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South Korea A.I. Billionaire Ordered to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars in ‘Divorce of the Century’

24 juillet 2026 à 05:58
A South Korean court awarded $644 million to Roh Soh-yeong, who had sought much more from her ex-husband, Chey Tae-won, the head of the conglomerate behind SK Hynix.

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SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, seen arriving at a court in Seoul in June, is estimated to have a fortune worth more than $5 billion.

For South Korea, U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Exposes a Double Standard

23 juillet 2026 à 10:24
President Trump has put Saudi Arabia on the path to enriching uranium on its own soil, a demand South Korea has been making for years.

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A beach near Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju, South Korea, in 2022. The country has one of the biggest nuclear power industries in the world.

A Family’s Daring Escape From North Korea

21 juillet 2026 à 14:02
Their resolve for freedom hardened during the pandemic, when they lived through a crippling food shortage and were forced to witness frequent public executions.

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Kim Yu-mi, right, defected with a group that included her two children and her mother. Life in South Korea has not been quite what they imagined, but they harbor no regrets from deserting the North’s brutal dictatorship and relentless propaganda.
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