Pakistan government refuses to enforce Supreme Court order of former Prime Minister Imran Khan... Supporters are angry
Yonhap News reports on a full-day strike at Hyundai Motor, the appointment of Park Jung-sung as South Korea's new trade minister, and expectations of a 100 trillion won shareholder return plan from Samsung Electronics amid a KOSPI market rally.
Yonhap News Agency reports Friday on South Korea launching a Future Fund amid an AI chip boom, early conclusion of U.S.-S. Korea drills per Trump's order, Kakao Corp's business split for AI, surging August exports, and a Hyundai Motor labor strike.
Due to the effects of Typhoon Mysak, which struck southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last month, 159 people died, 10 went missing, and more than 1.65 million people suffered damage in Nanning and Guigang cities.
Israel and Turkiye are continuing a war of nerves due to the attack on the Syrian air base. Israel, suspicious of Turkiye's military buildup in Syria, carried out an airstrike and criticized President Erdogan as a direct hit. Turkiye dismisses Israel's claims as absurd suspicions and slams them as an illegal attack.
North Korea strongly threatened Japan's Ministry of Defense for allocating the largest ever defense budget of up to 10 trillion yen, saying, "We will thoroughly counterattack the military evolution of the descendants of war criminals with a united force."
Yemen's pro-Iran Houthi rebels announced on the 20th that they attacked Saudi Arabia's Najran Airport and Aramco facilities using drones. The Houthis claimed that this attack was in response to the Saudi drone's violation of Yemeni airspace.
러시아의 에너지 인프라를 노린 우크라이나 공습으로 연료 부족 사태가 장기화, 주요 도시 주유소 대기열 발생. 에너지장관 "해결 노력 중"
이란 측 종전 협상단장인 모하마드 바게르 갈리바프 의회 의장은 미국이 잠정 합의 약속을 이행할 때까지 호르무즈 해협 폐쇄가 유지될 것이라고 밝혔다.
Mr. A, a Korean businessman in his 40s who was kidnapped in Manila, Philippines, was released safely. The Korean Embassy in the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, and Korean Desk responded jointly, and Mr. A is currently in good health and a local investigation is underway.
President Turkiye's office criticized Israel's claim to station its troops in Syria as a baseless expansionist attempt. Previously, Israel had attacked an air force base in Syria and identified Turkiye's military movements as a security threat.
On the 18th, Ukrainian President Zelensky nominated Acting Defense Minister Hmara as a candidate for Minister of Defense and requested approval from the National Assembly. He was dismissed due to conflict with former Defense Minister Fedorov, and Commander-in-Chief Sirsky was also dismissed. Fedorow turns down offer for senior position on National Security and Defense Council.
Yonhap News reports on a 6% KOSPI surge, a crackdown on the illegal distribution of the narcotic etomidate, Naver union demands for centralized bargaining, South Korea's Asian Games goals, and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's opposition to housing in Yongsan Park.
The ‘status quo’ principle that has maintained peace in the Holy Land of Jerusalem since the Third Middle East War in 1967 is rapidly collapsing. A recent incident of Jewish visitors using prayer books to pray within a holy site with the connivance of the Israeli police is fanning the flames of a sensitive powder keg in the Middle East.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia's Flores Island, killing 47 people and damaging hundreds of homes. 2,000 residents were evacuated, and 235 aftershocks followed.
Two Sri Lankan nationals who helped rescue two South Korean Air Force pilots from the Yellow Sea four years ago were granted long-term residency visas by the justice ministry.
The Gyeongnam region, which had been suffering from severe drought this summer, received extremely heavy rain exceeding 800 mm for three days during the Liberation Day holiday, resulting in damage to life and property, including one death from a landslide in Geoje City, and most of the drought was resolved.
Nine people, including a child and a woman, as well as a family, were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in Ansar village in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese president criticized this as a violation of the ceasefire agreement and international law, and the Israeli military said it was in response to Hezbollah's attack.
Jason Adey, who overcame autism and dyslexia and became famous after being appointed as the youngest black professor at Cambridge University, was found dead at his home shortly after the university launched an investigation amid controversy over plagiarism and inflated resumes.
South Korea and the UN Command commemorated the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Panmunjom axe murder incident, honoring two U.S. soldiers killed by North Korean troops and reaffirming the bilateral alliance.
Yonhap News Agency reports on key developments in South Korea, including the USFK commander's defense ministry visit, a drop in Seoul shares, the Chinese foreign minister's upcoming visit, and the justice minister's resignation following prosecution reform.
예멘 친이란 반군 후티가 홍해 변 사우디 아람코 정유 시설을 드론으로 공격했다고 밝혔으며, 사우디의 영공 침범에 대한 대응이라고 주장했다.
The government decided to provide emergency support of 3 billion won in special grant taxes and 40 million won in disaster relief project expenses to Gwangju, Busan, and Gyeongnam regions in Jeollanam-do, which have been damaged by heavy rains that have continued since the 15th.
