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A voter dips her finger in an ink bottle after casting a poll at a polling station in the course of the second part of common election in Mandalay, central Myanmar, Jan. 11. AP-YonhapYANGON — Myanmar started a second spherical of voting Sunday within the nation’s first common election since a takeover that put in a navy authorities 5 years in the past.Voting expanded to further townships together with some areas affected by the civil conflict between the navy authorities and its armed opponents.Polling stations opened at 6 a.m. native time in 100 townships throughout the nation, together with elements…

From proper, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, his son Lee Jee-ho, and Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum Museum of Artwork pose on the son’s naval officer commissioning ceremony on the Naval Academy within the southeastern metropolis of Changwon, Nov. 28, 2025. Yonhap The son of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been assigned to the Navy’s mine and amphibious unit to function an interpreter officer, the Navy stated Sunday.Ensign Lee Jee-ho will function an interpreter officer on the info and technique workers officer’s workplace on the Mine/Amphibious Flotilla 5, the Navy stated.His tasks embody offering interpretation between commanders…

Individuals have fun in Sheikh Maksoud neighbourhood following the collapse of an settlement between the Syrian authorities and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo, Syria, Jan. 10. Reuters-YonhapALEPPO, Syria — Syria’s Kurdish fighters stated Sunday that they agreed underneath a ceasefire to withdraw from Aleppo after days of preventing authorities forces within the metropolis.Hours earlier, Syria’s navy stated it had completed operations within the Kurdish-held Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood with state tv reporting that Kurdish fighters who surrendered had been being bused to the north.The navy had already introduced its seizure of Aleppo’s different Kurdish-held neighbourhood, Ashrafiyeh.Kurdish forces had managed…

Prescriptions for methylphenidate, a central nervous system stimulant primarily used to deal with consideration deficit hyperactivity dysfunction (ADHD), are rising sharply amongst youngsters and youngsters in Korea, elevating issues that the drug is being misused as a “research drug.”In response to the most recent report on medical narcotics use launched by the Ministry of Meals and Drug Security, the variety of younger sufferers prescribed the drug within the first 9 months of 2025 has already surpassed the entire for 2024.The report reveals that 113,263 boys aged 19 or youthful obtained at the least one prescription for methylphenidate between January and…

International vacationers store for cosmetics at an Olive Younger retailer at Incheon Worldwide Airport, Dec. 16. YonhapA rising variety of home cosmetics producers and distributors are gearing up for preliminary public choices (IPOs) this 12 months as the worldwide reputation of Korean magnificence merchandise continues to gasoline enterprise enlargement, in line with funding banking business officers, Sunday.Goodai World, which operates a number of Ok-beauty manufacturers together with Great thing about Joseon, is about to wrap up bidding on Wednesday to pick its IPO underwriters. The corporate launched IPO preparations final month by distributing requests for proposals to securities companies at…

Widows Rebecca Anyango, 70 years outdated, proper, and Marie Owino, 87 years outdated, a former instructor, left, stroll exterior Marie’s compound dwelling in Siaya, Kenya, Nov. 27, 2025. AP-YonhapSIAYA, Kenya — Rebecca Anyango stood exterior the home she has known as dwelling for 26 years, questioning how lengthy it should stay hers.As a widow, she’s been threatened with eviction for years by her late husband’s household, who declare she has no inheritance rights. This 12 months they filed a lawsuit, and the 70-year-old Anyango has no authorized illustration.She identified the place her husband is buried, just a few steps from…

Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, left, chief of the principle opposition Individuals Energy Get together, speaks throughout his go to to the development web site for the semiconductor cluster advanced in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. Joint Press CorpsPolitical events are clashing over whether or not on-line platforms must be required to reveal the nationality of commenters, as the problem is rising as a flashpoint forward of the June 3 native elections.Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, chief of the principle opposition Individuals Energy Get together (PPP), has referred to as for the obligatory disclosure of commenters’ nationalities on on-line platforms, together with restrictions on international…

Attendees stroll previous a CES signal throughout CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Tuesday. Reuters-YonhapLAS VEGAS — The CES 2026 tech truthful has raised crucial alarm bells for Korea’s tech corporations, signaling that long-term progress can not rely merely on superficial hype over synthetic intelligence (AI) and software program on this quickly evolving period of bodily AI.As anticipated, AI took heart stage at this 12 months’s tech exhibition and all of the Korean manufacturing giants — from IT to carmakers — went all out to showcase their up to date AI visions converged with {hardware}.This was inevitable, because the tech paradigm…

On this body seize from footage circulating on social media from Iran confirmed protesters as soon as once more taking to the streets of Tehran regardless of an intensifying crackdown because the Islamic Republic stays minimize off from the remainder of the world in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 10. AP-YonhapDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economic system are placing new stress on its theocracy because it has shut down the web and phone networks.Tehran continues to be reeling from a 12-day battle launched by Israel in June that noticed the USA…

Commuters at Seoul Station watch information protection Friday about former President Yoon Suk Yeol going through a potential most sentence in his sedition trial over the Dec. 3 martial regulation disaster. NewsisAs Korea awaits a landmark sentencing in opposition to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, anticipated this Tuesday, prosecutors discover themselves legally constrained by the nation’s slender vary of potential punishments.Yoon faces expenses of riot over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial regulation declaration, making him the primary president in Korea’s democratic historical past to be indicted on such counts for actions taken whereas in workplace.Below the Legal Act’s strict provisions…