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Movies in theaters this week

"Wild Sing" (South Korea) Opened June 3 Comedy Directed by Son Jae-gon An old-school K-pop trio that fell apart overnight reunites twenty years later for a desperate comeback. "Backrooms" (US) Opened May 27 Horror Directed by Kane Parsons A furniture store owner falls through a wall into a labyrinthine dimension of endless yellow rooms and finds he is not alone. "Colony" (South Korea) Opened May 21 Horror/Drama Directed by Yeon Sang-ho When a rapidly evolving zombie outbreak locks down a buildin

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DP bags 9 by-election wins in 14 districts as Han Dong-hoon enters Assembly

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea claimed victory in nine constituencies out of 14 in Wednesday's National Assembly by-elections, but it was not enough to avoid losing ground in South Korea's legislature. The result was effectively the loss of four seats, as 13 out of 14 contested seats were previously held by the Democratic Party in the National Assembly. The People Power Party flipped three seats, while the other went to prosecutor-turned-politician Han Dong-hoon, a conservative who ran as

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Han Dong-hoon clinches assembly seat in Busan

Independent candidate Han Dong-hoon, the former leader of the main opposition People Power Party, clinched a National Assembly seat in a Wednesday by-election, taking Busan’s Buk-A district. With 99.51 percent of ballots counted, 43 percent went to Han, narrowly ahead of Ha Jung-woo who got 41.2 percent. Ha is a former senior secretary to President Lee Jae Myung for artificial intelligence who quit his post to run in the by-election. Exit polls had indicated that Ha had a narrow lead over Han. H

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South Korea votes for metropolitan, regional heads

South Korean voters on Wednesday went to the polls to elect leaders of autonomous governments and councilors, as well as local education chiefs and 14 lawmakers at the National Assembly. This year's comprehensive local elections and the parliamentary by-elections are the first nationwide votes since the presidential election in 2025. Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. Wednesday, with 4,241 posts up for grabs. According to the National Election Commission, a total of 7,767 people registered as can

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'Crazy': Trump-Netanyahu relationship under growing strain

They went to war together against Iran, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship is under strain after the US president reportedly called the Israeli premier "crazy." Trump unleashed a profane tirade over the phone at Netanyahu over Israel's threats to bomb the Lebanese capital Beirut, fearing it would undermine talks with Tehran, the Axios news outlet and ABC News reported. It underscored the increasingly shaky ties between two right-wing allies with lots to lose politically from

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I-dle among “30 Under 30 Asia” chosen by Forbes

Girl group I-dle made the “30 Under 30 Asia” list this year in Forbes magazine, published Wednesday in the US. In the Entertainment and Sports category, the group was chosen as one of the most influential young forces in the Asia-Pacific region. Since its debut in 2018, the quintet “went on to release multiple chart-topping albums, and have about 7 million monthly listeners on Spotify,” the US magazine wrote, also mentioning that after renaming itself — from (G)I-dle — last year, it “released it

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3 university students dead after car skids into bus

Three university students died after a car crashed into a parked bus in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, early Wednesday morning, police said. A sedan driven by a man in his 20s collided with the bus at around 5:02 a.m., according to the Changwon Jungbu Police Station. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers in the car, who were friends of the driver, went into cardiac arrest and later died at a hospital. The three victims were students at a local university. Police said

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Allies to Conduct Joint Search for Remains of Missing US Soldiers from Korean War

[Inter-Korea] : South Korea and the United States will form a joint investigation team to search for the remains of American troops who were either killed or went missing during the Korean War. The Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification under Seoul’s defense ministry said the joint probe with the U.S. Defense ... [more...]

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Van Leeuwen heads to Korea with first Gangnam store

A Twosome Place said Tuesday it will officially launch the premium US ice cream brand Van Leeuwen in Korea this summer, starting with its first store near Gangnam Station in Seoul. The Korean cafe chain said it signed a master franchise agreement with Van Leeuwen and will oversee the brand’s local operations. The company plans to open additional stores later this year, expanding to three locations in major commercial districts across Seoul. Founded in New York in 2008 as an ice cream truck busin

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Far right and newcomers make gains in Cyprus election

Cyprus' far right made gains in Sunday's parliamentary election ‌while anti-corruption newcomers and social media influencers captured seats, results showed, which analysts said would reshape the island's political landscape. Just over half a million Cypriots went to the polls Sunday to elect 56 lawmakers, in an election seen ‌as a litmus test for trends ahead of presidential elections in two years. Key parties backing incumbent President Nicos Christodoulides, a centrist who ran as an independe

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2 seriously injured as light aircraft crashes in Haenam

Two people were seriously injured when a light aircraft crashed in the southwestern county of Haenam on Saturday, authorities said. The aircraft went down at around 3:10 p.m. while en route from Muan Airport to Sani Airfield. The two -- an instructor and a student, both in their 20s, from Chodang University -- were taken to nearby hospitals. Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash. (Yonhap)

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Auto exports down over 5% in April amid Middle East crisis: data

South Korea's auto exports decreased more than 5 percent from a year earlier in April, amid a sharp decrease in shipments to the Middle East due to a geopolitical crisis there, government data showed Wednesday. The combined value of automobile exports came to $6.17 billion last month, down 5.5 percent from the same month last year, according to the data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources. Outbound shipments to North America, Latin America and Oceania went up by 2.4 percent, 23.7

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Seoul shares open lower, tracking overnight US losses

South Korean stocks opened lower Wednesday as investors tracked overnight losses on Wall Street caused by rising bond yields amid inflation woes. After starting 0.72 percent higher, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index went down 141.07 points, or 1.94 percent, to 7,130.59 as of 9:15 a.m. Overnight, US stocks extended their decline from recent record highs as rising US Treasury yields and persistent inflation concerns continued to weigh on investor sentiment. The S&P 500 fell 0.7 perce

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[Allison Schrager]US job market tilts female

America is fast becoming a country with two economies: A stagnant one for men and a growing one for women. So far this year, the US has created more than 165,000 private-sector jobs, and 72 percent of them went to women. To some extent this reflects a structural change in the economy, as growth is in industries more likely to employ women, such as health care. But it is also the result of a series of policy choices that aim to make the economy safer — and have made it less favorable to men. The

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Movies in theaters this week

DP bags 9 by-election wins in 14 districts as Han Dong-hoon enters Assembly

Han Dong-hoon clinches assembly seat in Busan

South Korea votes for metropolitan, regional heads

'Crazy': Trump-Netanyahu relationship under growing strain

I-dle among “30 Under 30 Asia” chosen by Forbes

3 university students dead after car skids into bus

Allies to Conduct Joint Search for Remains of Missing US Soldiers from Korean War

Van Leeuwen heads to Korea with first Gangnam store

Far right and newcomers make gains in Cyprus election

2 seriously injured as light aircraft crashes in Haenam

Auto exports down over 5% in April amid Middle East crisis: data

Seoul shares open lower, tracking overnight US losses

[Allison Schrager]US job market tilts female