'High risk' of lake bursting and causing second flood, warns China
The lake has formed in a location upstream from the site of Wednesday's flash flood
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Dunamu partners with Visa on next-generation financial services
Dunamu, operator of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Friday it had partnered with global payments provider Visa to develop financial and payment services using stablecoins and AI.
· Jung Young-seon
Please don’t rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge
It is polite to reposition a guest’s shoes when they arrive, but the emergency services in one city advise just skipping that part
· Gavin Blair
South Korea open to reviving North Korea talks, seeks progress on nuclear weapons
South Korea supports US President Donald Trump's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, South Korea's national security adviser said on Friday.
· REUTERS
Storm travel chaos as Typhoon Saudel makes double landfall in China
US embassy in China urges American citizens to stay clear of affected coastal and storm zones and track local news for updates
· Caroline Lin
Storm travel chaos as Typhoon Saudel makes double landfall in China
US embassy in China urges American citizens to stay clear of affected coastal and storm zones and track local news for updates
· Caroline Lin
China’s commercial space sector expands global footprint with Thailand deal
GalaxySpace describes mission as first turnkey satellite export to a Southeast Asian customer by a Chinese commercial space company
· Ben Jiang
China’s commercial space sector expands global footprint with Thailand deal
GalaxySpace describes mission as first turnkey satellite export to a Southeast Asian customer by a Chinese commercial space company
· Ben Jiang
Today in Korean history
1910 -- Korea loses its sovereignty after being forced to sign an annexation agreement with Japan. The Korean Peninsula remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945.
· Lee Minji
3 killed in paint ingredient factory fire in Cheonan
CHEONAN, South Korea, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- A fire broke out at a paint ingredient factory in the city of Cheonan on Friday, leaving three people dead, officials said.
· Chae Yun-hwan
South Korea backs Trump’s North Korea outreach, but warns against being sidelined
Seoul insists any diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang must yield nuclear progress and preserve joint defence readiness
· Reuters
South Korea backs Trump’s North Korea outreach, but warns against being sidelined
Seoul insists any diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang must yield nuclear progress and preserve joint defence readiness
· Reuters
Japan's Master Trust Bank assets under custody top 1 quadrillion yen
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, a Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking affiliate, holds assets on behalf of institutional investors. (Source photos by Akira Kodaka and Shotaro Mori)
· Staff Writer
S. Korea's Protestant church offer condolences to Nepal floods victims
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Protestant churches on Friday offered condolences to the victims of catastrophic flash floods in Nepal.
· Lee Minji
A couple brought together by music, Korea and now Wagner
Adrien Perruchon, music director of Bucheon Philharmonic, and soprano Lee Myungjoo on their life together and staging Wagner's 'Ring' cycle in one night
· Park Ga-young
(LEAD) N. Korea completes new railway station at Wonsan-Kalma resort
(ATTN: ADDS photos, more details in paras 6-8)
· Woo Jae-yeon
35 years of the Weimar Triangle — Which lessons can we share with Korea and the Indo-Pacific?
From former enemies to partners
· Sanjay Kumar
‘Find your own room’: Japan says no more space, money for ballooning Asian Games numbers
Athletes already staying in a cruise ship and shipping containers, but with new sports added, organisers say there is no budget to house more
· Agence France-Presse
‘Find your own room’: Japan says no more space, money for ballooning Asian Games numbers
Athletes already staying in a cruise ship and shipping containers, but with new sports added, organisers say there is no budget to house more
· Agence France-Presse
Obiena qualifies for World Athletics Championship
Ernest John “EJ” Obiena finished fifth at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday (Manila time) but the Filipino Olympian pole vaulter punched a ticket to the World Athletics Championships next year in Beijing, China.
· ARIC JOHN SY CUA
Protesters clash with police in Indonesia to demand stronger measures against corruption | South China Morning Post
Demonstrators are calling for the immediate passage of an asset seizure bill and the enforcement of death penalties on corrupt officials.
Asian shares mostly gain, tracking an advance on Wall St
Currency traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
· Elaine Kurtenbach
China-Nepal disaster death toll nears 500 as lake overflow threatens rescue work
Casualties mount as frantic hunt for survivors continues and barrier lakes formed by the debris torrent risk breaching
· Cao Jiaxuan
China-Nepal disaster death toll nears 500 as lake overflow threatens rescue work
Casualties mount as frantic hunt for survivors continues and barrier lakes formed by the debris torrent risk breaching
· Cao Jiaxuan
Seoul will back US-North Korea talks, but guard against being sidelined: national security adviser
South Korea will support efforts to restart dialogue between the United States and North Korea while ensuring that Seoul is not sidelined and that its security posture is not weakened in the process, National security adviser Wi Sung-lac said Friday.
· Choi He-suk
Aumenta la cifra de muertos por inundaciones repentinas en Nepal y China
En esta fotografía difundida por la agencia de noticias Xinhua, una imagen tomada por un dron muestra una zona afectada por inundaciones, el jueves 27 de agosto de 2026, en Nuwakot, Nepal. (Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua vía AP)
US, South Korea and Japan to hold trilateral drill
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, warships of South Korea, the United States and Japan including the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, bottom center, take part in the trilateral Freedom Edge exercise in international waters off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju, on Nov. 13, 2024. (Sou…
· Hyung Jin Kim
Ten years after award, law and power diverge in South China Sea
Keep independent journalism alive
· Rommel C Banlaoi
The Economic Tsar Who Built Modern China-And Whose Reforms The CCP Is Dismantling
Authored by Heng He via The Epoch Times,
· Tyler Durden
Death toll in Nepal floods rises to 469
Rescue teams searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. More than 350 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,300 were missing,.
NPS posts record 27% return in H1
South Korea's National Pension Service posted a 27.22 percent investment return in the first half of the year, driven by a sharp rally in domestic stocks, the pension fund said Friday.
· Choi Ji-won
Post Malone postpones October concert in Seoul
American singer-rapper Post Malone has canceled his upcoming visit to Korea, postponing the concert initially scheduled for October, without providing a specific reason.
· Jung Seo-young
South Korea to re-examine 310,000 missing person cases after fake record scandal
Renewed scrutiny comes after police officer accused of falsifying records in order to close the cases of people who were later found dead
· Raphael Rashid
Kim Soo-hyun to make first official appearance in Korea since March 2005
Actor’s official event comes after police dropped Child Welfare Act case
· Lee Yoon-seo
Australia rests captain Harry Wilson for the 1st rugby test against Argentina
Wallabies head coach Les Kiss gestures ahead ahead of a rugby international between Japan and Australia in Townsville, Australia, Saturday, Aug.15, 2026. (Dave Hunt/AAPImage via AP)
Nepal-Tibet floods expose dangers of China's Himalayan gamble
A damaged section of a highway in Nuwakot, central Nepal, is seen on August 27, 2026, following a cryospheric collapse in the Himalayas. © Getty Images
· Brahma Chellaney
Foreign currency deposits rise to all-time high in July
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Foreign currency deposits in South Korea rose by the largest amount in seven months to a record high in July, driven by a sharp increase in dollar savings, central bank data showed Friday.
· Kim Boram
South Korea's ticket scalping crackdown: What changes on Friday
From macro bans to whistleblower payouts, here's what buyers and sellers need to know
· Park Ga-young
Court orders Pyongyang to pay N. Korean defector damages for torture
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean court ruled Friday that North Korea must compensate a North Korean defector who claims she was tortured while detained in the North.
· Yoo Cheong-mo
Seoul to work with U.S. to make N.K.-U.S. dialogue lead to progress on nuclear issue: Wi
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will closely coordinate with the United States to make sure a resumption of dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang will lead to tangible progress on the North Korean nuclear issue, Seoul's top security adviser said Friday.
· Park Boram
Catastrophic floods kill over 390 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,400 missing
DEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.
· Associated Press
(2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan to conduct Freedom Edge joint drills in early Sept.
(ATTN: UPDATES with details from U.S. readout in paras 4-6; ADDS S. Korean JCS official's comment in para 13)By Kim Seung-yeon
· Kim Seung-yeon
Japan, South Korea and US to hold joint military drills, Seoul says
South Korean and U.S. troops take part in a joint bridging drill near the southern Han River in Yeoju, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2025. © Getty Images
· STEVEN BOROWIEC
Jeju police checking officer's shift report over alleged mishandling of missing person case
JEJU, South Korea, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- The police are examining a night shift report drafted by one of its officers suspected of mishandling missing person cases on Jeju Island, the Jeju Provincial Police Agency said Friday.
· KIM, SEONGHUN
Japan to double security aid to 12 Indo-Pacific nations
Tokyo more than doubles its security assistance programme to US$114 million in strategic push
· Kyodo
Japan to double security aid to 12 Indo-Pacific nations
Tokyo more than doubles its security assistance programme to US$114 million in strategic push
· Kyodo
Chinese battery giant CATL spreads investments in search of new growth drivers
World’s largest producer of lithium-ion batteries for EVs and energy storage systems has committed over 17 billion yuan to non-battery deals
· Themis Qi
Chinese battery giant CATL spreads investments in search of new growth drivers
World’s largest producer of lithium-ion batteries for EVs and energy storage systems has committed over 17 billion yuan to non-battery deals
· Themis Qi
Why Filipino migrants are rethinking their futures in Japan
The weak yen, rising costs and uncertainty over immigration rules have made staying long term in Japan difficult for foreign workers
· Sam Beltran
Why Filipino migrants are rethinking their futures in Japan
The weak yen, rising costs and uncertainty over immigration rules have made staying long term in Japan difficult for foreign workers
· Sam Beltran