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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Naatu Naatu South Korean embassy is pure Gangnam-style public diplomacy. Lesson for India

Time is ripe for India to establish a working group on public diplomacy with South Korea and learn from the Asian tiger economy.

South Korean same-sex couple who were granted health benefits sees court win as breakthrough for equality

The decision was hailed by human rights group Amnesty International as a ‘step towards marriage equality.’

US, South Korea stage table-top nuclear drill focused on North Korea

This was the 8th US & South Korean deterrence strategy committee table-top exercise, known as DSC TTX, & the first edition since they agreed last year to hold the drills annually.

South Korea’s fertility rate – already the world’s lowest – drops further, data shows

The average number of expected babies per South Korean woman over fell to 0.78 in 2022 down from 0.81 a year earlier, the official annual reading from the Statistics Korea showed.

South Korean court recognises spousal coverage of state insurance for same-sex couple

While South Korea does not legally recognise same-sex marriage, the court's verdict is the 'first recognition of the legal status of a same-sex couple', the plaintiff's lawyer said.

South Korea, US plan nuclear drills to counter threats from North, says Seoul defence ministry

The drills – Deterrence Strategy Committee Tabletop Exercise – are scheduled for 22 Feb at Pentagon and will involve senior defence policymakers from both sides, the ministry said.

South Korea warns of ending military pact if North ‘violates’ its air space again

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol made the comment after being briefed on countermeasures to North Korean drones that crossed into the South last week.

North Korea fires 3 ballistic missiles after unprecedented year of tests

The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons development.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un kicks off key party meeting ahead of New Year

The Sixth Enlarged Plenary Meeting of 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), involving state & party officials, began Monday, state news agency KCNA said.

South Korea scrambles jets, fires warning shots as North Korean drones breach airspace

The drones are the first to have come from North Korea since 2017, when another one believed to be on a spy mission crashed and was found on a mountain near the border.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.