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President Lee Jae Myung speaks throughout a gathering with senior aides at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Thursday. Joint Press CorpsPresident Lee Jae Myung on Thursday referred to as for bipartisan cooperation on diplomatic and safety affairs, citing rising uncertainties within the worldwide order.Lee made the remarks at a gathering with senior aides as he wrapped up separate summit talks with Chinese language President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this month.”Amid rising uncertainties within the worldwide order, peace and stability within the area develop into all of the extra important,” Lee stated, based on Cheong Wa Dae.Lee…

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after touchdown at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland following a go to to Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 13, 2026. (Reuters/Yonhap) By Jung E-gil, senior worldwide affairs reporterFollowing its invasion of Venezuela, the Trump administration is threatening navy intervention in Iran. It’s futile to debate how invading a sovereign nation like a sport of jacks violates worldwide regulation and will trigger the collapse of the post-World Warfare II international order.Threats to invade Venezuela or declare Greenland as American territory are seen as a part of President Donald Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” and Western Hemisphere-first technique.…

A display at a forex alternate sales space in Seoul’s Myeong-dong buying district exhibits the Korean gained buying and selling at 1,469 per greenback, Thursday. The native forex strengthened by 7.8 gained, closing at 1,469.7 gained per greenback in daytime buying and selling. Korea Instances photograph by Shim Hyun-chulU.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s uncommon intervention in Korea’s international alternate market comes as the 2 nations acknowledge the necessity to collectively deal with the speedy depreciation of the Korean gained, in keeping with the Ministry of Financial system and Finance on Thursday.The uncommon verbal intervention displays the significance of the Korean…

Nationwide Meeting Speaker Woo Received-shik, proper, meets with Singapore’s Ambassador to Korea Wong Kai Kiun on the Meeting in Seoul, Tuesday, to debate methods to increase bilateral cooperation between the 2 nations. Courtesy of Workplace of the Speaker of the Nationwide Meeting Nationwide Meeting Speaker Woo Received-shik met with Singapore’s ambassador to Korea earlier this week to debate methods to additional strengthen bilateral cooperation as each nations navigate rising world uncertainty, based on the Nationwide Meeting.Woo acquired Ambassador Wong Kai Jiun at his workplace on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul, the place he highlighted the significance of trust-based strategic cooperation…

Former Individuals Energy Social gathering chief Han Dong-hoon leaves a press briefing room after issuing a press release on the celebration ethics committee’s choice to expel him, in Seoul, Wednesday. Joint Press CorpsThe primary opposition Individuals Energy Social gathering’s inner rift deepened Thursday after its management postponed a ultimate choice on whether or not to expel former celebration chief Han Dong-hoon, highlighting doubts in regards to the celebration’s means to handle its personal inner conflicts.The transfer got here regardless of an earlier ruling by the celebration’s ethics committee to expel Han, a call that had already triggered robust backlash inside…

Product costs reflecting the applying of a 5,000-won low cost coupon on its e-commerce platform / Courtesy of Coupang E-commerce big Coupang on Thursday started to make compensation funds for 33.7 million prospects affected by an enormous private knowledge breach, amid apparently rising public criticism that the transfer could also be a mere gross sales tactic that provides little or no precise advantages to shoppers.On Dec. 29, a couple of month after confirming the info breach, Coupang introduced a compensation plan value greater than 1.68 trillion gained ($1.17 billion), underneath which affected prospects — together with paid Coupang Wow members,…

Samsung Bioepis CEO Kim Kyung-ah holds a press briefing and proclaims the roadmap in the course of the ‘JP Morgan Healthcare Convention’ in San Francisco, United States on January 14 (native time) Samsung Epis Holdings (CEO Kim Kyung-ah) held an on-site press briefing in the course of the ‘JP Morgan Healthcare Convention’ in San Francisco, United States on January 14 (native time), disclosing its main enterprise methods and analysis and growth roadmap. CEO Kim Kyung-ah, who oversees the administration of holding firm Samsung Epis Holdings and its subsidiaries (Samsung Bioepis, EpisNexLab), said, “Based mostly on…

The Pinkfong and Child Shark 3D drone present, that includes roughly 3,000 drones, on the opening day of the Dubai Children’ Fest. The Pinkfong Firm (CEO Kim Min-seok), a worldwide household leisure firm, introduced on January 15 that it’ll broaden its world IP (Mental Property) enterprise by combining content material and commerce, with Dubai, the financial and tourism hub of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as its stage. The Pinkfong Firm will stage large-scale performances at ‘International Village,’ a significant Dubai vacationer vacation spot visited by over 10 million folks yearly. Concurrently, it’s going to…

Doosan Bears supervisor Kim Gained-hyong speaks to reporters at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on Jan. 15. YonhapAs he takes over a crew coming off a disappointing season, new Doosan Bears supervisor Kim Gained-hyong on Thursday promised to ship “many victories” in 2026.”Skilled sports activities groups must carry pleasure to followers,” Kim informed reporters after attending a ceremony marking the Bears’ founding anniversary at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul. “And we will achieve this with many victories.”The Bears completed the 2025 Korea Baseball Group season in ninth place amongst 10 groups with a win-loss-tie file of 61-77-6. Supervisor Lee Seung-yuop…

Deputy Head of the U.Ok.’s Mission to Russia Danae Dholakia, proper, is summoned to Russia’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs., Thursday. TASS-YonhapMOSCOW — Russia on Thursday ordered a British diplomat to go away the nation over allegations of spying, expenses that had been dismissed as “baseless” by the U.Ok.Russia’s Federal Safety Service, recognized by its Russian acronym FSB, alleged the member of embassy workers had labored for British intelligence. It didn’t present proof.Russia Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement the diplomat’s accreditation has been revoked and that the person should now depart the nation inside two weeks. The U.Ok.’s cost d’affaires…