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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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South Korea imposes travel ban on impeached PM Han & former finance minister Choi

The two were recently questioned again regarding the events of the short-lived martial law & if they had resisted the move as they claimed.

Kanye West’s South Korea concert cancelled following release of controversial song ‘Heil Hitler’

The organisers of the May concert, Coupang & ticket outlet Interpark announced the decision Monday and said all booked tickets would be refunded.

South Korean Supreme Court overturns ruling clearing presidential candidate of election law violation

Lee Jae-myung, an accused in several criminal trials, is a frontrunner in the forthcoming snap election. This ruling, however, may bar him from contesting elections for 5 years.

Three injured in South Korea high school stabbing attack

The incident occurred at a school in Cheongju-si city and the accused is a student of the same school, Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korea presidential polls to be held on 3 June

Constitutional Court in Seoul upheld president Yoon's impeachment Friday, propelling the need for a fresh elections in the next 60 days.

South Korean Constitutional Court ousts impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol

After months of controversy around the short-lived martial law imposed by Yoon and now his ouster, fresh presidential elections are required to be held in the country within 60 days.

At least 18 killed, as ‘worst wildfires in decades’ continue to storm South Korea

As strong winds and dry weather fan multiple wildfires, about 27,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes, with govt forced to shut schools and relocate prisoners.

13 months since trainee-doctors’ walkout, South Korea agrees to cap new students to 3,000 per year

In Februray 2024, junior doctors staged protests and boycotted classes after the government proposed to increase admissions to medical schools to meet shortfall in healthcare.

29 civilians, soldiers injured after South Korean fighter jets accidently bomb civilian area

A blast took place in Pocheon after two South Korean fighter jets mistakenly dropped eight air-to-surface bombs on the civilian town Thursday.

South Korean police builds case against ex-President Yoon for obstruction of arrest warrant

A South Korean court had issued an arrest warrant for Yoon on 31 December in a criminal probe accusing the suspended leader of insurrection over his martial law decree last year.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.