Gyeonggi Province Gov. Choo Mi-ae speaks during a parliamentary audit at the National Assembly in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Gyeonggi Province, Korea’s most populous province, narrowly averted disruptions to essential welfare programs with the passage of a supplementary budget on Monday. But restoring funding for the rest of 2026 has not resolved the fundamental problem behind…
The Pentagon’s abrupt withdrawal of a dozen long-range B-1 bombers from a British airbase raises a host of troubling questions. Vice President J.D. Vance said the move was made “out of an abundance of caution” after U.S. and British officials reportedly received warnings of a potential drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps….
The Police said its preliminary investigations indicated that on 29th August 2026, the complainant returned from work and noticed bloodstains on the clothing of her nine-year-old daughter
World trade volume growth is projected to slow in 2026 and stabilize in 2027, reflecting the drag from tariffs, adjustment in production chains, and continued strength in technology-related trade. Global imbalances are expected to decline only modestly over the medium term, as large fiscal deficits, limited domestic rebalancing, technology-driven capital flows, and differing demand compositions…
Global imbalances are projected to decline only modestly over the medium term, the Fund said, adding that this limited narrowing might not materialize and, in recent years, the WEO forecasts for global current account balances have tended to exhibit a downward bias.
Lee Kang-in of Korea dribbles the ball against Uzbekistan during the teams’ football friendly match at Yongin Mireu Stadium in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 6. Yonhap The agency for Korean football star Lee Kang-in warned of legal action Tuesday against “groundless” rumors accusing the midfielder of causing strife within the men’s national team. “We have…
Two ships were hit in the attack, including the Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3, which sustained damage. Published On 13 Oct 202613 Oct 2026 Two ships have been hit in drone attacks off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, with one of them sinking, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said. The Ukrainian-owned Chelsea 3, which was sailing under a Maltese…
Officials enter the Public Prosecution Service headquarters in Seoul’s Seocho District, Oct. 2. Yonhap The Lee Jae Myung administration on Tuesday began the process of selecting its first prosecutor general, a post that has remained vacant for one year and three months. The justice ministry announced the formation of a nine-member committee, including a chairperson,…
A woman walks past empty fresh-food refrigerators at an Intermarché supermarket in Névez, western France, Oct. 12, following a cyberattack affecting the French supermarket chains Intermarché and Coopérative U that caused their refrigerators to defrost. AFP-Yonhap PARIS — Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as…
THE Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, the Most Rev. Prof. Johnson K. Asamoah-Gyadu, has urged the newly inducted 10th Lay President of Conference, Mr Alfred Sakyi, to operate within the constitutional mandate of his office to promote effective collaboration between the clergy and the laity. He said the position went beyond leading the…
