Author: Seoul Reporter

[ad_1] MAE SAI, Thailand — The cargo of chemical substances from China was meant to remain close to Bangkok. However a tracker, planted by Thai drug authorities based mostly on a tip from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, confirmed it shifting north towards the porous 1,500-mile-long border with Myanmar.Thai anti-narcotics officers believed the chemical substances can be used to synthesize methamphetamine, a extremely addictive stimulant flooding international locations throughout the Asia-Pacific area. And so they knew that on the opposite aspect of the border, in jungled hills dominated by China-backed warlords, was what the United Nations thought-about the largest meth…

[ad_1] BERLIN — Boris Pistorius, the German protection minister, is a social democrat in a authorities led by conservatives, and the person now chargeable for revamping and increasing the armed forces in a rustic that has been allergic to militarization for 80 years since instigating two world wars. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Trot Star Jeong Dong-won performs on the SBS Prism Tower in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Nov. 16. [NEWS1]   Eighteen-year-old trot star Jeong Dong-won has been given a “suspended indictment” for driving with no license.   In keeping with the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Workplace on Saturday, Jeong was granted a suspended indictment on Nov. 6 for violating the Highway Visitors Act. Prosecutors had introduced in September that Jeong was below investigation for unlicensed driving.     A suspended indictment is a type of non-prosecution by which prosecutors acknowledge the offense however resolve to not pursue a trial,…

[ad_1] South Korea defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 on Saturday within the first of their two exhibition baseball video games scheduled in Seoul.Seven pitchers mixed to carry the Czechs to a few singles, as South Korea held on after scoring a few early runs earlier than a sellout crowd of 16,100 at Gocheok Sky Dome.The groups will return at it at 2 p.m. Sunday on the dome.Made up of younger up-and-coming stars and established veterans within the Korea Baseball Group (KBO), South Korea opened the scoring within the backside first. Kim Ju-won drew a leadoff stroll from Jan Novak and…

[ad_1] About to be posted for groups in Main League Baseball (MLB), South Korean nationwide staff infielder Music Sung-mun has been producing some buzz within the U.S. media.Most just lately, The Athletic described the 29-year-old infielder for the Kiwoom Heroes as “a flexible defender who has enormously improved his plate manufacturing over the previous two seasons.”After seven principally mediocre seasons within the Korea Baseball Group (KBO), Music certainly had his breakout marketing campaign in 2024, batting .340/.409/.518 with profession highs of 19 house runs, 104 RBIs and 21 steals. This yr, Music emerged from a gradual begin to put up…

[ad_1] Jung Jin-woo, the top of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors Workplace, supplied to resign Saturday, the workplace stated, a day after prosecutors determined to not attraction a ruling in a high-profile growth scandal case.His supply got here simply 4 months after taking workplace, in what’s seen as a protest towards the prosecution’s determination to not file an attraction, reportedly consistent with the justice ministry’s opinion that the case didn’t warrant one.Final Friday, the Seoul Central District Court docket sentenced 5 figures to jail in reference to the event corruption scandal linked to President Lee Jae Myung, stemming from his…

[ad_1] Czech Republic nationwide baseball crew supervisor Pavel Chadim mentioned Saturday he desires to profit from the video games in opposition to South Korea in Seoul this weekend, with each international locations gearing up for the World Baseball Traditional (WBC) subsequent spring.The 2 international locations will meet of their first sport of the WBC in Tokyo in March 2026 however will get an early peek at one another for a pair of exhibition video games scheduled at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.”Somewhat loopy (truth) is that we begin the WBC with Korea, however it’s life, and we actually recognize that…

[ad_1] Former President Yoon Suk Yeol didn’t seem Saturday for questioning by a particular counsel workforce over his alleged interference in a navy probe into the 2023 dying of a younger Marine.Particular counsel Lee Myeong-hyeon’s workforce summoned Yoon, Monday, ordering him to look for questioning at 10 a.m. Saturday.The particular counsel workforce beforehand demanded his look on Oct. 23, however the former president didn’t comply, citing the trial schedules of his attorneys.As Yoon defied a second summons, the investigation workforce notified him once more to look for questioning Tuesday.Yoon, who’s in custody over his failed bid to impose martial legislation…

[ad_1] When placing collectively the beginning lineup for his first sport as supervisor of the South Korean nationwide baseball workforce Saturday, Ryu Ji-hyun appeared into quite a few superior metrics.With South Korea internet hosting the Czech Republic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, the one statistic that Ryu prioritized was weighted runs created plus, or wRC+. It is an all-encompassing hitting stat that measures a participant’s whole offensive worth and adjusts efficiency primarily based on the ballpark and league common.A 100 wRC+ is the league common, and each level above or beneath 100 represents one share level higher or worse…

[ad_1] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon appeared earlier than particular counsel investigators Saturday for face-to-face questioning with self-proclaimed energy dealer Myung Tae-kyun over corruption allegations.Oh arrived on the workplace of particular counsel Min Joong-ki shortly earlier than 9 a.m. to be questioned over alleged violations of the political funds act linked to transactions involving unpublished opinion polls throughout his 2021 Seoul mayoral by-election.The mayor was beforehand questioned by prosecutors in Could, nevertheless it marks his first look earlier than the particular counsel.The investigation facilities on allegations that Kim Han-jung, a supporter of Oh, requested a polling firm successfully operated by Myung…