A court has rejected a request to suspend an exit ban on Professor Andrew Tate (Korean name Dan Hyun-myung), who is under investigation for defamation. The court cited the public interest in the proper exercise of state punitive power as outweighing the professor's potential harm.
A Seoul court has rejected a request by Korean American scholar Morse Tan to suspend an exit ban imposed by the justice ministry. Tan is accused of defaming President Lee Jae Myung by spreading false information about a past murder case and alleged election fraud.
A US congressional commission is pressing President Donald Trump to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over detained Americans when the leaders meet this week, warning that silence would leave Beijing free to “use human beings as bargaining chips”. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), in a letter to Trump dated May 7, aired concerns over the growing threat arising from the Communist Party’s use of “hostage diplomacy, coercive exit bans and transnational repression”...
Spirit Airlines, the nation's seventh-largest airline, has approached the federal government for a bailout as it faces a perfect storm of financial pressures. The ultra-low-cost carrier, which hasn't turned a profit since 2019 and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2025, estimates $360 million in unexpected fuel costs due to the war in Iran. The government is proposing a $500 million loan for a significant stake, though both Trump administration officials and bipartisan senators have criticized the plan. Spirit's struggles stem from its ultra-low-cost business model that cannot raise fares, a 2019 debt-fueled expansion followed by COVID, a Pratt & Whitney engine recall grounding 20% of its fleet, and current capacity at just 75%.
