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South Korea will pay reclusive young people $500 a month to get them to leave the house

Hundreds of thousands of young people in the country are thought to be suffering with extreme social withdrawal, a condition known as 'hikikomori'.

Fortune

Most Korean plaintiffs in Japan forced-labour cases accept Seoul's compensation plan

The bereaved families of 10 South Koreans who won court cases over being forced to work under Japanese colonial rule have accepted compensation proposed by Seoul as it seeks to mend ties with Tokyo, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

First Thing: Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast employee – report

Man known online as ‘OG’ said to have access to classified material and to regard intelligence services as repressive. Plus, why America’s most popular flower ‘never goes out of style’

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Canada, South Korea eye intelligence-sharing pact - government source

Canada and South Korea plan to launch talks on an information security agreement to facilitate intelligence-sharing and promote security ties, a Canadian government source said on Thursday.

Reuters

North Korean missile launch triggers evacuations on Hokkaido island in Japan

Missile may have been new type of weapon, which South Korea’s military condemned as a ‘grave provocation’

Evening Standard

South Korea to give $490 allowance to reclusive youths to help them leave the house

Programme is for people aged between nine and 24 who are experiencing extreme social withdrawal

The Guardian - AU

South Koreans fighting drug addiction find few rehab options

Every Saturday a group of young South Koreans gathers in Incheon just west of Seoul to talk about their battles with drug abuse, seeking sympathy and support in often emotional exchanges.

Reuters

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Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea

South Korea says North Korea has launched a ballistic missile off the North’s east coast

The Independent UK

North Korea launches new type of ballistic missile, Seoul says

North Korea fired a new model of long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan where residents were told to take cover, though there turned out to be no danger.

Reuters

US intelligence leak complicates summit with South Korea

Leaked U.S. intelligence documents suggesting that Washington spied on South Korea have put the country’s president in a delicate situation ahead of a state visit to the U.S. It's the first such trip by a South Korean leader in 12 years

The Independent UK

A Cut in Chip Production by Samsung Electronics May Ease Supply Glut

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of memory chips, announced last Friday that it would cut memory chip production after it reported Q1 profit that was the smallest in 14 years. South Korea’s largest company had previously resisted cutting production in an attempt to gain market share from rivals SK...

Barchart

Genesis Named Sponsor Of DP World Tour's Korea Championship

The tournament is the latest to be sponsored by the Korea-based luxury automotive brand

Golf Monthly

Kia Breaks Ground On New Plant For Commercial EVs In South Korea

Kia will invest around $758 million (one trillion won) in its new smart factory that will start making a mid-size electric PBV in the second half of 2025.

InsideEVs

A Vietnam War massacre case from 1968 forces a new reckoning in South Korea

A Vietnamese woman sued South Korea's government over a wartime massacre in her village by South Korean soldiers. A Seoul court recently ruled in her favor but the government will appeal the decision.

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Reuters

South Korea to lend 500,000 rounds of artillery shells to US -report

South Korea has reached an agreement to lend the United States 500,000 rounds of 155mm artillery shells that could give Washington greater flexibility to supply Ukraine with ammunition, a South Korean newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

South Korea has so few babies it is offering new parents $10,500

South Korean parents are being showered with cash, but experts say money alone will not fix country’s fertility woes.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Foreign policy report sees world at turning point

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday released its annual foreign policy report, in which it describes the international community as "at a turning point" in history in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other developments. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi presented the report, also called a diplomatic bluebook, at a…

The Guardian - US

US feared Ukraine could fall ‘well short’ in spring counter-offensive, leaks reveal

‘Top secret’ document reportedly warned Kyiv faced shortfalls in troops and weaponry and suggested any gains would be modest

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TechRadar

Google fined for unfairly competing with rival app store

Google gets hit with a multimillion-dollar fine for anticompetitive practices in South Korea.

The New Daily

One dead after hundreds flee South Korean wildfire

A wildfire has destroyed homes in a seaside city on South Korea's eastern coast, killing at least one person and forcing hundreds to flee.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: US seeks to mend ties with key allies after Pentagon leaks

Defence secretary speaks to South Korean counterpart after leak suggesting US was spying on Seoul’s internal discussions on arms sales. Plus, the man who walked around the world

The Independent UK

S Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite

South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program

The Independent UK

South Korean security official says information contained in leaked US documents ‘untrue’ and ‘altered’

US grapples to contain diplomatic fallout amid leaked documents suggesting snooping on allies

Reuters

South Korea wildfire forces 500 residents to evacuate, rain helps fight flames

More than 500 people evacuated from their homes in South Korea's eastern coastal city of Gangneung as strong winds fanned a wildfire on Tuesday, officials said, but fears of a further spread eased as rain helped firefighters battle the blaze.

The Guardian - AU

Pentagon leaks: US seeks to mend ties after claims Washington spied on key allies

Defence secretary speaks to South Korean counterpart after leak suggesting US was spying on Seoul’s internal discussions on arms sales

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