Seoul — A South Korean court acquitted on Wednesday a woman convicted six decades ago for defending herself against sexual violence, after she was inspired by the country’s #MeToo movement to challenge the ruling. Choi Mal-ja was 19 in 1964 when she was attacked by a 21-year-old man in the southern town of Gimhae. He pinned…
More than 300 South Korean nationals detained by federal agents in a massive immigration raid last week on a Hyundai plant in Georgia for alleged visa violations were waiting Wednesday for a charter flight due to carry them back to their country. The South Korean workers were among some 475 people detained on Sept. 4…
The Premier League have opened up public voting to help pick the next two legends to be inducted into its Hall of Fame in 2025. You can vote here from the shortlist of 15 contenders until 15 September (12am BST / 7am SGT). The results of the poll will be handed to current Premier League…
Drivers in South Korea won’t have to wait much longer for the release of the Tesla Cybertruck. On August 26, Tesla Korea announced on X that South Korean customers will soon be able to get behind the wheel of its polarizing pickup truck. “The Tesla Cybertruck, which pioneered a new horizon of innovation and style,…
Rahdar Hussain Afridi, a Pakistani national studying for a PhD in robotics at Peking University, had been worried about whether he could stay on after graduating in January. He hopes to secure a job in China, but the recruitment process can take a while and his student visa, which might expire soon after graduation, does…
President Donald Trump has amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from “Apocalypse Now” featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation’s third-largest city. “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning,’” President Donald Trump wrote on his social media…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A trial opened in New Zealand on Monday for a woman accused of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases for years before they were discovered. Hakyung Lee is charged with killing Minu Jo, 6, and Yuna Jo, 8, in June 2018. She was extradited from South…
A deal was reached between South Korea and the United States to release more than 300 workers detained in an immigration enforcement raid at a massive Hyundai plant in Georgia, the South Korean government announced Sunday. During the raid on Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 475 immigrants suspected of living and working in…
US President Donald Trump may sit down with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, next month in South Korea at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. US President Donald Trump with China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.(Reuters File) According to a report by CNN, Trump and…
US President Donald Trump is preparing for a possible visit to South Korea next month, where he could meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the city of Gyeongju. Senior administration officials said discussions are underway to finalise the itinerary, with the trip viewed as a…