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Ex-factory worker sets sights on South Korean presidency with aim to tackle inequality
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube South Korea’s presidential campaign kicked off on February 15, 2022, with former child worker Lee Jae-myung throwing his name in the hat. A student dropout maimed in a factory accident as a teen, Lee is a maverick candidate from the ruling liberal Democratic Party of Korea. He says his working-class credentials make him the best man…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s wife makes rare appearance for Lunar New Year celebration
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s wife, Ri Sol-ju, appeared on state media for the first time in nearly five months on February 1, 2022. The couple attended an art performance that was held in the capital Pyongyang’s Mansudae Art Theatre to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. Also sighted in public for the first time since…
Rare reversal: South Korean defects to the North across heavily fortified DMZ
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube An unidentified person from South Korea has crossed the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas in a rare defection to the North. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it carried out search operations after detecting the person at the heavily fortified border on the evening of January 1, 2021. Related story: South…
North Korean fugitive recaptured in China
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A North Korean inmate has been recaptured after escaping from a prison and going on the run for 41 days in northern China’s Jilin province. Zhu Xianjian was found in a house near a lake. He was shot in the leg when he tried to run away, according to reports. The escapee was sentenced to 11…
South Korean students prepare for eight-hour ‘hardest exam in the world’ – BBC News
Students in South Korea are sitting the college entrance exam, the Suneung, a gruelling eight-hour marathon. The stakes are really high, with students feeling the pressure to perform well to secure university placements, jobs and even future relationships. Three Korean students documented their journey for the BBC preparing for one of the hardest exams in the world. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog #SouthKorea #BBCNews
French navy hunts for North Korean contraband smuggled on the high seas
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A French naval force has been engaged in reconnaissance missions on the Yellow Sea since 2018 to look out for signs of contraband being smuggled in and out of North Korea. The surveillance team is part of an international mission enforcing United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang. Since 2006, North Korea has been subject to various measures…
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