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Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political Protest

Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political Protest As South Koreans took to the streets this month demanding the ousting of their president, some found an unexpected outlet to express their fury: jokes and satire. “Dumpling Federation Fried Dumpling Union” “Dumpling Federation Fried Dumpling Union” Video by Yu Young Jin/The New York Times “Pizza Toppings Research Group” …

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Madness of the North Korean 'suicide charges': Kim Jong Un's troops are sent slowly jogging across open land and are 'a dream for Ukrainian machinegunners' in ruthless Russian meatgrinder tactic

Daily Mail

Kim Jong Un has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year. Drone footage shows the Russian meatgrinder tactic in action, with two dozen North Korean soldiers seen slowly jogging towards the Ukrainian front line in clusters across an open, snow-covered battlefield. Reports say new …

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Massacre of the North Koreans on Putin's meat grinder frontline: Bodies of Kim Jong-un's soldiers are lined up in the snow with 100 now perishing in Ukraine war - as Russians 'burn faces of dead comra

Daily Mail

At least 100 North Korean soldiers deployed to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine have been killed since entering combat in December, South Korean lawmakers claimed this morning. North Korean soldiers' faces revealed in first close-up videos as they fight for Putin in the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine North Koreans were fighting with severely outdated tactics according …

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5 days ago

North Koreans killed in Kursk as they enter Russia-Ukraine war in earnest

Al Jazeera

Ukraine targets Russia’s mercenaries saying ‘there is no reason for Koreans to fight and die for Putin.’ North Korean soldiers began to go home in body bags over the weekend, as they fought alongside Russians in large numbers for the first time. Ukraine’s military intelligence reported the North Koreans were embedded with Russian Marines and Airborne troops – elite units …

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6 days, 1 hour ago

South Korea’s ‘Hurry Hurry’ Culture Helps Bring Down a President

Live Mint

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s shock declaration of martial law revved up South Koreans from 0 to 100. “But when the momentum is there, it really translates into a huge amount of energy.” South Korea’s history helps explain its culture. In 1995, he set fire to 150,000 phones and faxes, some of them defective, to make a statement about quality control, …

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1 week ago

Don’t underestimate North Korean soldiers in Russia, some experts say

CNN

Seoul, South Korea/Hong Kong CNN — Far from their homes in one of the world’s most isolated and secretive states, about 11,000 North Korean soldiers find themselves at the center of Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. The Storm Corps – the 11th Army Corps of the North Korean military – are “better trained, better physique and better motivated …

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1 week ago

Tottenham lose Bentancur ban appeal for racist comment about South Koreans

Al Jazeera

Tottenham have lost their appeal against the severity of Uruguay midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur’s seven-match ban for making an offensive comment about South Koreans in relation to a remark about Spurs teammate Son Heung-min. Appearing on a Uruguayan television show in June, Bentancur was asked for a Tottenham player’s jersey and replied, “Sonny’s?” He added it could be Son’s cousin, too, …

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Ukraine says at least 30 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Kursk fighting for Russia

Firstpost

Thousands of troops from North Korea have come to reinforce Russian forces, including in the Kursk border region where Russia has been clawing back territory after a surprise offensive from Ukrainian forces this summer A Ukrainian tank crew member of the 68th Jaeger Brigade stands on a Leopard 1A5 tank at the position where they take a break in fighting, …

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1 week ago

Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers in Ukraine, Zelensky says

The Independent

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1 week, 1 day ago

Ukraine says North Koreans took heavy casualties during weekend attack in Kursk region

CNN

CNN — Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops suffered heavy losses during fighting at the weekend in the Russian region of Kursk. “We do assess that North Korean soldiers have engaged in combat in Kursk, with Russia, alongside Russian forces,” Ryder said. Ukraine estimates that about 12,000 North Korean soldiers are in the region …

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1 week, 1 day ago

New European model to clash with Indians, Japanese, Koreans in compact SUV segment

India Today

The compact SUV segment in India is dominated by Indian, Japanese and Korean brands. The Kylaq boasts more than 25 standard active and passive safety features, including six airbags, traction and stability control, anti-lock brakes, electronic brake distribution, brake disc wiping, roll over protection, motor slip regulation, electronic differential lock, passenger airbag de-activation, multi collision braking and ISOFIX seats. In …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy says North Korean troops in 'significant numbers' in Kursk amid reports of reverses

Firstpost

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that North Korean troops are deployed in significant numbers in Russia’s Kursk region. The remarks came a day after reports emerged that Pyongyang had killed 300 Ukrainian soldiers as the war-stricken nation struggled to hold on to the Russian city As the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war escalates, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow has started …

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1 week, 3 days ago

South Koreans throng Seoul streets ahead of vote to impeach President

India Today

South Korean lawmakers are set to vote for a second time on an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday, as authorities investigate allegations of rebellion over his controversial Dec. 3 martial law decree that has caused huge political turmoil in the country. Yoon’s martial law imposition, the first of kind in more than four decades in South …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

No, President Yoon’s attempted coup was not a desperate act of nostalgia

Al Jazeera

Authoritarianism is still very much in vogue, in Washington and Seoul alike. In the aftermath of the jarring events that rattled South Korea earlier this week, the instant consensus among the instant “experts” who rushed to explain why South Korea’s besieged president, Yoon Suk-yeol, declared martial law, was that the failed gambit amounted to, in effect, a desperate act of …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

South Korea plunged into political chaos

ABC

Sally Sara: Hello and welcome to The World Today. Sally Sara: South Koreans are reacting with shock and anger after the country's president declared martial law. I think I don't know if it's gotten wrong, but I would say I would emphasise the pride that I think South Koreans take in their political system, in their democracy. Sally Sara: That's …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis

BBC

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis Getty Images In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War. Aware that the North Korean and Chinese armies were threatening to purge anyone suspected of having helped the …

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4 weeks ago

South Koreans find warm welcome in Shenyang

China Daily

Customers sample rice wine at a stall in the Xita neighborhood of Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Sept 16. "Shenyang is the most suitable place in China for South Korean people," he said. For example, last year, some of the community's South Korean residents reported that the fitness facilities were inadequate, so the subdistrict added equipment suitable for the elderly in …

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4 weeks ago

South Koreans find warm welcome in Shenyang

China Daily

By WU YONG and CHEN MEILING in Shenyang | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-26 07:44 Customers sample rice wine at a stall in the Xita neighborhood of Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Sept 16. "Shenyang is the most suitable place in China for South Korean people," he said. For example, last year, some of the community's South Korean residents reported that …

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4 weeks ago

After North Koreans, is Russia recruiting Yemenis to fight in Ukraine?

Firstpost

Russia has roped in as many as 10,000 North Korean soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. So far, Russia has deployed up to 10,000 North Korean soldiers and several Indian and Nepali nationals —some of them fraudulently— to fight its war against Ukraine. The Financial Times has reported that Russia has recruited hundreds of Yemeni men to fight …

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4 weeks ago

South Korea holds memorial for forced laborers in Japan after boycotting Japanese event

Associated Press

SADO, Japan — South Korea commemorated wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado gold mines in a ceremony Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event organized by Japan, as tensions over historical atrocities continue to strain relations between the two sides. Monday’s ceremony at a former dormitory near the mines on Sado Island, which date to the 16th century …

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UNESCO is failing victims of Japan’s historical colonial exploitation

Al Jazeera

On November 24, 2024, Japan held a memorial service at its UNESCO site, the Sado Gold Mines, in Niigata to commemorate labourers who worked in it. The Sado Gold Mines, which were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 27, have become yet another battleground over the history of Japanese colonial exploitation of Koreans and efforts to whitewash …

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1 month ago

Japan holds Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions

Associated Press

SADO, Japan — Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country’s Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over Japan’s brutal wartime use of Korean forced laborers, highlighting lingering tensions between the neighbors over the issue. Japan held a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines despite a last-minute boycott of the event …

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1 month ago

South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to disagreements with Tokyo over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of World War II. Some South Koreans had criticized Yoon’s government for throwing …

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Japan holds first memorial for ‘all workers’ at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?

Associated Press

SADO, Japan — Japanese officials have held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after Japan moved past years of historical disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the mines’ dark history. Japanese officials at Sunday’s ceremony paid tribute to “all workers,” including Korean laborers who died at the …

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Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political Protest

Madness of the North Korean 'suicide charges': Kim Jong Un's troops are sent slowly jogging across open land and are 'a dream for Ukrainian machinegunners' in ruthless Russian meatgrinder tactic

Massacre of the North Koreans on Putin's meat grinder frontline: Bodies of Kim Jong-un's soldiers are lined up in the snow with 100 now perishing in Ukraine war - as Russians 'burn faces of dead comra

North Koreans killed in Kursk as they enter Russia-Ukraine war in earnest

South Korea’s ‘Hurry Hurry’ Culture Helps Bring Down a President

Don’t underestimate North Korean soldiers in Russia, some experts say

Tottenham lose Bentancur ban appeal for racist comment about South Koreans

Ukraine says at least 30 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in Kursk fighting for Russia

Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers in Ukraine, Zelensky says

Ukraine says North Koreans took heavy casualties during weekend attack in Kursk region

New European model to clash with Indians, Japanese, Koreans in compact SUV segment

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy says North Korean troops in 'significant numbers' in Kursk amid reports of reverses

South Koreans throng Seoul streets ahead of vote to impeach President

No, President Yoon’s attempted coup was not a desperate act of nostalgia

South Korea plunged into political chaos

'As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky': How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis

South Koreans find warm welcome in Shenyang

South Koreans find warm welcome in Shenyang

After North Koreans, is Russia recruiting Yemenis to fight in Ukraine?

South Korea holds memorial for forced laborers in Japan after boycotting Japanese event

UNESCO is failing victims of Japan’s historical colonial exploitation

Japan holds Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions

South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions

Japan holds first memorial for ‘all workers’ at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?