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U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel speaks at the opening ceremony of the Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Cooperation Center held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on the 23rd (local time)
President Yoon, regarding the first-instance ruling on the Public Official Election Act: “An excessive political verdict that distorts the facts… We will appeal immediately.”
The first-instance sentencing hearing for President Yoon Suk Yeol regarding violations of the Public Official Election Act is being broadcast live at Seoul Station on the 27th. [Photo=Yonhap News]Pres
Fire at Hyundai Motor Group Battery Research Facility in Uiwang… Ignited in Waste Storage Room
A fire broke out at the Hyundai Motor Group battery research building at its Uiwang Research Center in Sam-dong, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do, at 12:48 a.m. on the 28th and was extinguished after approximat
'Godfather of Japanese Mystery Novels' Keigo Higashino Passes Away After Battle with Cancer at 68
Famous Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino [AFP=Yonhap News]It has been belatedly reported that Keigo Higashino, the "godfather of Japanese mystery novels" and author of bestsellers such as "The
[Park Pil-kyu Security Column] To the Ignorant Trying to Clothe a Beast in Sheep's Clothing
Rep. Kim Byung-joo of the Democratic Party of Korea [Photo=Yonhap News]“The Air Force Academy doesn't teach you how to fly a plane!” “The Army, Navy, and Air Force academies are exactly the

Hak Ja Han Moon, the president of the Unification Church, voluntarily appeared at the special prosecutor's office in the KT Gwanghwamun Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 17th, after refusing three previous summonses. President Moon is accused of conspiring with Mo Yun, former head of the Unification Church's global headquarters (currently indicted and detained), to offer 100 million won in political funds to Kwak Dong-won, a member of the People Power Party, in January 2022, requesting the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's support for the Unification Church. She is also suspected of being involved in offering expensive necklaces and Chanel bags to Kim Keon-hee through Jeon Seong-bae, known as 'Geonjin Beopsa', between April and July of the same year, in exchange for addressing the church's issues. Yonhap News
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