South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday expressed regret to Pyongyang after a drone entered North Korea earlier this year, calling the act "irresponsible." Initially, Seoul had denied the role of the government in the drone incursion, which took place in January, and suggested it was the work of civilians.
First it was cars and electronics, then pop music and films, and now the beauty industry: skincare and cosmetics "made in Korea" are in demand all over the world. More and more Westerners are raving about South Korean beauty products. This success is no coincidence, nor is it a purely aesthetic phenomenon.
First it was cars and electronics, then pop music and films, and now the beauty industry: skincare and cosmetics "made in Korea" are in demand all over the world. More and more Westerners are raving about South Korean beauty products. This success is no coincidence, nor is it a purely aesthetic phenomenon.
At least eight people were killed in Kabul after an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rattled parts of northern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday, officials said. The quake was centered in the Hindu Kush mountain range, about 150 kilometers east of the Afghan city of Kunduz, and was felt across Afghanistan, and in parts of Pakistan and India.
Lawmakers in Myanmar on Friday elected former junta leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, as president after a parliamentary vote. The move follows elections in December and January that were widely criticized by the United Nations and Western governments as a sham designed to legitimize continued military rule. How did Min Aung Hlaing become Myanmar's president?
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A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of Ternate, Indonesia early Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The strong tremor toppled and damaged buildings in the cities of Bitung and Manado, in North Sulawesi, and in Ternate city, one province over in North Maluku.
An alleged core member of an online scam network was extradited from Cambodia to China, Chinese state media CCTV reported on Wednesday. "Investigations found that Li Xiong, the former chairman of Huione Group under the Prince Group, is suspected of multiple crimes," state-run CCTV said.
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is actively expanding his network of like-minded leaders and welcomed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Pyongyang for a summit last week. The two signed a friendship and cooperation treaty during the two-day visit and Lukashenko ordered the opening of an embassy in the North Korean capital.
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