Weekly Commentary: Critical Market Juncture
The longer the Trump administration ignores mounting market distress, the clearer it becomes that moving full speed ahead ...
The New York Times5d
World’s Largest ‘Baby Exporter’ Admits to Adoption Fraud
A South Korean truth commission called for the country to apologize to those who were sent abroad “like luggage” so that adoption agencies could profit. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul ...
Reuters2d
South Korea contains main blazes in week-old wildfires
Light rain aids firefighters in South Korea's worst wildfires Main fires of five regions contained, minister says Experts link fire spread to climate change, warn of future risks Mostly elderly ...
CBS News4d
South Korea wildfires kill at least 24 people, force tens of thousands to evacuate
Seoul — South Korea's worst wildfires on record have scorched a massive swath of the country's southeast over the past five days and killed at least 24 people, according to the national fire ...
ABC News5d
Conviction of South Korean opposition leader is overturned
South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung has been cleared of his election law violation charges at an appellate court SEOUL, South Korea -- An appeals court in South Korea overturned an ...
The New York Times5d
South Korea Battles Its Worst Wildfires on Record
By Jin Yu Young At least 26 people have died in the worst wildfires on record in South Korea, massive infernos that have spread quickly over the past week, consuming hundreds of structures ...
manilatimes3d
South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose super-aged society
ANDONG, South Korea — Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires. Kim ...
CNN6d
South Korea fights deadly wildfires in southeast as thousands evacuate
South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate.
Los Angeles Times3d
North Korea sent 3,000 more troops to Russia, according to South’s assessment
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, South Korea ...
New York Post5d
Motorcyclist who vanished into 65-foot deep South Korean sinkhole found dead following search
A motorcyclist was found dead after vanishing into a massive sinkhole in South Korea’s largest city. The sinkhole, estimated to be around 65 feet wide and 65 feet deep, opened up at an ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore5d
South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 27
ANDONG: Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday (Feb 27) from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country's worst natural fire disaster with at least 27 people ...