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554 storiesPark Jin-young says he did not know of 2 million won monthly payment; president apologizes
Park Jin-young, co-chair of the presidential Public Culture Exchange Committee and executive producer at JYP Entertainment, said he did not know he was receiving about 2 million won a month in duty expenses for a post described as unpaid. A…
South Korea's PPP pushes Singapore film festival to drop “Assassins” opening slot
South Korea's main opposition People Power Party said it will send a letter in the name of all its lawmakers asking the Singapore International Film Festival to withdraw “Assassins,” a film about the 1974 shooting of first lady Yuk Young-so…
Ruling party says hearing for first major crimes agency chief set for Oct 14
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party said the confirmation hearing for Kim Ji-yong, the nominee to head the new Major Crimes Investigation Agency, is scheduled for Oct 14. Party floor spokesperson Kim Sung-hoe told reporters the National A…
Ruling party presses chief justice to testify at audit; opposition protests
South Korea's Legislation and Judiciary Committee held its Supreme Court audit on Oct. 6, where ruling and opposition lawmakers clashed over whether Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae should take the witness stand. Cho submitted an opinion letter on…
Russia quarantines hospital as lab worker’s death puts nearly 200 under observation
A female employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East died last week of pneumonia of unknown cause, Russian authorities said, and a hospital in the town of Shelekhov was placed under quarantine. Officia…
AMD CEO Lisa Su to visit Korea Oct. 7 for Gamer Day; AI chip talks expected
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su will visit Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, to attend an “AMD Gamer Day” event at 2 p.m. at Dragon City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, AMD said. Su and senior vice president Jack Huynh will attend, …
Hyogo prefecture bars freelance journalist Kan Kanno from governor’s press conference
Hyogo Prefecture said on Oct. 6 that it will not allow freelance journalist and writer Kan Kanno to attend Governor Motohiko Saito’s regular press conference on Oct. 7. Kanno was banned by the prefectural press club after telling Saito at a…
Obama to campaign in Detroit with El-Sayed on Oct. 24
Former President Barack Obama will campaign in Detroit on Oct. 24 with Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson and other Michigan candidates, the state party announced. The Hill and The Guardian report…
S. Korea Assembly audit clashes over chief justice's exit after greeting
The National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee opened its Supreme Court audit on 6 October with a clash over whether Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae should leave the chamber after his greeting. Cho read his prepared remarks but did n…
Leaked audio: Paxton says DC controls his Texas Senate campaign
Audio obtained by Politico captured Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for a Texas U.S. Senate seat, telling a September fundraiser in Washington that he had little control over his campaign and that its messaging cam…
Amazon’s October Prime Day runs October 6-8 as retailers cut prices early
Amazon’s October Prime Day, also called Prime Big Deal Days, runs from October 6 at 3AM ET through 3AM ET on October 8, with discounts already live, according to The Verge, NBC News and Wired. Wired listed Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 at $190 ($…
KFF poll finds Medicare for All support at 66% in US, highest since 2016
A KFF poll published Tuesday found 66 percent of U.S. adults support Medicare for All, the highest level since 2016, with 32 percent saying they strongly favor a single government health plan. Support was up about 13 points from 2020, but t…
Russian anti-plague lab researcher dies; US and EU say they are monitoring
A 28-year-old female researcher at the Irkutsk anti-plague research institute in Shelekhov, Russia, died after being diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown cause, the state agency Rospotrebnadzor said. About 200 people who may have had contact…
Jeonnam-Gwangju region and city council publish senior personnel appointments
Newsis and Yonhap published personnel notices on 6 October 2026 listing senior appointments for the Jeonnam-Gwangju region, including the head of the Metropolitan Administrative Headquarters, the head of the Autonomous Decentralization Bure…
Tokushima assembly LDP faction moves to censure Governor Gotōda over remarks
The Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Tokushima prefectural assembly, the chamber’s largest, has moved to submit a censure motion against Governor Naozumi Gotōda, saying his remarks and conduct are a problem, and plans to put it to th…
South Korea Posts Personnel Appointments Across Government Bodies
South Korea's Office for Government Policy Coordination and the Prime Minister's Secretariat published personnel appointments on October 6, 2026, with Yonhap reporting the posts at that office were at director level. Hankook Ilbo carried a …
Japan farm minister retracts budget-cut remarks, apologises, denies resignation
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yana retracted and apologised on Oct 5 for remarks that he had “greatly cut” road budgets of municipalities whose mayors did not support him in the February lower house election. He denied lobbyi…
Collins and Jackson clash in first Maine Senate debate as race stays tight
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson met Tuesday night in Portland for the first of four scheduled Maine Senate debates. Jackson repeatedly tied Collins to President Donald Trump, saying she votes with him 96…
Korean Assembly audit of farm ministry suspended in picket row over farmland solar
A National Assembly audit of the agriculture ministry was suspended on Oct 7 after opposition lawmakers displayed pickets reading “농민 몰아내서 결국 태양광이냐” (“Driving farmers out, and in the end, solar?”) and ruling-party members objected. The sess…
Japan's Diet opens 69-day session with food tax cut, seat reduction in focus
Japan's 222nd extraordinary Diet session was convened on 5 October and is set to run 69 days to 12 December, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivering a policy speech the same day. The government's priority is a bill cutting the consump…