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Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
Alleged Irish mob boss Daniel Kinahan was charged in Dublin, Ireland on August 9th with directing a criminal organization.
As Reform UK is beset by financial scandals, the populist party’s rise is in doubt.
Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg has challenged his struggling party to capture voters’ attention by slashing taxes, overhauling the GST, and taking on the Trump administration by forcing tech giants to pay local taxes, criticising his own party for contributing to Australia’s economic malaise.
It’s a great betrayal: poor communities neglected while multimillionaires peddle a global Maga agenda. How is that America first?
A new dawn has arrived in Britain. Andy Burnham has replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister. The Labour Party has arrested its seemingly irreversible slump, having learned its lessons, and is ready to resume governing, while addressing the concerns of ordinary people. Faith in politics has been restored.
Australia is on the brink of its biggest-ever defence export contract, with the British government to buy a Canberra-built radar considered the best in the world.
Angus Taylor and other Coalition members not supporting shadow housing minister’s target migration numbers, which would be the lowest figures since the mid-2000s
Lebanon’s parliament voted Tuesday to abolish the death penalty, a major move welcomed by international bodies and human rights organizations.
Wong Chen, a three-term MP who had spent nearly 20 years in PKR, says he is joining Rafizi Ramli’s Bersama to ‘defend democracy’
Wong Chen, a three-term MP who had spent nearly 20 years in PKR, says he is joining Rafizi Ramli’s Bersama to ‘defend democracy’
The Japanese ambassador to Australia has backed Anthony Albanese as controversy over the prime minister’s controversial melon comments as the Coalition and One Nation united to demand the prime minister apologise.
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court upheld the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s discretion to keep its unfinished flood-control report confidential, ruling that the right to information does not cover preliminary legislative deliberations.
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Jericho, occupied West Bank – Where Palestinian homes once stood among orchards and swimming pools on the southwestern edge of Jericho, there is now only flattened earth.
CCTV footage shows people fleeing the building as debris fell, injuring one person who survived. The hospital said around 90 patients were transferred after parts of its facilities, including emergency areas, became unusable. The damage came as rescue teams searched across western Colombia for survivors after the ea…
The coordinated intervention by Japan and the United States to support the yen has bumped up hard against reality, the $70 billion or so committed to strengthening the currency all but ineffective as fiscal questions continue to hang over the market.
Hardliners opposing talks with the US demand President Pezeshkian’s resignation, deepening political tensions over how to end the war
Hardliners opposing talks with the US demand President Pezeshkian’s resignation, deepening political tensions over how to end the war
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government on Wednesday announced key projects to nurture advanced technologies in seven sectors, including renewable energy and space science, as part of broader efforts to seek new growth engines.
Beijing hits back at Washington over ‘political manipulation’, arguing it protected others’ interests during the July launch
Beijing hits back at Washington over ‘political manipulation’, arguing it protected others’ interests during the July launch
Spain's Health Minister helps resuscitate bather, Spain rakes in millions thanks to eclipse tourism, 164 Spaniards unaccounted for after Colombia earthquake and more news on Wednesday August 12th.
A man carries schoolgirls outside the site of a school shooting in Thailand’s Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- The government will soon establish a deregulation committee dedicated to improving regulations hindering startups in emerging industries, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Wednesday.
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
Voters will be required to number at least five parties above the line in order of preference after bill passed upper house 33 votes to four
North Korea usually reports launches but its silence in the recent launches raises the possibility they involved a top-secret new missile
North Korea usually reports launches but its silence in the recent launches raises the possibility they involved a top-secret new missile
Government officials are weighing greater flexibility for chipmakers even as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix make limited use of existing exemptions
Myanmar’s military is increasingly using drones, motorized paragliders and other low-cost aircraft to attack civilians, United Nations investigators said, even as the country’s rulers seek to project stability and gain legitimacy after a military-run election.
There are more votes in tolerance and decency than in toxic division. It doesn’t take a great leap of political courage to fight back against Reform
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Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
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SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Venezuelan counterpart, Felix Plasencia, held phone talks Wednesday and discussed ways to enhance cooperation, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
MANILA, Philippines — Amid growing public concern, Sen. Raffy Tulfo has filed a Senate resolution seeking to investigate the proposed Pax Silica hub in New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac to determine its economic, environmental, social, technological, and national security implications.
Minnesota Democrats chose the state's Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan as their nominee to the US Senate on Tuesday, according to US media projections.
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
There’s no doubting the appeal of the arcade-style video game cabinet in the backroom of the Great Northern Hotel in Melbourne’s inner north. With its plywood box, plexiglass panels, clunky animation and blips and blops soundtrack, the aesthetic takes you right back to the local fish and chip shop circa 1990.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has increased to 4,449, including 2,061 deaths, government data showed late on Tuesday.
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has increased to 4,449, including 2,061 deaths, government data showed late on Tuesday.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allowed teachers serving as electoral board members to avail of their service incentive credits any time after the conduct of elections.
Fire trucks from fire departments across South Korea are gathered in South Gyeongsang Province after the government issued a national firefighting mobilization order to respond to the region’s worsening drought.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has found a North Korean IT worker working remotely for a US federal agency, in another case highlighting the growing reach of Pyongyang’s overseas IT worker scheme.
Hussein Chamas has been jailed for attempting to flee Australia. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
Rio Tinto said in December it may cease operations at the Tomago aluminium smelter at the end of its current electricity supply contract
MANILA, Philippines — Senate Impeachment Court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero on Wednesday urged both counsels not to let the "generational divide" heighten the situation during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.