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The government of South korea revealed on Sunday that leftist President Lee Jae-myung had proposed at a recent cabinet meeting a massive initiative to silence alleged “fake news” on YouTube.

Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69, after suffering from an enigmatic “medical incident.” Palacios suddenly “collapsed” and died soon after announcing his intention to pivot from China to the United States.

South Korea’s Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol and the executive chairman of tech megacompany Samsung, Lee Jae-yong, both boarded planes headed towards America on Tuesday, seeking to find a resolution to the ongoing trade tensions between Washington and Seoul.

Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong published an infuriated screed condemning leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung for making overtures to North Korea.

President Donald Trump announced that his administration had “completed a massive” trade deal with Japan, under which Japan would pay a 15 percent reciprocal tariff rate and would invest $550 billion in the United States.

Largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spies.

South Korea sent its National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac to Washington this week to meet with top officials in the administration of President Donald Trump, telling reporters that his government sought to handle security concerns alongside trade negotiations in anticipation of the August 1 tariff deadline.

A North Korean man crossed the forbidding DMZ on Thursday and made it to South Korea with help from the South Korean military.

Leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told reporters during a press conference on Thursday that he was hoping to improve Seoul’s relationship to communist North, and its patrons in China and Russia, in pursuit of a definitive state of peace on the peninsula.

The members of the South Korean boy band BTS – by many metrics the most internationally successful music acts in the history of their nation – announced this week that they would work on a new album in the United States, expected to be released in spring 2026.

The South Korean government said Wednesday final negotiations have concluded on a $6 billion deal to provide Hyundai Rotem’s K2 tanks to Poland.

North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un appeared on the nation’s state propaganda broadcasts on Monday at an event honoring the country’s soldiers killed in the ongoing Russia invasion of Ukraine, in which at least 15,000 North Koreans are estimated to be fighting.

South Korean police detained six Americans on Friday caught with over 1,000 bottles carrying rice, Bibles, and American money that they reportedly intended to send across the sea to North Korea.

Statistics Korea, the official statistical agency of the South Korean government, released data from April on Wednesday that showed the biggest year-on-year increase in childbirths since 1991.

South Korean Acting Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il said on Sunday that his government will “swiftly take any necessary measures” to cope with economic fallout from the conflict with Iran.

British PM gave warm handshake to an interpreter before betraying he’d realised his mistake as the actual President walked in behind him. 

Lee Jae-myung, the winner of South Korea’s June 3 election, made his first overseas trip this week to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Alberta, Canada.

Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expecting to welcome a host of world leaders to Kananaskis, Alberta, on Monday for the beginning of the annual G7 Conference – expected to address some of the world’s most pressing emergencies, including the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Four members of the superstar South Korean boy band BTS have successfully completed their mandatory military service.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Tuesday released its annual “State of World Population Report.” According to the report, the world is experiencing a fertility crisis and most of the policies implemented to fight it are ineffective.

Multiple courts on Monday and Tuesday indefinitely suspended criminal cases against leftist President Lee Jae-myung in South Korea, citing presidential immunity.

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning entered Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Saturday, passing within 200 miles of the eastern island of Minamitori.

Lawmakers with the ruling leftist Democratic Party in South Korea moved to pass legislation through the National Assembly potentially expanding the nation’s Supreme Court from 14 to 30 seats on Wednesday — hours after their leader, Lee Jae-myung, was inaugurated president.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung took office on Wednesday vowing to heal the deep political rift in the country caused by his predecessor’s attempt to impose military rule – and to attempt “dialogue” with the rogue North Korean regime.

The leftist leader of the Democratic Party, Lee Jae-myung, won the South Korean presidential election on Tuesday.

Over 15 million South Koreans cast their ballots as of Friday during early voting session in anticipation of the June 3 special presidential election to replace ousted former President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Lee Jae-myung, the left-wing presidential candidate leading in South Korea, suggests amending the constitution to make imposing martial law harder.

South Korea’s presidential election will be held on June 3. The last round of polls taken before polling is suspended under South Korean election law showed Lee Jae-myung, candidate of the left-wing Democratic Party (DP), with a solid but shrinking lead over Kim Moon-soo of the incumbent People Power Party (PPP).

The lead singer of the longstanding Korean boy band Super Junior, Leeteuk, has faced a torrent on online backlash in the past week following his shouted declaration of love for President Donald Trump during a concert in California.

A flourishing industry of “origin washing” services has appeared on Chinese social media, offering to help export companies evade U.S. tariffs by pretending their products were shipped from other Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand.

Three South Korean companies, acting with the support of their government, have presented Canada with an unsolicited $20 billion plan to upgrade its submarines, artillery, and armored vehicles.

Education Minister Lee Ju-ho became the fourth president of South Korea since December on Friday after a turbulent 2025 that began with protests for and against the arrest of ousted former President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Lee Jae-myung, the front-running candidate in South Korea’s special presidential election, may have been disqualified by a ruling from the Supreme Court on Thursday.

South Korea’s data privacy watchdog agency, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), said on Thursday that China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) transferred user data to companies in China and the United States without obtaining proper consent.