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South Korea claims North Korea has removed speakers from tense border

South Korea's military says North Korea has started removing some loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border

The Independent UK

North Korea Removing Border Loudspeakers: Seoul Military

North Korean troops have started removing propaganda loudspeakers used to blare unsettling noises along the border, South Korea's military said Saturday, days after Seoul's new administration dismantled ones on its side of the frontier.

International Business Times

South Korea Removing Loudspeakers On Border With North

South Korea said Monday it was removing loudspeakers used to blare K-pop and news reports to the North, as the new administration in Seoul tries to ease tensions with its bellicose neighbour.

International Business Times

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South Korea begins removing loudspeakers on border with North to reduce tensions

Overture from new president Lee Jae Myung is latest effort to revive dialogue with Pyongyang that stalled under his predecessor

The Guardian - AU

South Korea begins removing loud speakers blasting propaganda from border with North

South Korea says the move is an attempt to ease tensions between the warring nations

The Independent UK

South Korea looks into ways to improve relations with Kim Jong Un’s North

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has pledged to improve strained relations with Pyongyang

The Independent UK

South Korea suspends official accused of illegally sending drones to North Korea

South Korean drone commander says incident was part of ‘clandestine military operation’ to respond to North Korea

The Independent UK

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South Korea mulls allowing individual tours to North Korea as tensions ease

Unification ministry in Seoul says allowing individual tours will not violate international sanctions.

Al Jazeera

Southeast Asia’s foreign assistance to fall more than $2bn next year

Poorest nations set to lose out as Western countries redirect development funding to defence and domestic spending.

Al Jazeera

‘Car is being swept away’: Man’s last call to wife as South Korea hit by heavy rain and landslides

Intense monsoon rains batter central and southern parts of South Korea, lashing it with the most rainfall in 120 years

The Independent UK

Trump's Border Czar Admits He Has No Idea if Migrants Sent to South Sudan Are Still Being Detained

Tom Homan said immigrants deported to South Sudan are no longer in United States Custody, and that he doesn't know if they are being detained there.

Latin Times

South Korea sends back North Koreans who drifted on wooden boats across border

North Koreans sent back across their sea border after ‘failed efforts to contact Pyongyang’

The Independent UK

Trump administration completes contentious deportations to South Sudan

After legal battle, US sends eight detainees to country it has advised citizens not to visit due to ‘crime, conflict’.

Al Jazeera

North Korean man arrested in South Korea after crossing border

Border tensions have flared in recent months as the two Koreas traded Cold War-style psychological warfare

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

South Korea stops blasting anti-North Korea propaganda along border

North Korea has been subjected to K-pop and anti-North Korea propaganda on the inter-Korean border

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A BMW Supplier Was Working On A U.S. EV Battery Factory. Here's Why Construction Stopped

Envision AESC started building a huge battery plant in South Carolina two years ago to supply cells to BMW. It has now abruptly halted work on the site.

The Guardian - UK

Pat Cummins: ‘We want to play hard and fair, and I think we’ve got it right’

The Australia captain tells Donald McRae about leading the side against South Africa and not getting too big for his boots – but plays a dead bat regarding the Bairstow dismissal at Lord’s

The Independent UK

Lee Jae Myung wins big in South Korea election – now he faces his toughest challenge yet

ANALYSIS: Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing the daunting task of renegotiating Seoul’s relationship with the US, its most important ally. Shweta Sharma reports

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The Guardian - UK

Lee Jae-myung wins election as South Korean president

Liberal who led campaign to oust Yoon Suk Yeol wins race as conservative opponent concedes defeat

The Guardian - UK

South Korea goes to the polls to elect new president after Yoon crisis

Election pitting liberal Lee Jae-myung against conservative candidate Kim Moon Soo comes after months of chaos following Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law

The Independent UK

South Korea says North Korea has fired several missiles toward its eastern waters

North Korea on Thursday fired several ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a run of weapons tests that have raised animosity in the region

The Independent UK

South Korea ignored repeated bird strike warnings before Jeju Air disaster

Report says authorities knew of Muan airport facing high risk of bird strikes years before 179 people died in crash

Al Jazeera

Four killed in South Korea road collapse

An elevated part of a highway under construction collapsed in Anseong, killing or injuring all 10 workers present.

The Independent UK

Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families

North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it continues to eliminate symbols of engagement between the war-divided rivals

International Business Times

North Korea Warns Of Stronger Action Over South's Drills With US, Japan

North Korea condemned on Friday joint military drills between South Korea, Japan and the United States held this week, threatening to respond by exercising its right to self-defence "more intensively".

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