‘Get on it AY-sep!’ Foreign words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back
How do you say "deepfake," "ASAP" and "digital" in Korean? The fight to keep foreign words from diluting the language ...
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South Korea's birthrate set to rise for the first time in nine years
SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's birthrate is set to show a rise in 2024 for the first time in nine years, following a rebound in marriages that were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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S Korea to remove concrete barriers near runways after fatal crash
The flight had made an emergency landing at Muan international airport and crashed into the concrete structure at the end of the runway South Korea will change the concrete barriers used for ...
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Fighting Alongside Russia, North Koreans Wage Their Own War
By Marc Santora and Helene Cooper Marc Santora traveled to the Russian border to meet with Ukrainians fighting North Korean troops in Kursk. Helene Cooper reported from Washington. The North ...
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South Korea’s Yoon defends his martial law decree in first public appearance since arrest
SEOUL — South Korea’s impeached president denied Tuesday that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law ...
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South Korea’s President Yoon defends martial law call at impeachment trial
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has rejected allegations at his impeachment trial that he ordered members of the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly during last month’s ...
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Inside an Elite Ukrainian Unit’s Mission to Capture a North Korean Soldier
The Ukrainian special-forces team closed in on the North Korean lying alone and injured in a forest in Russia’s Kursk region. Spotting the Ukrainians, the young soldier brandished a hand grenade ...
The Washington Post20d
What the North Koreans took into battle against Ukraine
“Surrender.” “You’re all surrounded.” The phrases, printed in Korean with rough Russian transliterations on a weathered piece of paper Ukrainian troops said they took off a dead North ...
The New Yorker21d
The Henri Cartier-Bresson of South Korea
Han Youngsoo chronicled the postwar transformation of mid-century Seoul, complicating popular depictions of that era as one ...
The New York Times21d
Dumpling Soup, Dried Radish and Cabbage Kimchi: South Korean Leader’s Life in Jail
Now, after his formal arrest, he himself is in a cell, alone. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul As president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol lived in a luxurious hilltop mansion, threw parties ...
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'It starts now': South Korea's President Yoon defiant as police closed in
SEOUL, Jan 17 (Reuters) - As 3,000 riot police swarmed his hillside villa on Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol huddled with party loyalists, telling them that people were ...
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Impeached South Korean president detained over martial law declaration
Seoul, South Korea — South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound Wednesday, defiantly insisting the anti ...