Members phkrause Posted December 1, 2023 Members Share Posted December 1, 2023 South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions CHEORWON, South Korea (AP) — To the steady rat-tat-tat of machine guns and exploding bursts of smoke, amphibious tanks slice across a lake not far from the big green mountains that stand along the world’s most heavily armed border. https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-south-korea-nuclear-arms-race-543e85e5e6832c50ba9dc26a91ef071b? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted December 11, 2023 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2023 BTS members RM and V start compulsory military service in South Korea. Band seeks to reunite in 2025 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Singers RM and V of the K-pop band BTS began their mandatory military duties under South Korean law, their management agency announced Monday. This came a day before two of their bandmates, Jimin and Jung Kook, were also expected to report for duty. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-kpop-bts-military-service-aac9d886a2fbae90712bd21c42cee299? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted February 29 Author Members Share Posted February 29 Young South Korean doctors resist back-to-work orders, risking prosecution SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea’s government made a last plea for junior doctors to end a walkout hours before a Thursday deadline, many were expected to defy orders to return to work, risking suspensions of medical licenses and prosecution. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-junior-doctors-strike-deadline-fff231bd792d275395cfc6c7f7188226? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted March 25 Author Members Share Posted March 25 Senior doctors in South Korea submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior doctors at major hospitals in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse on Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-doctors-strike-af7f3170f8df747066b1d14b9883fb25? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 11 Author Members Share Posted April 11 Big opposition win in South Korean parliament election poses setback to President Yoon SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s liberal opposition parties appeared set to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election, vote counts showed, a result that could make conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for his remaining three years in office. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-parliamentary-election-yoon-c362a024e6eff3d4a410927be00b4d0c? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted April 11 Author Members Share Posted April 11 South Korea’s prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign Thursday after their ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections in a blow to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-parliament-election-8a538a2c99146aa6e2279d13b6a6ea3c? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted June 24 Author Members Share Posted June 24 A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-battery-factory-fire-4e668dc7248e4de274aaf910c66359a0? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted July 11 Author Members Share Posted July 11 Samsung Electronics workers announce ‘indefinite’ strike SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unionized workers at Samsung Electronics declared an indefinite strike Wednesday to pressure South Korea’s biggest company to accept their calls for higher pays and other benefits. https://apnews.com/article/samsung-electronics-strikes-75fc20ab25e2fbad5c52d93b56334a64? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 20 Author Members Share Posted September 20 Rampant adoption fraud separated generations of South Korean children from their families, AP finds South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being procured through questionable or downright unscrupulous means, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found. The investigation was based on interviews with more than 80 adoptees in the U.S., Australia and six European countries, along with parents, agency employees, humanitarian workers and government officials. It drew on more than 100 information requests and thousands of pages of documents — including many never publicly seen before. Read more. Why this matters: Those children grew up and searched for their roots — and some realized they are not who they were told. Their stories have sparked a reckoning that is rocking the international adoption industry. In dozens of cases AP examined, it found: Children were kidnapped off the streets. Parents claim they were told their newborns were dead or very sick, only to have them shipped away. Documents were fabricated, leading adoptees to anguished reunions with supposed parents — only to discover they were not related at all. Government officials declined to answer questions about the past, saying it will let a fact-finding commission finish its work. But in a written statement, the Health Ministry acknowledged that skyrocketing adoptions in the 1970s-80s were possibly driven by an intent to reduce welfare spending. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s Norway tightens controls over adoptions but won’t ban practice as investigation unfolds China’s halt of foreign adoptions leaves questions about pending cases Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted October 2 Author Members Share Posted October 2 South Korea unveils its most powerful missile, which could reach North Korea’s underground bunkers SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons that could target North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony on Tuesday, as the South’s president warned the North’s regime would collapse if it attempts to use nuclear weapons. https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-missile-north-nuclear-7f2f8774b8ebbe697e611b14c06c1de5? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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