North Korea plays eerie noises around the clock to drown out K Pop from South Korea https://www.byteseu.com/789626/ #Conflicts #DemilitarisedZone #GanghwaGun #KPop #KimJongUn #kpop #NorthKorea #Propaganda #SouthKorean #StrangeNoises #WeirdNoises

https://www.europesays.com/1881192/ North Korea plays eerie noises around the clock to drown out K Pop from South Korea #Conflicts #DemilitarisedZone #GanghwaGun #KPop #KimJongUn #KPOP #NorthKorea #propaganda #SouthKorean #StrangeNoises #WeirdNoises

[02:19] Criminal trial of South Korea's president gets under way

The criminal trial of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in connection to insurrection charges is under way at Seoul's Central District Court, an AFP journalist in the courtroom said.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0220/1497764-south-korea-court-president/

#SouthKorean #YoonSukYeol #Seoul #CentralDistrictCourt #AFP

[08:52] Bird remains found in engines of South Korea plane wreck

Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report today, with authorities still trying to determine what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0127/1493100-south-korea-plane/

#JejuAir #lastmonth #today #SouthKorean

[15:25] South Korean court refuses to extend Yoon's detention

A South Korean court rejected the prosecutors' office request to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap news agency reported.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0124/1492733-south-korean-court-refuses-to-extend-yoons-detention/

#SouthKorean #YoonSukYeol #Yonhap

North Korea stands to lose all 12,000 of its troops in Kursk by mid-April if its casualty rate holds, analysts say https://www.byteseu.com/667347/ #000 #12 #CasualtyReports #Conflicts #Kursk #KurskOblast #NorthKorea #NorthKorean #Pyongyang #SouthKorean

[04:51] S. Korea court to make decision on president's detention

A South Korean court will weigh whether to extend the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, after investigators arrested him over a failed martial law bid.

https://www.rte.ie/news/asia/2025/0118/1491547-south-korea-president-arrest/

#SouthKorean #YoonSukYeol

[16:01] Court upholds detention of impeached South Korean president

Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, a day after he was detained for questioning over rebellion allegations linked to his martial law declaration last month.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/court-upholds-detention-of-impeached-south-korean-president/a1921235798.html

#SouthKorean #YoonSukYeol #Thursday #aday #lastmonth

[01:33] South Korean police make new attempt to arrest president

South Korean authorities investigating impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to enter his residence in a new bid to arrest him over insurrection accusations related to his 3 December martial law declaration.

https://www.rte.ie/news/asia/2025/0115/1490891-korea-president-arrest/

#SouthKorean #YoonSukYeol #3 #December

[03:02] Trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon to begin

Arguments are due to begin in a South Korean court in a trial to decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached after his short-lived bid to impose martial law threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades.

https://www.rte.ie/news/asia/2025/0114/1490647-trial-korea-president/

#SouthKorean #YoonSukYeol #decades

#Palestine manages a 1-1 draw with the mighty #SouthKorean national team led by Spurs captain Son Heung-min, who scored in this #WorldCup qualifying group. I hope this is reminiscent of their 1966 or even 2006 performances and the Palestinian people can take some small pleasure, and perhaps a positive omen from this well-played result. The one thing the beleaguered Palestinians know best is struggle. yahtsafil! #Football #Futbol #soccer #PalestinianYouth #Solidarity

"Gangnam Style" (#Korean: 강남스타일, IPA: [kaŋ.nam sɯ.tʰa.il]) is a #Kpop song by #SouthKorean singer Psy, released on July 15, 2012, by #YGEntertainment as the #leadSingle of his sixth studio album, #Psy6SixRulesPart1 (Ssai Yukgap Part 1). The term "#GangnamStyle" is a #neologism that refers to the #nouveauRiche lifestyles associated with the Gangnam region of #Seoul. On July 15, 2012, "Gangnam Style" debuted at number one on South Korea's #GaonChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGc_NfiTxng

#Danes in central #Copenhagen on Thursday marked the return to supermarket shelves of fiery #SouthKorean #RamenNoodles that had been banned for being #TooSpicy, a decision that has since been partly reversed.

Stores in #Denmark in June removed three variants of South Korean #SamyangFoods' #Buldak instant #ramen line after the Danish Veterinary and #Food Administration found the noodles' high #capsaicin level posed a serious #HealthRisk.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/denmark-welcomes-return-of-banned-south-korean-noodles-1.6993759

#SouthKorean #Court #suspends #KoreanMethodistchurch's #excommunication of #proLGBTQ #pastor

The #SuwonDistrictCourt decided in favor of Rev. #LeeDongHwan, saying the effect of #excommunication will be #suspended until the #ruling of the relevant #lawsuit to #annul the #KMC #decision comes out.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthKorea #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #EmptyThePews

https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/281_378973.html

In #landmark #verdict, #SouthKorea’s #topcourt #recognizes some #rights for #samesexcouples

The #SouthKorean #SupremeCourt said it ruled that the #state #healthinsurance #agency’s #refusal to provide #spousal #insurance coverage for #gay #couples was an act of #discrimination that violates the #constitutional #principle of #equality.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthKorea #Progress #SameSexCouples #Health #Healthcare #Representation #Culture

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-supreme-court-same-sex-rights-a15a537133dcfaa0d7ffc753f798ca63

A 22-year-old #NorthKorean was publicly executed for watching and sharing #SouthKorean #FilmsAndMusic, a new report claims, highlighting #Pyongyang’s desperate attempts to stem the flow of outside information and culture. #SouthKorea

Despite such harsh measures, the influence of #SouthKoreanCulture, including recent television shows, appears unstoppable.

#NorthKorea executed man for listening to #KPop, report from #defectors shows
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/28/north-korea-execution-man-k-pop-human-rights-report

South Korea has warned it would take "unendurable" measures against the North for sending the trash balloons, which could include blaring propaganda broadcasts from huge loudspeaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/09/asia-pacific/south-korea-blasts-norths-trash-balloons/ #asiapacific #northkorea #southkorean #dmz #defense #balloons

Another untimely death: #SouthKorean actor Lee Sun-kyun. I saw him in the (strange but enjoyable) Dr. Brain, the first Korean-language series on Apple TV+. Have yet to see Parasite, his most famous film.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/27/parasite-actor-lee-sun-kyun-found-dead-in-seoul

Working on getting his @wikipedia page fully cited, if any #Wikipedia editors want to help out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Sun-kyun

#SouthKorean #court #upholds #ban on #gay #sex within #armedforces.

Under the country’s #MilitaryCriminalAct, members of the #armed #forces face up to two years in #prison for #samesex #relationships.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #SouthKorea #MilitaryService #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/south-korean-court-upholds-ban-gay-sex-armed-forces-rcna122360