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254 storiesSouth Korea esports team wins five medals at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
South Korea’s esports national team won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the Korea Esports Association said on 6 October. League of Legends and the fighting-game squad both defended their titl…
US Secretary of State Rubio visits Iceland to discuss Arctic security and trade
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Iceland on 5 October and met Icelandic government officials in Reykjavik to discuss economic and security cooperation. Rubio said he came to advance shared priorities including a safe Arctic, strong…
Trump says he told South Korea it must pay a price for lower tariffs
US President Donald Trump said on Oct 6 that he told South Korea it must pay a price to have tariffs lowered, and that South Korea recently provided $150 billion, all of it going to shipbuilding. Korean outlets link the remarks to MASGA, th…
Ukraine criticizes South Korea over reported diesel shipments to Russia
Ukraine's presidential office sanctions adviser, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, publicly criticized South Korea over a Guardian report that seven tankers carried more than 176,000 tonnes of petroleum products, mostly diesel, from South Korean ports to …
Egypt's Sisi to make state visit to South Korea Oct 7-9, summit with Lee on Oct 8
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will make a state visit to South Korea from Oct 7 to 9 at President Lee Jae-myung's invitation, the Blue House said in a written briefing on Tuesday. The two leaders will hold a summit on Oct 8, prece…
Trump repeats Alaska LNG charge threat as Vance says Korea details unresolved
US President Donald Trump said on 2 October that if South Korea does not invest in the Alaska LNG project, Washington can charge it more, and Seoul should be told the amount will double if it does not agree soon. Korean outlets reported tha…
Trump says US still working on Ukraine settlement, end is approaching
US President Donald Trump said Washington is continuing work on settling the Russia-Ukraine conflict and that a conclusion “really is approaching”, speaking at an event in the state of Maryland. TASS reported he acknowledged he had expected…
NC's Aion 2 tops 400,000 concurrent players on global launch day
NC began global service for its MMORPG Aion 2 on 5 October through Steam and its own Purple platform, and the company said peak concurrent players passed 400,000 on the first day. Early access had run from 30 September for five days for buy…
Trump says a phone call with Putin is planned “very soon”
US President Donald Trump said a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin is planned and will take place “very soon”. Trump gave no date or agenda. Russian outlets carried the announcement without reporting any Kremlin comment o…
Reports say US, China discuss mutual visits to nuclear facilities
US and Chinese officials have reportedly begun informal talks about mutual visits to nuclear facilities, according to CNN, as cited by Sankei Shimbun. The reported aim is to build confidence amid concern over China's rapid nuclear expansion…
US urges Russia to disclose details of suspected plague pathogen leak at Irkutsk lab
The Trump administration has called on Russia to release more information about a suspected plague pathogen leak at a research institute in Irkutsk, saying it cannot decide its response without the facts. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio s…
Rubio, in Iceland, calls island central to North Atlantic security
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Icelandic officials in Reykjavik, saying Iceland's location plays a critical role in the defense of Europe and the U.S. homeland and that Washington is open to talks on closer cooperation. The stop op…
North Korea threatens ‘immediate’ response to South’s DMZ mine-clearing
North Korea’s foreign ministry said on Oct. 6 that if South Korea violates its territory “by even 1 mm,” its border forces will take “immediate and strong” response actions, after the South Korean military carried out a mine-clearing operat…
Matviyenko says a stable and calm Europe is better for Russia
Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, said the European Union is sliding towards becoming a military bloc and that Europeans are protesting out of desperation. She said Russia would be better off with a stable, calm …
Kim Jong Un congratulates Putin on his 74th birthday
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a telegram to Vladimir Putin congratulating him on his 74th birthday on October 7. Kim praised Russia's strengthened status under Putin and emphasised the comprehensive strategic partnership between thei…
North Korea's Kim sends Putin birthday message, reaffirms alliance
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin for his birthday on Oct. 7, calling him “my closest friend” and reaffirming the alliance between the two countries. Kim said valuing the compr…
Russia says it is weighing countermeasures over Japan's new sanctions
Russia's Foreign Ministry criticised Japan's additional sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine as “unfriendly” and “ill-considered,” and said it is considering countermeasures. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on October 5 that Russia would…
Takaichi video message marks 50 years of Japan-Australia ties at Chiba conference
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae sent a video message on 5 October to the Japan-Australia Economic Conference at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, held to mark 50 years since the two countries' 1976 friendship and cooperation treaty. She pointed t…
New Yalu River bridge stays shut as Oct. 6 opening speculation passes
A four-lane bridge between Dandong in China and Sinuiju in North Korea, completed in 2014 but never opened, drew attention around a possible opening ceremony on Oct. 6, the 77th anniversary of North Korea-China diplomatic ties. No ceremony …
Lavrov arrives in Turkmenistan for CIS foreign ministers meeting
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkmenistan on 6 October to take part in a meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers, according to RIA Novosti, TASS and Interfax. Interfax reported the ministerial meeting is schedul…