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South Korea struggles to grapple with invasion of ‘lovebugs’
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
South Korea’s ‘Café Villains’ Stir Debate Over Long-Term Occupancy and Legal Limits
The Korea Bizwire
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July 1, 2025
A personal partition installed at a Starbucks store” (Image from Professor Seo Kyung-duk’s social media) SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing wave of discontent is brewing in South Korea’s café culture over so-called “café villains” — patrons...
‘Not all bad news’: the Aussie upside of Trump tariffs
Michael West Media
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July 8, 2025
Consumers could benefit from lower interest rates and cheaper goods after Donald Trump announced increased tariffs on two of Australia’s biggest trading partners. The US president has brought in 25 per cent tariffs on goods from Japan and Korea,...
Solomon Pavliashvili Meets with CEO of South Korea’s Leading Logistics Company HERMES-LOGIX
Caucasus Business Week
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During his working visit to the Republic of Korea, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Solomon Pavliashvili met with Suk-Ho Lee, the CEO of HERMES-LOGIX, one of the country's largest logistics companies. Founded in 1995,...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 8, 2025
Bernama
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July 8, 2025
INDONESIA 1. BRICS SUMMIT IN RIO REVIVES BANDUNG SPIRIT -- THE JAKARTA POST During his debut at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, President Prabowo Subianto called on member nations to revive the Bandung Spirit and show united leadership...
Investors flock to US dollar as Trump unveils US tariff plans
The Business Times Singapore
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July 8, 2025
[NEW YORK] The US dollar jumped the most in three weeks after US President Donald Trump unveiled a wave of proposed tariffs, a sign investors are confident the US economy can largely withstand the impact of trade disputes. The greenback...
Investors flock to the US Dollar after Donald Trump unveils tariff plans
CNBC-TV18
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July 7, 2025
The dollar jumped the most in three weeks after President Donald Trump unveiled a wave of proposed tariffs, a sign investors are confident the US economy can largely withstand the impact of trade disputes. The greenback strengthened 0.5% against a...
China's practice shows economic growth and inclusive sharing can be balanced: Argentine politician and scholar
Global Times
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Ahead of the BRICS Summit, the Global Times held its "Global Times Overseas China Week and Global South Dialogue" in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 22 to 28 local time. Dozens of guests from the political, academic,...
FY2024-25 seafood exports reach $489.2m mark
Business Recorder
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July 8, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s seafood exports with 20.5 percent increase during 2024-25 has reached $489.2 million against $406 million of the past year which is the second highest volume behind $496 million in 2022-23. Federal Minister for Maritime...
Vietnam opens the door for Trump
The Hindu Business Line
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July 8, 2025
A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port, in Hai Phong, Vietnam (file photo) | Photo Credit: ATHIT PERAWONGMETHA In early July, US President Donald Trump announced that he had signed a trade agreement with Vietnam,...
Trump declared an auction but no bidders turned up
The Age
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July 8, 2025
In other words, Trump, having failed so far to bully countries into offering him the one-sided concessions he has been demanding, is effectively extending his deadline and the period for negotiations yet again, indefinitely. So much for “90 deals...
Exact date ALL phones will blast out 'emergency alarm' in system tests revealed
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
The government has revealed the exact time and date that all phones in the UK will blast out an 'emergency alarm' in the next nationwide test. The National Emergency Alerts System is used to warn people of an imminent danger to life nearby. During...
Can South Korea Deescalate North Korea Without US Support?
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 2, 2025
Editor’s Note: This article is part of the symposium “President Lee and North Korea.” The full symposium can be found here. In his inaugural speech, new South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung only mentioned North Korea once, noting the immense size...
AI surveillance and the governance vacuum in the Asia-Pacific
The Interpreter
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July 7, 2025
With the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act introducing a phased, risk-based framework for regulating AI systems across sectors, the bloc stands alone as the first major political actor to impose enforceable limits on biometric surveillance,...
ASX hangs in there as tariff talk intensifies
Townsville Bulletin
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July 8, 2025
ASX 200 struggles back into green by lunchtime Info tech and gold stocks prop up struggling market Trump sends out dozens of tariff threats ahead of extended deadline After a rough start to the morning saw the ASX 200 slice 0.25% off the top, the...
Lunch Wrap: ASX hangs in there as new tariff threats sink in
Stockhead
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July 8, 2025
The ASX has clawed its way back to positively flat territory despite some strong tariff-borne headwinds. Pic: Getty Images ASX 200 struggles back into green by lunchtime Info tech and gold stocks prop up struggling market Trump sends out dozens of...
South Korea’s May tax revenue surges, but underlying risks remain high
Korea Pro
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June 30, 2025
One-time gains from equity sales and pre-tariff exports raise concerns about tax revenue sustainability South Korea’s national tax revenue rose to $22.2 billion (30.1 trillion won) in May, up $3.5 billion (4.7 trillion won) from the same month...
Zidane Iqbal on leaving Man United, identity, Iraq and a new start in Utrecht
The National News
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Zidane Iqbal is the Manchester-born-and-bred footballer who started out at Manchester United before moving to play first-team football for FC Utrecht in the Netherlands in 2023. Before that, he became the first British-born South Asian to play for...
Johnny Somali could face maximum sentence after victim files petition for severe punishment in South Korea
The Times of India
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(Image via @scubaryan_/X & @johnnysosmally/X) A major legal twist has emerged in the case of controversial streamer Johnny Somali (real name: Ramsey Khalid Ismael) in South Korea. A formal petition demanding severe punishment has reportedly been...
CHLA and Collaborators Crowdsource Global Challenge for Developing New Analysis Tools to Improve Low-Field MRI
Newswise
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July 7, 2025
Newswise — Do you have expertise in medical image analysis? Take part in a first-of-its-kind global AI challenge to help build new segmentation and quality control tools for low-field MRI—a novel, affordable imaging technology with the potential...