#South Korea
11 articles tagged South Korea. Past halfway to the twelve-article threshold.
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Korea tax windfall tops 50 trillion won — chip profits and a stock boom paid it
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US strikes three Iranian oil tankers (September 5, 2026) — Seoul still won't call it a deployment
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What a state visit is — the same trip, sorted into four grades of ceremony
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Korea's regular Assembly session — the four jobs packed into 100 days from September
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Economy · 3 min readKorea tax windfall tops 50 trillion won — chip profits and a stock boom paid it
Size — more than 50 trillion won above the 415.4 trillion won forecast (some reports say 60+); January–July revenue 274 trillion won, up 17.8%
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World · 3 min readUS strikes three Iranian oil tankers (September 5, 2026) — Seoul still won't call it a deployment
Strikes — CENTCOM hit three Iranian crude carriers on September 5. Two disabled, one destroyed, no US casualties
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Issues · 3 min readWhat a state visit is — the same trip, sorted into four grades of ceremony
Grades — state, official, working and private. Sorted by invitation source and ceremony, not by agenda
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Issues · 4 min readKorea's regular Assembly session — the four jobs packed into 100 days from September
Form — opens September 1 every year, up to 100 days. Unlike extraordinary sessions, the agenda is preset
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Issues · 2 min readNepal flood toll reaches 1,114 — nine Koreans missing, a 44-person relief team lands September 2
Scale — at least 1,114 dead in Nepal, about 1,130 including China, as of September 2
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Issues · 2 min readWhat Korea's Overseas Emergency Relief Team is — why 37 of the 44 sent to Nepal were firefighters
Basis — created by Korea's 2007 Act on Overseas Emergency Relief
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World · 3 min readNepal-China flood: 804 dead on August 30, 2026 — 3,048 missing, 9 Koreans on day five
Scale — 804 dead and 3,048 missing as of the afternoon of August 30; the toll rose 178 in two days
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World · 3 min readNepal flood: 626 dead as of August 29, 2026 — and a reversal on foreign help
Toll — 626 dead and more than 2,400 missing in Nepal as of August 29; Tibet reports 7 dead, 554 missing
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World · 2 min readUlchi Freedom Shield 2026 begins August 17 — battalion field drills cut from 17 to 14
Dates and scale — August 17 to 27, 2026, eleven days; about 18,000 South Korean troops (US Forces Korea did not disclose its numbers)
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Issues · 3 min readKorea's ruling party picks a leader on August 17 — 71% of votes are still uncast
Cumulative standing: Kim Min-seok 46.01%, Jung Chung-rae 44.53% — a gap of 1.48 points
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Issues · 3 min readKorea's ballot recount is stuck on one question — who gets to do the counting
Democratic Party and Rebuilding Korea Party: proceed on Aug 18. People Power Party: tie it to the special counsel