The United States sanctioned Panama- and Greece-based law firm Karnakis and Karnakis, along with shipping companies and nine vessels, for supporting the "shadow fleet" that transports Iranian oil. The U.S. Treasury Department announced on O…
Doi Takashi (54), the operator of the eel specialty restaurant 'Doikatsuman' in Kyoto, Japan, has been arrested on suspicion of selling Chinese eel (freshwater eel) misrepresented as Japanese eel. The Kyoto Prefectural Police's Community Sa…
Yamato Transport said that unauthorized access to its online payment service, the "Kuroneko Postpaid Service," leaked customer information for approximately 5.31 million users. Several local media outlets, including Asahi and Yomiuri, repor…
Nine FBI employees who were fired for participating in the investigation into President Donald Trump's unlawful retention of classified documents have filed a lawsuit, calling their dismissal political retaliation and demanding reinstatemen…
Searches have been conducted in connection with Andrey Kravchenko, the mayor of Novorossiysk, Russia. Investigators are examining the possibility that approximately 250 million rubles in charitable donations flowed to the football club Cher…
The Korea-Japan Festival Plaza, the largest private exchange event between Korea and Japan, kicked off on the 10th at COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. At the opening ceremony of the 22nd Korea-Japan Festival Plaza, the message was that government…
Local prosecutors have begun a renewed investigation into the alleged group sexual assault case at the Ivy League Cornell University, which includes a Korean-American student with the surname Lee as a perpetrator. Reuters, the New York Time…
The Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced that the revised Korea-Turkey Double Taxation Agreement is set to enter into force domestically on the 21st. According to the two ministries, the ent…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 18th that it would designate the Hong Kong-based shipping company HK Yilin Shipping Co Ltd, which violated UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea, and the North Korean-flagged vess…
The National Intelligence Service warned on the 27th that Chinese public security agencies could conduct random checks on Korean nationals who are long-term residents, as well as short-term business travelers and tourists. China's Ministry …
The Korean Association of Cybersecurity Studies (KACS) and the Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS) announced that they will co-host a summer conference on the 26th and 27th at the Lakai Sandpine Resort in Gangneung, Gangwon P…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the 24th that it has launched a new "Treaty Information Website (https://treatyweb.mofa.go.kr)" with significantly improved user convenience. Previously, treaty information was provided as a sub-…
The Kim Jeong-eun-led North Korean regime received a stern warning from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) after it engaged in GPS jamming that threatened the operational safety of civil aircraft. The Ministry of Foreign A…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it co-hosted the "International Conference on Asia SMR Cooperation" with the U.S. Department of State in Seoul from November 11 to 13. More than 70 SMR experts from 15 countries attended, inclu…
The Ministry of Science and ICT held the "Je 10 Hoe Global ICT Rideosip Forum (The 10th Global ICT Leadership Forum)" on the 5th at the Conrad Seoul Hotel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The Global ICT Leadership Forum is part of Korea's Officia…
