Author: Seoul Reporter

CARACAS — The detainees held inside considered one of Venezuela’s infamous prisons had not but heard the information that had gripped their nation and far of the world for the previous week.They’d heard the planes flying overhead on the early morning of Jan. 3 and had hoped the plane might need been a part of a mission to rescue them. However they knew nothing extra till Friday morning, when the daddy of one of many imprisoned males informed him what had occurred: The nation’s president had been captured and spirited away to america, and the Venezuelan authorities had simply promised…

At the least 11 sanctioned tankers have been noticed this week nicely past Venezuelan waters, having escaped the U.S. maritime blockade, in keeping with satellite-imagery evaluation.Six of the tankers have been within the Caribbean Sea however had moved not less than 70 miles from the Venezuelan coast; a kind of ships was seized on Friday. Three others had traveled greater than 450 miles into the Atlantic Ocean and, in keeping with one analyst, have been being distantly trailed by what seems to be a U.S. Navy ship.

Rivals had capsized there in earlier races, clinging to overturned boats in frigid waters for days earlier than they had been rescued. In 1997, one sailor, Gerry Roufs, known as race organizers, frantic. “The waves will not be waves, they’re larger than the Alps,” he exclaimed. Roufs’s boat and his physique disappeared.Dalin knew these tales. He spent hours on his laptop computer agonizing over projections of the storm. He determined he would take the extra conservative method, going north, avoiding the large swell.

BERLIN — A seemingly routine disruption of metropolis life — massive swaths of southwest Berlin plunged into icy darkness by an influence outage — is now being investigated as a probably much more sinister case of sabotage and has set off warnings in regards to the vulnerability of Germany’s infrastructure.

ISTANBUL — Iranians got here out once more in giant numbers in main city facilities on Friday night, defying deadly drive from authorities, although precise particulars have been not possible to acquire resulting from a extreme communications blackout reducing the nation off from the remainder of the world.

Rescuers proceed operations on a collapsed waste segregation facility in Binaliw, Cebu metropolis, central Philippines, Jan. 10. AP-YonhapCEBU CITY, Philippines — The loss of life toll from a landfill collapse within the central Philippines has risen to 4, an official mentioned on Saturday, as rescue efforts continued for dozens who remained lacking.The Binaliw landfill within the central metropolis of Cebu collapsed on ‍Thursday, with 110 staff on web site on the time. A number of buildings and amenities contained in the landfill have been broken through the collapse.Cebu Metropolis Mayor Nestor Archival mentioned in a Fb publish ‍on Saturday the…

A drone that North Korea claims is a drone despatched by South Korea, Sept. 27, 2025, is seen on this picture, carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central Information Company, Saturday, . YonhapSouth Korea’s protection chief on Saturday denied North Korea’s claims that its drones infiltrated into the North in September final 12 months and earlier this week, saying the drones in query weren’t fashions operated by the South Korean navy.North Korea claimed earlier within the day that South Korea infringed on its sovereignty with drone incursions, saying that Seoul must be able to “pay a excessive value” for what…

Folks have a good time after the appointment of Guadalajara and Akron stadium as one of many venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the Municipal Palace of Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico, June 16, 2022. EPA-YonhapThe nationwide soccer federation stated Saturday it has finalized the checklist of its preferences for the nationwide staff’s base camp throughout this 12 months’s FIFA World Cup, with the Mexican metropolis of Guadalajara because the possible vacation spot.The Korea Soccer Affiliation (KFA) stated the checklist submitted to FIFA contains two base camp websites in Guadalajara, the place the Taegeuk Warriors will play two of…

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen talks with the pinnacle of the Arctic Command Soeren Andersen, aboard the Protection’s inspection vessel Vaedderen within the waters round Nuuk, Greenland, April 3, 2025. Reuters-YonhapNUUK — “We do not wish to be Individuals,” Greenland’s political events mentioned after U.S. President Donald Trump once more urged using drive to grab the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory.”We do not wish to be Individuals, we do not wish to be Danish, we wish to be Greenlanders,” the leaders of 5 events in parliament mentioned late Friday.”The way forward for Greenland should be determined by Greenlanders,” they mentioned.

A lady poses with fish on the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Competition in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, Jan. 11, 2025. Newsis A world-famous annual ice fishing pageant kicked off Saturday in a distant mountain city within the northeastern province of Gangwon, providing weeks of ice fishing and seasonal actions.The 2026 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Competition will run by Feb. 1 in Hwacheon, simply 25 kilometers south of the inter-Korean border and about 90 km northeast of Seoul.”Sancheoneo” is a species of trout recognized to reside solely in very clear recent water.Guests from all around the nation arrived on the 300,000-square-meter pageant floor…