Physicians vow to oppose the government's plan to increase medical school quotas.

In response to an impending physician shortage and a widening regional disparity in medical resources, the government is anticipated to encounter massive opposition from physicians regarding its imminent plan to drastically increase the enrollment quota of medical schools.

The Yoon Suk ...

Pyongyang has effectively negated the inter-Korean military pact, according to the minister of unification.

Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho stated on Wednesday that Pyongyang has effectively nullified the inter-Korean agreement meant to reduce military tensions and that it is "wrong" for Seoul to continue to adhere to it alone.

Speaking at the National Assembly's audit of the Y...

Half of Chinese were concerned about the Fukushima water discharge.

Approximately fifty percent of Chinese respondents to a recent survey expressed concern over the discharge of treated radioactive water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, according to results released on Tuesday, amid a dispute between the two Asian neighbours over the i...

Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds Declining Public Support in the United States for Arming Ukraine

According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, support for arming Ukraine is declining among Americans of both main political parties, which is a warning sign for Kyiv, which relies heavily on U.S. arms to defend against a Russian invasion.

The two-day survey, which concluded on Wednesday, reve...

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...

The first strike in sixty years destroys a renowned Japanese department store.

One of Japan's most renowned department stores shuttered its doors on Thursday in the sector's first strike in six decades, prompted by fears that its proposed new U.S. owner will eliminate employment.

The Seibu in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district attracts approximately 70 million...

Concerns voiced by a mothers' organization The release of water from Fukushima could reignite concerns about people's health.

On a Japanese shore, crashing waves lashed a man and a woman wearing waders and a hat as they demonstrated the use of a blue bucket to scoop some of the liquid into large plastic containers to be taken away and tested for radiation.

As members of a group that monitors such levels in foo...

Anna Netrebko's local performance is opposed by the Prague government.

The local government of Prague stated on Monday that it opposes "unequivocally" a performance by Russian opera vocalist Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital while Russia is at war with Ukraine.

Jiri Pospisil, the city's deputy mayor in charge of culture, stated that all memb...

Anna Netrebko, a renowned soprano, sues the Metropolitan Opera for its decision to sever ties over the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Anna Netrebko, once one of the Metropolitan Opera's greatest box office draws, filed a lawsuit against the company and its general manager Peter Gelb on Friday, alleging defamation, breach of contract, and other violations in relation to the institution's decision to drop her after Russia...

Germany confronts a difficulty in achieving energy independence due to the remnants of past conflicts

As a result of the conflict in Ukraine, Wilhelmshaven has become a vital centre for German efforts to reduce the country's reliance on Russian energy. There, on the coast of the North Sea, the government would like to construct a massive new terminal to import liquefied natural gas from elsew...

Fukushima nuclear facility prepares to release radioactive water into the sea after diluting it.

At the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan, enormous blue pipes have been installed to bring in torrents of seawater to dilute treated, radioactive water in preparation for its gradual discharge into the Pacific Ocean.

Friday was a rare opportunity for Associated...

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...

After the IAEA study, Fukushima fishermen still don't want the water to be released.

Even though a U.N. watchdog said the plan was safe, fishing groups in Fukushima Prefecture told the industry minister on Tuesday that they still don't want cleaned radioactive water from the broken nuclear power plant to be dumped into the sea.

At a meeting in northeastern Japan, Ec...

Grossi, the head of the IAEA, says that there may be disagreements among the experts who worked on the Fukushima study.

On Friday, the head of the U.N. agency that keeps an eye on nuclear issues said that one or two of the foreign experts who worked on the report that gave Japan permission to release treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima plant may have had concerns.

When asked if there wer...

Ukraine says that they have made progress near the eastern city of Bakhmut, but Germany doesn't want to send cluster bombs to Kiev.

A Ukrainian military spokesperson told Reuters on Friday that Ukrainian troops moved forward more than 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) in the last 24 hours near the city of Bakhmut in the east.

The update seems to show that Ukrainian forces have been making small steps forward since they began...

Ukraine says no to calls to 'freeze' the conflict with Russia

Since 2014, when Russia took Crimea from Ukraine, there have been more than 100 rounds of talks and efforts to stop the fighting. However, in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a big way.

Wednesday, Dmytro Kuleba, the foreign minister of Ukraine, said that talks about ending the w...

With South Korea, the top EU diplomat addresses Ukraine's munitions need.

Josep Borrell, the top diplomat for the European Union, claimed to have met with South Korea's defense minister on Saturday to talk about Ukraine's ammunition requirements.

The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier security gathering, was the backdrop for the discussion as Sou...

Shah Rukh Khan discloses in a viral video that Gauri Khan never gave him a gift.

 Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan are one of Bollywood's most influential spouses. Their romance has always left admirers in amazement. In an old video, the celebrity can be seen revealing the startling fact that Gauri has never given him a gift. The video has become a soci...

Putin predicts the end of the "neocolonial" international order; Russian mercenaries withdraw from Bakhmut.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues to wreak devastation on its neighbour, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Russia wants to collaborate with other countries to build a fair international order, criticising a "neocolonial system." Putin told a security conferen...