The conservative political and media establishments’ long-running subservience to foreign interests rears its head again.
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@hankyoreh.bsky.social@hankyoreh.bsky.socialAs the 2026 Asian Games wrapped up in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, the Hankyoreh spoke with journalists from across Asia about the future of the sporting event.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialIsrael also strongly protested the honoring of Pillay. The Israeli Foreign Ministry, which has persistently rejected the UN commission’s findings on the Gaza Strip as “distorted and false,” said the award legitimizes “anti-Israel hatred and prejudice.”
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialThe logical approach is to carefully assess what ramifications the CPTPP will have for Korea before deciding whether to join, while fully reflecting the opinions of farmers and fishers in the process.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialPeople are free to criticize the content of “The Assassin(s).” But the stigmatization and attacks on it are unprecedentedly mean-spirited and destructive, to the point of being so barbaric that they constitute cultural vandalism.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialThe two Koreas’ conflicting claims about last month’s mine explosion stem in large part from their fundamentally different interpretations of the Military Demarcation Line.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialSeoul must do its best to clear up misunderstandings and disagreements between the two countries.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialSouth Korea’s recall of Ukraine envoy raises stakes in diplomatic dispute english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialThe move appears to be Lee’s response to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s supervision of a hypersonic missile launch drill on Oct. 3 and the North Korean mine explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last month.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialSamsung Electronics on Thursday released its preliminary earnings numbers for the third quarter, reporting revenue of 195 trillion won and operating profit of 107.4 trillion won.
@hankyoreh.bsky.social"In some ways, this wedding is special. But when we consider the fundamental meaning of marriage, it could not be more ordinary. This is a marriage in which two people who love each other are pledging to share each other’s lives."
@hankyoreh.bsky.social“This launch went beyond simply transporting satellites to show our ability to perform task-oriented space transportation in making a constellation system,” said An Hyoung-joon, the head of space policy at the Science and Technology Policy Institute.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialThe US vice president reiterated the administration’s commitment to “get this done” regarding the Alaska LNG pipeline.
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@hankyoreh.bsky.socialPundits are calling on both sides to reach a compromise, warning that a prolonged vacancy could undermine the public’s right to a fair trial.
@hankyoreh.bsky.social“Although the political advice provided by Myung may be regarded as a political benefit, such a benefit cannot be converted into monetary value. Accordingly, it is difficult to characterize it as a political donation,” the court stated.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialThe Blue House on Wednesday denied Ukraine’s claim that South Korea supplied large quantities of petroleum products to Russia, calling the allegation “inaccurate and inappropriate.”
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialBreaking | South Korea said Thursday it has decided to recall its ambassador to Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed the transfer of North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialDressed in yugeon caps and dopo robes traditionally worn by scholars during the Joseon period, participants sat on cloth mats spread across the ground and wrote their answers on traditional Korean paper using modified brush pens.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialDetails have emerged pointing to extensive attacks on financial companies involving the use of as many as 28 IP addresses.
@hankyoreh.bsky.socialNorth Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling the South Korean military investigation into last month’s explosion that injured three soldiers a “grave provocation.”