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South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (file pic) Former South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol has been found guilty of “insurrection”, and has been sentenced to life in prison by the Seoul central district court. The verdict is linked to his martial law declaration in December 2024 , which the court called a deliberate…
Asian equities edged higher on Wednesday as investors weighed developments in US-Iran nuclear discussions and fresh details of Japan’s investment commitments to Washington.Tokyo led regional gains, with the Nikkei rising 1.23% or 684 points to 57,250 at 10:07 am IST, after the United States confirmed the first batch of funding from the $550 billion Japan…
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is reportedly grooming his young daughter, Kim Ju Ae, as his successor. The 13-year-old has made increasingly prominent public appearances, signaling a potential shift in the country’s patriarchal leadership. Intelligence agencies are closely monitoring these developments for clues about the future of the secretive state. In a country where…
File photo: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre left) with his daughter (Picture credit: AP) South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has assessed that the teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is effectively being positioned as his successor, marking a potential extension of the Kim family dynasty into a fourth generation,…
Note: AI-generated image for representation Software companies across the globe have lost over a trillion in market value in the past week. The carnage has been triggered by Anthropic’s AI tool. The rout triggered by Anthropic’s open-source legal plugin for Claude Cowork swept away some of the biggest tech names, including ServiceNow, Salesforce and Microsoft….
North Korean citizens, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching South Korean TV shows such as Squid Game and listening to K-pop, according to new testimony shared with Amnesty International.The testimony comes from 25 in-depth interviews with North Koreans, including 11 who fled the country between 2009 and 2020, reported the Independent. Most of the…
GHAZIABAD: Three girls, half-sisters who spent every waking moment together, were found dead next to each other on the premises of Bharat City in Ghaziabad, directly under a bedroom window of their ninth-floor flat. The tragedy unfolded around 2am on Wednesday, according to Bharat City resident Arun Kumar, who told TOI he saw the three…
Is your US visa approved? Those contemplating a visit to the US are likely to face this question more often. With the country tightening visa rules, nothing can be taken for granted.Even a routine US visa renewal can turn into a hassle that didn’t exist earlier. A small lapse or moment of carelessness can undo…
US president Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is raising tariffs on South Korean imports of autos, lumber and pharmaceuticals to 25 per cent, accusing the ally’s legislature of failing to uphold its trade agreement with the United States.Trump added that South Korea’s legislature has not approved the trade deal he and President Lee…
Hyundai Motor may have a union problem in South Korea. The automaker’s labour union has warned the company against deploying humanoid robots without its approval, saying the robots would bring “employment shocks”. The warning comes weeks after the company shared plans to deploy humanoid robots starting in 2028, sending the company shares rallying to record…
