President Lee Jae Myung bows beside first lady Kim Hea Kyung before boarding the presidential plane at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 21, to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York and to make a state visit to Mexico. It was Lee’s latest overseas trip. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung’s overseas…
Durable leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil — known as “Lula” — has won an unprecedented fourth term. He secured 51.8 percent in Sunday’s runoff election, compared with 48.2 percent for opponent Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula’s Workers’ Party secured a judicial extension of voting by two hours because of transportation problems affecting some…
Mexican boxing star wins 12-round decision to defeat the French fighter and regain the super middleweight belt. Published On 1 Nov 20261 Nov 2026 Mexican veteran Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has delivered a commanding performance to defeat French fighter Christian Mbilli and regain his WBC super middleweight title in an emotional victory in Saudi Arabia. Alvarez…
President Lee Jae Myung speaks at a Cabinet meeting, Tuesday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung’s anti-diversity rhetoric is doing more harm than good. His remarks about the role of migrant workers in the Korean economy at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting sparked controversy. But he did not stop there. Instead, he poured fuel on the fire. In…
From left are Lee Eun-mi, a professor at Sejong University’s College of Business and Economics, and doctoral students Yang Pujian and Yang Liu. Courtesy of Sejong University A research team at Sejong University has found that stocks attracting greater attention from retail investors tend to generate lower returns in subsequent periods. The university said the…
This summer, an 18-year-old Vietnamese student made a choice that quietly reverberated across Asia’s educational landscape. After finishing joint first place in Vietnam’s highly competitive national science examination and earning a perfect SAT score, Hoang Huong Giang chose to pursue computer science at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology rather than follow the…
Kishangarh, India – As Bagharam Gurjar kneels to pull weeds from his maize field in western India’s Rajasthan state, the sound of his wife coughing nearby makes him restless. “Everything gets ruined when dust settles on the soil,” says Gurjar, 53, barely looking up. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “May God make…
1875-Verney Cameron reaches Benguela in Angola from Africa’s east coast, the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea 1917-British government proclaims support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine in the Balfour Declaration 1930-Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, the 225th Emperor of the Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty 1949-The Netherlands recognizes…
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters as demonstrations entered a third week ahead in cities and towns across France ahead of an expected general strike. The mainly youth-led protests are against the cost-of-living and deteriorating public services. Published On 1 Nov 20261 Nov 2026 Share France protests enter third week as police fire tear…
Protesters kick back tear gas canisters, during a demonstration organised by labor unions as part of nationwide protests called by the “Yellow Vests” movement joined by French high school and university students against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, Paris, France, Oct. 31. Reuters-Yonhap PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of protesters inspired by…
