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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: south korea

Drugs, prostitution, sexual assault: Gangnam is back but without much style

Laura Oprescu -
A fresh scandal to hit South Korea's K-Pop has drawn attention to an entrenched system of exploitation and sexual abuse in Gangnam.

Tinder wants to win over Asia by reinventing itself

Olivia Carville -
In South Korea, new billboards have emerged for Tinder: “New Year, New Friends, New You" , as a part of their 'localisation' strategy.

NATO threatens action if Russia doesn’t destroy its nuclear missile system

Laura Oprescu -
US puts pressure on South Korea over Huawei, and President Donald Trump appoints immigration hardliner Mark Morgan head of US Customs and Border Protection.

Darkness cannot defeat light: South Korean First Lady celebrating Diwali with CM Yogi in Ayodhya

PTI -
South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook was treated to a dazzling display of over three lakh earthen lamps on the ghats of Sarayu river.

India, Korea said to agree outline of Iran oil waiver with US

Heesu Lee -
The waivers would ensure at least some Iranian oil continues to flow to the global market.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of rape, and Kavanaugh is lying, says former classmate

Sankalita Dey -
North and South Korea move for peaceful relations, and the photographer accused in Nobel rape case sentenced to prison. 

India has no plans to import oil from Iran in November as US sanctions loom

Debjit Chakraborty -
India, the second largest buyer of Iranian oil, hasn’t asked for any cargoes for November. Final purchase decisions are due early October.

China’s lead in the race for 5G could depend on the mega-merger of these two mobile carriers

Bhuma Shrivastava -
South Korea, the U.S., and Japan are the top competitors hoping to launch commercial 5G subscriptions.

Working fewer hours makes you more efficient. Here’s proof

Briony Harris -
A New Zealand firm gave employees a four-day week, and found workers were 20% more productive and much happier.

US announces major Indo-Pacific engagement but Chinese loans are quicker

Jyoti Malhotra -
Two key announcements suggest a way forward in US ties with the region but they are a long way off Chinese initiatives.
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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Rohit Chawla -
Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

‘I met Messi’ was the headline of the GOAT tour. Football and fans were ignored

‘If we don’t cross tonight’—How Lt Col Hanut Singh led the charge at 1971 Battle of Basantar

Economy

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

Keshav Padmanabhan -
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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