OITA, Japan: As its reported death toll climbed to five, Typhoon Shanshan slowly barreled up the Japanese archipelago on Friday ( Aug 30 ), dumping torrential rains and wreak havoc on transportation. The tornado, one of the strongest to strike Japan in years, had weakened by early dawn, though windsContinue Reading
In a case that has drawn international attention as a result of a security crackdown in the China-ruled city, a Hong Kong court on Thursday ( Aug 29 ) found two editors of the now-defunct Stand News media outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles. Chung Pui-kuen and PatrickContinue Reading
Japan has been hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades, dumping torrential rain across the country’s southern regions , on Thursday ( Aug 29 ). On Thursday night, Typhoon Shanshan made landfall on Kyushu’s southeastern peninsula. Numerous people have been given the order to leave. Following us on TwitterContinue Reading
In Seoul, two people were hurt when a car they were driving in was sucked into by a sinkhole that appeared on Thursday ( August 29 ). According to local media accounts, a hole emerged in the middle of a street in Seodaemun area, northern Seoul.  , The vehicle, whichContinue Reading
Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, stated on Thursday ( Aug 29 ) that the nation’s national pension fund needs to be reformated to make it more equitable among generations and provide income security for an aging population. According to Yoon, there had been a decline in trustContinue Reading
For southwestern Kyushu, the JMA predicted an huge 1, 100mm of rain in the 48 hours to Friday night. Top tiles were blown off of homes, broken windows, and trees were depicted in a video released by the public broadcaster NHK TV. ” Our carport dome was blown away inContinue Reading
A judge announced on Thursday ( Aug 29 ) that the CEO of a South Korean lithium battery manufacturer that was struck by a fire that claimed 23 lives in June had been detained. Park Soon-kwan, the CEO of Aricell, which is majority-owned by S-Connect, apologised after the fire butContinue Reading
SLOW AND WET Fukashi Oishi, a resident in the town of Usa, was gloomily looking at an aged tree that was already adult when he was a kid but had broken and fallen on the side of the road. ” Oh, it’s so sad”, he told AFP. The wind companyContinue Reading
As part of measures aimed at addressing the growing problem, South Korean authorities announced on Wednesday ( Aug 28 ) that they intend to ask Telegram and other social media platforms to more actively help with the removal and blocking of sexually explicit deepfake content. Following reports that sexually explicitContinue Reading
The North unveiled a” murder drone,” an autonomous aircraft that can be purposefully crashed into enemy goals and essentially acts as guided missiles, just two weeks after the release of the Wednesday statement. The North announced in February that a new control system for a number of rocket launchers mayContinue Reading