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What is S Korea's president-elect facing?

Last month, South Korean voters elected Yoon Suk-yoel as their next president. It was a hotly contested race, which Mr Yoon won by a razor-thin margin of just 0.7%. What will the conservative People Power Party candidate's victory mean for South Korea and East Asia?

Bangkok Post

Netflix fans have ‘chills’ after first look at South Korean chatroom sex abuse documentary

Netflix has released a first look trailer for its stomach-turning documentary Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror, exploring a horror sexual abuse ring that shook South Korea

Daily Mirror

Seoul reports fire at abandoned joint factory park in North

South Korea says a fire has erupted at a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea

The Independent UK

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S. Korea's top court overturns convictions of gay soldiers

South Korea’s Supreme Court has thrown out a military court ruling that convicted two gay soldiers for having sex outside their military facilities, saying it stretched the reading of the country’s widely criticized military sodomy law

The Independent UK

South Korean court overturns conviction of soldiers for gay sex

South Korea's top court overturned on Thursday a 2019 military court conviction of two soldiers sentenced to suspended prison terms for a same-sex relationship, in a ruling hailed by a rights group as a milestone step against a much-criticised law.

Reuters

Incoming S.Korean leader's team to review lifting of COVID curbs

South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is at odds with a decision by the outgoing government to lift nearly all coronavirus curbs this week, vowing to reconsider a plan to exempt all patients from quarantine requirements from May.

Reuters

Biden expected to visit S.Korea in May for summit with incoming president Yoon

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to visit South Korea next month for a summit with the country's incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol, a person familiar with the matter said.

Reuters

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Scholar uses trash as treasure to study life in North Korea

A South Korean scholar has turned to a different way of collecting information about secretive North Korea as pandemic restrictions make it harder for outsiders to find out what's life like for North Koreans

The Independent UK

China, South Korea protest over Japanese PM's offering to war dead

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent on Thursday a ritual offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, and several political leaders visited it in person, drawing condemnation from neighbouring China and South Korea.

Reuters

‘A difficult time’: why popular TV series Pachinko was met with silence in Japan

Experiences of zainichi, brought over as labourers, highlights bitter historical legacy between South Korea and Japan that still lingers

The Guardian - UK

Holding back the years: why everyone in South Korea could soon be getting younger

In the Asian country, there are three different ways of calculating your age – one of which means a newborn baby can be two years old. Now the president-elect is pushing for change

The Guardian - UK

South Korea set to launch second megacity after Seoul in southeastern region

SEOUL: Busan, Ulsan and South Gyeongsang province have joined hands to create a cross-municipal megacity with a population of more than 10 million, the country’s second biggest after capital city Seoul and its surrounding areas.

Bangkok Post

S.Korea's incoming president Yoon meets visiting U.S. envoy on N.Korea -source

South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol had a rare meeting on Tuesday with the visiting U.S. envoy on North Korea, a source familiar with the event said on Wednesday, as both sides seek to coordinate North Korea policy under Seoul's new government.

Reuters

Ministry pushing soft power

The Commerce Ministry vows to continue supporting and promoting soft power development, especially through food, fruit, digital content, health and beauty as well products with a Thai identity or Thainess.

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South Korean financier pauses loan for multi-billion dollar Barossa gas project

Traditional owners in the Northern Territory and environmentalists claim a win in their bid to derail a major gas project, to be built and operated by Santos, with a key investor delaying a decision on whether to fund part of the project.

Al Jazeera

The battle for the Pacific: The countries competing for supremacy

South Korea, Japan, China and Australia have all boosted their naval power as competition for resources heats up.

Dynamite News

Gadgets: Samsung's Galaxy M53 coming soon to India

South Korean tech giant Samsung had quietly launched the Galaxy M53 smartphone and now it is time for the device to reach store shelves in India. Know more on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Rabbits grab three crucial points in ACL

Thai League 1 side BG Pathum United defeated South Korea's Jeonnam Dragons 2-0 in Group G of the AFC Champions League on Monday.

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Kia EV6 Wholesale Shipments Reached New Record In March 2022

In March, Kia EV6 wholesale sales (closely related to production) reached a new monthly record of 7,667, including 2,689 in South Korea and 4,978 exported.

The Independent UK

US, S Korea urge North's return to talks after missile tests

The U.S. special envoy for North Korea says Washington and Seoul have agreed on the need for a strong response to Pyongyang’s recent spate of missile tests, though they remain open to dialogue with the country

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Envoy Vows ‘Decisive Response’ to N.Korea Missile, Nuclear Tensions

The US envoy for North Korea said that Washington would act "responsibly and decisively" in response to "escalatory actions" after a series of test missile launches raised concerns that the North was preparing to resume nuclear testing. US Special Representative Sung Kim and his deputy, Jung Pak, met with South…

Reuters

U.S. envoy vows 'strongest possible deterrent' over N.Korea weapons tests

The United States and South Korea would maintain the "strongest possible joint deterrent" over North Korea's "escalatory actions", the U.S. envoy on North Korea said on Monday, amid concerns that Pyongyang was preparing to resume nuclear testing.

ABC News

Korean war veteran Charlie Boase 'just kept going' and nearly 70 years on it's full steam ahead for Anzac Day

Charlie Boase endured 25 operations after he was injured while dismantling equipment following the Korean War. Almost 70 years on, what is the main thing he has learnt in life? Not to get too worried about things.

Daily Mirror

North Korea tests new nuclear-boosting weapon as Kim Jong-un 'gives instructions'

Tensions have ramped up between North Korea and neighbour South Korea, whose military claim they detected two projectiles fired from the city of Hamhung on Saturday night

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Tests New Weapons System to Improve 'Tactical Nukes'

Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of a new guided weapons system to improve North Korea's "tactical nukes", state media said Sunday, capping days of celebrations surrounding the birthday of the country's founding leader. The launch was the latest in an unprecedented blitz of sanctions-busting weapons-tests this year, which included…

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