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Nottingham Forest in 'advanced talks' for striker after bid accepted

Latest Nottingham Forest transfer news from NottinghamshireLive as Steve Cooper makes move for South Korea star from Bordeaux

Nottingham Post

'Little ghosts' in S Korea prompt ministry warning

The Foreign Affairs Ministry is warning Thais visiting South Korea against overstaying in the country to become illegal job seekers known as "little ghosts".

Bangkok Post

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol pardons Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee amid 'national economic crisis'

South Korea's President, Yoon Suk-yeol, has pardoned Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee on Friday, with the nation's Justice Ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a "national economic crisis".

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South Korean president pardons Jay Y. Lee, Samsung heir who was convicted of bribery

With his criminal record wiped, he can formally take the helm of the electronics giant at a critical time for South Korea's economy.

Axios

Weather tracker: deadly floods in South Korea and drought in China

While Seoul experienced torrential downpours, rainfall levels are down in China’s Yangtse River basin

The Guardian - UK

South Korea says missile shield ‘not negotiable’ with China

SEOUL: South Korea said the possible operation of a controversial American-made missile shield was “not negotiable,” pushing back at China’s efforts to hold President Yoon Suk Yeol to his predecessor’s policy to freeze its deployment.

The Times of India

Samsung pardon exposes Koreans’ love-hate feelings for tycoons

Lee Jae-yong is the latest in a long list of South Korean business elites to receive clemency after white-collar crimes.

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South Korea to pardon Samsung's Lee, other corporate giants

South Korea will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president in a corruption scandal that toppled her government

The Independent UK

South Korea's President pardons Samsung leader in bribery scandal

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol pardoned Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Friday, with the justice ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a "national economic crisis".

Reuters

South Korea says missile shield ‘not negotiable’ with China

South Korea said the possible operation of a controversial American-made missile shield was “not negotiable,” pushing back at China’s efforts to hold President Yoon Suk Yeol to his predecessor’s policy to freeze its deployment.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong-un’s hardened henchmen break down in tears after learning he was sick

At a party conference in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un's fanatical cronies clad in military uniforms wept as the tyrant's sister shared news of him suffering a "fever"

Daily Mirror

Korean War memorial held in West Lothian

The Korean War is often described as 'the forgotten war'

Daily Record

Seoul moves to ban cramped basement flats after flood deaths

South Korean capital to stop issuing permits to build such flats after the drowning of four people.

Al Jazeera

After deluge, climate change fears make S.Korea prioritise Seoul flood defences

The heaviest rain in Seoul in 115 years has spurred the South Korean capital to revive a $1.15 billion plan to improve drainage after floods exposed how even the affluent Gangnam district is vulnerable to climate change-driven extreme weather.

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The Guardian - UK

Seoul to phase out Parasite-style semi-basement flats after storm deaths

Properties seen in Oscar-winning film to be curbed after three people drown in South Korean capital

Daily Mirror

Kim Jong-un suffered fever during Covid outbreak in North Korea, sister admits

North Korea claims to have dealt with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic well, saying it only recorded its first cases in May despite no vaccines. The state is now claiming Kim was "seriously ill"

WEKU

Sister says North Korea's Kim suffered a fever from COVID

The North's official news agency also reported that Kim's sister blamed the COVID outbreak on leaflets flown from across the border from South Korea, while warning of deadly retaliation.

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2023 Kia Ray Revealed With A Second Facelift In South Korea

The pint-sized hatchback has been on sale since 2011 and remains in its first generation.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Declares Victory over COVID, Suggests Leader Kim Had it

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory over COVID-19 and his sister indicated that he too caught the virus, while vowing "deadly retaliation" against South Korea, which the North blames for causing the outbreak. Kim ordered the lifting of maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May though adding that…

Bangkok Post

Seoul to ban ‘Parasite’-type basement homes after storm deaths

After at least four people drowned in basement homes during the worst storm to lash Seoul in more than a century, South Korea’s capital city is planning to phase out such dwellings that came to symbolise yawning inequality in the Oscar-winning film "Parasite".

The Times of India

Kim Jong Un was ‘seriously ill’ during North Korea Covid surge

SEOUL: Kim Jong Un’s influential sister revealed that North Korea’s leader had a “high fever” during a recent Covid outbreak, as she vowed to “eradicate” South Korea’s leaders if they continued to let propaganda leaflets cross the border.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens to hit South Korea over COVID outbreak

Kim Jong Un’s influential sister vowed to “eradicate” South Korea’s leaders if they continued to let propaganda leaflets cross the border, repeating dubious claims that pamphlets caused the recent COVID outbreak in the north.

Chicago Sun-Times

Protesters demand justice for the ‘comfort women’ of World War II on Global Action Day

Protesters took turns sitting with a replica of the “Statue of Peace” — or “Sonyeosang” in Korean — an artwork installed in 2011 outside the the Embassy of Japan in Seoul, South Korea, as a monument to the women.

The Independent UK

Seoul dismisses Beijing's concerns over anti-missile system

South Korea's government has stressed it will make its own decisions in strengthening its defenses against North Korean threats, rejecting Chinese calls that it continue the polices of Seoul’s previous government that refrained from adding more U.S. anti-missile batteries that are strongly opposed by Beijing

InsideEVs

Kia EV6 Wholesale Shipments Reached A New Record In July 2022

Kia EV6 wholesale sales increased in July to a new record of almost 10,000 units, but will this output be maintained in the following months?

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