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A South Korean soldier at the inter-Korean border accidentally fired a machine gun toward North Korea last week, prompting the military to air broadcasts to notify the North of the mistake, military officials said Sunday.

Lee Jae-myung, former chairman of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), secured the party’s nomination for the June 3 presidential election, officially setting the stage for his third presidential bid, Sunday.

Normally when you need to wait at a crossing because it's red you take out your phone to waste some time. But you have to be quite anxious and look up if it's already green or not, otherwise you miss the green light.

Myanmar authorities have arrested an astrologer for causing panic by predicting a new earthquake in a viral TikTok video.

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Japanese consumers who used to treat foreign-grown rice with scepticism have been forced to develop a taste for it amid domestic shortage

Beijing recently asked South Korean companies not to export products containing China's rare earth minerals to U.S. defense firms, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Tuesday, citing government and company sources.

Balikbayan @philippines@lemmy.world

Nearly half of small- and medium-sized exporters in Korea have shown interest in hiring foreign nationals for white-collar jobs amid the country's declining population and young jobseekers' preference for large companies.

A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds two months ago but remain in detention in Myanmar, attempted a mass escape Sunday out of fear that they may end up being sent back to prison-like compounds where they face beatings, torture and potentially even death.

Musta ang Sunday nyo? @philippines@lemmy.world

Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA will open its first Seoul store next week, giving up the brand’s signature “blue box” architecture to localize it inside a new business complex in the city’s easternmost district.

Junta soldiers manning frequent checkpoints are extorting money from aid workers providing earthquake relief in southern Shan State, whilst also checking that none are evading conscription.

Korean currency weakens 10.9 won to 1,484.1 won per dollar, KOSPI drops 1.7%

Resistance forces have fully captured Indaw Town in northern Sagaing Region, near the Kachin State border, following nearly eight months of attacks, sources said on April Monday.

I'm not sure what they expected, not everyone runs and gets a new ARC just because of that immediately.

China: $13.9m, rescue teams

New presidential election must be held by June 3

Oh, widely known as the “Gganbu grandpa” from the Netflix drama “Squid Game,” was sentenced in the first trial to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, for forcibly groping a younger actress from a theater troupe.

Myanmar’s regime conducted airstrikes on Sagaing Region and Kachin State on Thursday, hours after it declared a ceasefire for earthquake relief operations.

Myanmar’s military on Wednesday announced a unilateral ceasefire in its fight against rebels until April 22 to expedite relief and reconstruction efforts after last week’s devastating earthquake, which has killed more than 3,000 people.

TL;DW: South Korea's fertility rate was 0.72 in 2023 and has not recovered. This leads to a nationstate that is unable to keep it's systems running due to a lack of employable domestic citizens.

New US and European tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) have created market opportunities for South Korean manufacturers. While South Korean EV exports remain behind Chinese volumes, manufacturers can gain market share by emphasising design, performance, safety and transparency. As such, the US Inflation Reduction Act benefits South Korean producers, though political uncertainty poses risks. Success depends on leveraging technological expertise while adapting to policy shifts.

NUG has already declared a truce shortly after the earthquake.

Australia on Wednesday said it was providing another $4.5 million, in addition to $1.25 million it had already committed, and had a rapid response team on the ground.

Sagaing is the heart of local resistance to military rule after the coup, and the eipcenter of the earthquake. Unlike the professional guerilla armies that rule the border and hills of the country using forced conscription funded by drug and illicit goods trades , Sagaing's PDFs are volunteers using home-made rifles, drones, and 3-D printed guns in opposing the military rule. Predictably the area is receiving scant help from the military junta in rescue operations.

BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", while Tokyo said there was no such discussion. The state media comments came after the three countries held their first economic dialogue in five years on Sunday, seeking to facilitate regional trade as the Asian export powers brace against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Statement by US Embassy in Myanmar:

The Myanmar Military Council has prohibited foreign journalists from reporting on the recent earthquake, citing security concerns.

China, Japan, and South Korea held their first trade talks in 5 years in Seoul, agreeing to deepen cooperation amid looming U.S. tariffs announced by Donald Trump.

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Fundacion Sanso has announced that its founder, Juvenal Sansó, passed away yesterday, March 28. The 95 year-old artist had battled Stage 2 Diabetes for years. In his long and productive life, Sansó established himself as one of the country’s most notable modernists with more than 70 years of work. Sansó earned prestigious awards, including the Presidential Medal of Merit from the Republic of the Philippines, the Order of Isabella from Spain and the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from France. His legacy continues through Fundacion Sansó, which continues to preserve his works, authenticate his art and support the next generation of Filipino artists and cultural workers through scholarships and programs that promote the arts.

Beyond merely supporting financial transactions for foreign workers, banks are expanding their offerings by introducing platforms to help foreign nationals better settle in Korea and launching services tailored to wealthy foreign individuals and corporations.

If the two countries reach a complete truce or peace agreement, sanctions on Russia will likely be lifted, allowing Korean firms to resume business there.

A Myanmar rebel group that controls one of the world's largest rare earth zones has told miners there it will allow shipments of existing rare earth inventories to China from Thursday, according to two sources and a statement reviewed by Reuters.

Article in Korean, use translator of your choice (though there's no body for this breaking news)

Hindus have urged Bangladesh to hand over Ataullah, the head of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) terrorist organization, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution regarding his involvement in the killing of over 100 Hindus in Kha Maung Seik village in northern Maungdaw Township during August 2017.

Nearly 30 wildfires took place across the nation during the weekend, killing at least four and forcing more than 1,500 residents to evacuate, mostly in southeastern regions of the country, officials at firefighting authorities said Sunday.

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