Mahakumbh 2025 Facts and Stats: Know About Prayagraj Kumbh Mela in Numbers and Records
The Maha Kumbh Mela is a major Hindu festival held every 12 years in Prayagraj, India. It began on January 13, 2025, and will ...
South Koreans turn funeral wreaths and K-pop light sticks into political protest tools
South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid ...
South Korea’s Yoon defends his martial law decree in his first public appearance since his arrest
South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to ...
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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 ...
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South Korea
After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...
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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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South Korea to remove concrete embankment blamed for exacerbating deadly plane crash
SEOUL, Jan 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's transport ministry said on Wednesday that it would remove the concrete embankment installed at Muan International Airport following last month's Jeju Air ...
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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 Yoon denies ordering arrest of lawmakers during martial law decree
Seoul, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attended on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Supporters of South Korea’s Yoon storm courthouse. Some see hope in Trump’s return
The president’s conservative supporters contend that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea’s freedoms. Jan. 10, 2025 Yoon, who is facing ...
The New York Times3d
Ex-Executive Who Oversaw South Korean Airport Renovations Is Found Dead
Son Chang-wan, who was the president of Korea Airports Corporation from 2018 to 2022, was found in his residence in Gunpo, a city about 14 miles south of Seoul, on Tuesday evening. The police said ...
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South Korea's birth rate set to rise for the first time in nine years
SEOUL: 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. The Asian country ...