On Chuseok, Yoon hosts a luncheon meeting with Korean atomic explosion victims in Hiroshima.

On the occasion of the Chuseok holiday, President Yoon Suk Yeol convened a luncheon with a group of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima.

The meeting at Cheong Wa Dae's Yeongbin-gwan guesthouse with 42 atomic bombing victims and family members from Japan and 43 oth...

South Korean legislators approve to dismiss the prime minister.

The opposition-controlled legislature of South Korea has passed a motion urging President Yoon Suk-yeol to dismiss the prime minister for alleged incompetence and policy failures.

Thursday, lawmakers voted 175-116 in favor of seeking Han Duck-soo's dismissal.

The motion, s...

Osteoarthritis will affect one billion individuals on a global scale by the year 2050.

According to a study that was conducted as part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 and headed by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Washington, United States, it was determined that 595 million people were affected by osteoarthritis in 2020. This represents a 132% r...

Yoon condemns NK provocations and calls for increased NATO security.

In a summit held on Wednesday in Vilnius, Lithuania, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denounced North Korea's most recent intercontinental ballistic missile launch and requested a stronger collective response from NATO.

Yoon condemned the launch and urged the international commu...

Japan and NATO's interests are increasingly aligned, although their links are still only symbolic.

As China's global security and economic footprint grows, the participation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a NATO summit for the second consecutive year shows how Asia and Europe's strategic interests are increasingly convergent. However, since the relationship is still develo...

In their new comedy series, 'Platonic,' Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen play nothing more than best friends.

Can males and females get along? Although the answer was "no" in 1989's "When Harry Met Sally," Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen beg to differ. The couple stars together in " Platonic," a new Apple TV+ series premiering on Wednesday about two people who have been best f...

In light of new trade regulations, Democrats warn that large technology companies might circumvent competition policies.

In a letter to Biden administration officials, a group of Democratic legislators warned that if the tech industry prevails in trade negotiations over an Indo-Pacific framework, U.S. regulators may be restricted in their ability to regulate some of the nation's largest companies.

Tec...

Gucci has named Sabato De Sarno as its new creative head.

Kering has revealed that Sabato De Sarno will replace Alessandro Michele at Gucci, Michele having left the brand in November. De Sarno's career up until this point has also been primarily behind the scenes, albeit at different fashion houses, much like Michele's before he took over at the...

A look back at the time when French demonstrators were able to thwart government reform plans

Protests, strikes, and unrest are expected to continue as both sides remain steadfast in their opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. To better understand the current impasse, FRANCE 24 examines the two previous times unions successfully pushed the government to back down o...

Sweden's NATO bid may have been derailed by Russian involvement in a Koran-burning incident outside Turkey's consulate.

Nothing could have happened at a worse time. When a far-right extremist burned a Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, Turkey vowed to derail Sweden's NATO ambitions. On Friday, Ankara announced its decision on the NATO proposal by Sweden and Finland as a whole, saying that it would...

Swiss authorities monitor banks and insurers following the SVB bankruptcy.

Following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Swiss financial regulator FINMA announced on Monday that it would identify any potential contagion risks for the nation's banks and insurers.

Investors were unconvinced by the U.S. government's efforts to reas...

After an impartiality dispute, the BBC agrees that renowned soccer commentator Gary Lineker can return to the air.

After an impartiality dispute, the BBC, Britain's public service broadcaster, agreed on Monday that renowned soccer commentator Gary Lineker can return to air and promised to evaluate its social media guidelines.

Lineker, a former England soccer player-turned-TV host and the organiz...

Manufacturers like Nestle and Tyson are banking on the popularity of air fryers to increase their profits.

Kettle Foods, best known for its kettle-cooked potato chips, has just introduced air-fried crisps, which it claims will "redefine" the potato chip category.

As the newest illustration of Big Food betting on consumers' love of all things cooked in air fryers, Campbell Soup&...

Warren has requested that the United States Patent and Trademark Office investigate Keytruda from Merck.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of the United States recently wrote to the head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to express her concern that continued efforts to patent Merck & Co.'s (MRK.N) blockbuster cancer treatment Keytruda may constitute an abuse of the patent system.

Leiji Matsumoto, the author of 'Space Battleship Yamato,' has died at the age of 85.

Leiji Matsumoto, the author of the iconic anime "Space Battleship Yamato" and other works in a fantastical style with antiwar themes, has died at the age of 85.

In the 1970s, his manga works "Galaxy Express 999" and "Space Pirate Captain Herlock" were adapt...

Popular Japanese Fashion Trends in 2023

Japanese fashion is cantered on culture, community, self-expression, and risk-taking. The 2023 trends are inspired by Tokyo's everyday life and aesthetics, notably Harajuku streets: vibrant colours, large proportions, experimental layers, clashing prints, and tactile materials. In addition, 2...

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The US-French commercial and economic partnership is one of the country's oldest and closest. The United States and France established diplomatic relations in 1778. That same year, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and France was signed. The US-France relationship has...

Alec Baldwin is due to appear in court on charges related to the Rust planned death penalty.

Alec Baldwin's first court appearance has been scheduled as he faces charges of firearm safety violations and involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set. A New Mexico court scheduled Baldwin and film-set weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Ree...

France drops case against Facebook over 'cookies'

On Thursday, French privacy regulators announced they were closing their investigation into Facebook, finding that the US internet giant has altered its data collection practices to be in line with French law. In December of 2016, the French regulator CNIL fined Facebook 60 million euros (about $...

French medical testing facilities are on strike over funding issues.

Since Monday, a widespread strike has been ongoing in the French medical testing centres, often known as medical "laboratories." As a form of protest against the government's decision to lower their budget in the 2023 social security finance bill, workers have announced a strike tha...