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‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Jung-jae Talks About Korean Fan Culture

16 septembre 2025 à 00:01
Lee Jung-jae, who has been a star in South Korea for decades, said social media has made audiences more zealous. He thinks he knows how to keep them happy.

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Lee Jung-jae in Seoul in July.
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​Kim Seongmin, Defector Who Pierced North Korea by Radio, Dies at 63

14 septembre 2025 à 18:39
As a military propagandist, he fled the North by jumping off a train. In the South, he broadcast forbidden outside news to isolated North Koreans.

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Kim Seongmin last November. His shortwave radio reports brought North Koreans information they could not get through their government-controlled news media.

Freed South Korean Workers Return From the U.S. to Tearful Cheers

12 septembre 2025 à 08:38
The workers, whose detention in a workplace immigration sweep set off outrage in South Korea, expressed both relief and anger.

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South Korean workers arriving at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on Friday.

Charlie Kirk’s Influence Extended Far Beyond the U.S.

11 septembre 2025 à 10:38
The conservative activist had recently spoken at conferences in Asia. His message also resonated in Europe, and especially Britain, which has seen a rise in right-wing ideology.

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Charlie Kirk at AmericaFest, a four-day conference in Phoenix run by Turning Point USA, in Phoenix last year.

In South Korea and Japan, Fury at U.S. Fuels Backlash Over Trade Deals

11 septembre 2025 à 12:07
Officials and business leaders in both countries are questioning commitments their governments made to invest hundreds of billions in American manufacturing.

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South Korea’s foreign minister, Cho Hyun, told the National Assembly on Monday that U.S. investment demands “could create a big burden on our people.”

Delayed Release of Workers Detained in Georgia Raid Fuels Anger in Korea

10 septembre 2025 à 06:42
It is unclear when the South Korean detainees will be repatriated. They were previously scheduled to depart the United States on Wednesday.

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A rally in Seoul on Tuesday in support of the South Korean workers arrested in an immigration raid in the United States.

South Korean Woman Cleared Decades After Biting Attacker’s Tongue During Attempted Rape

10 septembre 2025 à 04:14
Choi Mal-ja, who was convicted of inflicting bodily harm, said she fought for a retrial so other South Korean women would not suffer as she did.

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Choi Mal-ja, center, who was convicted 61 years ago for biting the tongue of her attempted rapist, reacts after her retrial at the Busan District Court in Busan on Wednesday.

In a First, Korean Women Target U.S. Military in Suit Over Prostitution

8 septembre 2025 à 08:09
Dozens of women who worked in the sex trade in South Korea are seeking an apology and compensation for the rights abuses they suffered while catering to American G.I.s.

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A U.S. military base in Dongducheon, South Korea. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have been stationed in the country since the Korean War.

What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia

8 septembre 2025 à 07:27
Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday.

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Heavy machinery at a standstill at the site of an electric vehicle battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.

South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid

7 septembre 2025 à 11:11
The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid.

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Heavy machinery at a standstill at the site of an electric vehicle battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.

Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

7 septembre 2025 à 23:08
The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Vehicles move on the line at the Hyundai Motor Group plant in Ellabell, Ga. in March. Another part of that complex, still under construction, was raided on Thursday.

Immigration Raid on Hyundai-LG Plant in Georgia Rattles South Korea

6 septembre 2025 à 20:03
The country said it had sent diplomats to the site, and South Korea’s foreign minister said he might travel to Washington himself to address the matter.

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A Hyundai plant in Ellabell, Ga., in March. On Thursday, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested hundreds of South Korean nationals at a neighboring construction site owned by Hyundai and LG.

South Koreans Are Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Plant in Georgia

5 septembre 2025 à 16:21
They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.

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A Homeland Security official said 475 people, most of whom are South Korean citizens, were arrested at a construction site in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.

The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’

3 septembre 2025 à 05:01
Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.

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Ahn Hak-sop at his home in Gimpo, South Korea.

South Korea Doctors’ Strike Begins to Wind Down

1 septembre 2025 à 02:38
Thousands of residents and interns were protesting a government proposal that would have dramatically increased the number of medical students in the country.

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A rally during the doctors strike in Seoul last year.

Trump Takes Aim at South Korean Chipmakers’ China Operations

30 août 2025 à 02:24
The U.S. said Samsung and SK Hynix can no longer ship American equipment to their production facilities in China without government licenses.

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A model of SK Hynix technology in Seoul in April.

South Korea Outlaws Use of Smartphones During Class

27 août 2025 à 08:25
It becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools, with a law that will go into effect in 2026.

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A parent and child arriving at an elementary school in Seoul last year. A new law in South Korea gives principals and teachers the power to stop students from carrying or using phones at school.
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