ...

Sinkhole in South Korea swallows two trucks in heavy rain

A 26-foot sinkhole in Busan, South Korea, caused two trucks to fall in during heavy rain:: Fire officials reported no ...

S. Korea Arrests Trainee Doctor Over 'Blacklist' Of Non-striking Colleagues

A South Korean doctor has been arrested for allegedly creating and distributing a "blacklist" of colleagues who are not participating in an ongoing walkout over medical training reforms, media reports ...

As medical strike drags on in South Korea, patients are on edge

Seven months have passed since South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced a plan to increase the number of doctors.

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South Korea was the world’s biggest ‘baby exporter.’ New evidence shows some mothers were forced to give up children

South Korea has for decades been known as the world’s largest “baby exporter” – sending hundreds of thousands of children ...

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South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they're designed to feed back to a Chinese server

South Korea's military removed 1,300 cameras from its bases after discovering they were Chinese and could connect to a server ...

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