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426 noticiasEl tiburón de Busan, Bukkangi, cruza la red y regresa al canal; la operación de rescate se detiene
El tiburón apodado Bukkangi, que se cree es un tiburón oscuro de unos 3 m de largo, cruzó una red grande y regresó al canal artificial del Parque Bukhang Chinsu de Busan alrededor del mediodía del 3 de octubre, un día después de que se detu…
KCTU votará el 7 de octubre sobre el retorno al diálogo social; el consejo está dispuesto a hablar
La Confederación Coreana de Sindicatos (민주노총) celebrará su 85.ª conferencia extraordinaria de delegados a la 1 p.m. del 7 de octubre en KINTEX, en Goyang, para votar sobre su incorporación al Consejo Económico, Social y Laboral (경사노위), lo q…
Asian Games exemption row: Ahn Cheol-soo urges review, defense ministry regrets remarks
People Power Party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo said on 7 October that the military service exemption for Asian Games gold medalists should be reviewed for abolition starting with this tournament, noting the rule is a presidential decree that Pre…
Badminton's An Se-young, professor Kim Do-hyung win Pony Chung Young Leader Award
The Pony Chung Foundation said on Oct. 7 it has selected badminton national team player An Se-young and Kim Do-hyung, a professor of chemistry and biomolecular engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, as winners of the 7th Pony Chung …
Rusia pone en cuarentena un hospital tras la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio que deja casi 200 personas bajo observación
Una empleada del Instituto de Investigación Antipeste de Siberia y Extremo Oriente de Irkutsk murió la semana pasada de neumonía de causa desconocida, informaron las autoridades rusas, y un hospital de la localidad de Shelekhov fue puesto e…
Seoul singles' asset gap widens with age, welfare foundation says
The Seoul Metropolitan Welfare Foundation said an analysis of 921,328 single-person households in Seoul found asset levels differ sharply depending on whether the person owns a home, and that the gap widens with age — from about 2.5 times a…
SME Minister Lee So-young unveils startup venture regulatory innovation committee at audit
South Korea's SMEs and startups minister, Lee So-young, said on October 7 that her ministry will create a "Startup Venture Regulatory Innovation Committee" to find regulatory improvements, and set out plans to expand the small-business soci…
Land minister says Gangnam, Yongsan home prices have turned negative
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Hong Ji-seon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that home prices in Seoul's Gangnam three districts and Yongsan have turned negative, and said price growth should ease with the market stabili…
South Korea re-designates 92 population decline regions, adding Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon and Tongyeong
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-designated 92 cities, counties and districts as population decline regions on Oct. 7, up from 89 in the first designation five years ago. Busan's Geumjeong-gu, Gyeonggi's Dongducheon and …
Russian woman at plague research institute dies; cause disputed
A woman in her 20s who worked at a plague control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region died on October 2. Russian health authorities said on October 4 the cause was “pneumonia of unknown origin,” while speculation of plague infecti…
Korea's FSS tells 21 securities firms to shift to preventive internal audits
The Financial Supervisory Service met auditors from 21 securities firms in Seoul on Oct 7 and told them to move from audits that catch problems after the fact to preventive checks that protect investors first. The regulator cited repeated v…
Una encuesta de KFF halla un 66 % de apoyo a Medicare for All en EE. UU., el nivel más alto desde 2016
Una encuesta de KFF publicada el martes halló que el 66 por ciento de los adultos estadounidenses apoya Medicare for All, el nivel más alto desde 2016, y un 32 por ciento afirma que está muy a favor de un plan de salud único gubernamental. …
Muere una investigadora de un laboratorio antípeste ruso; EE. UU. y la UE dicen que están vigilando el caso
Una investigadora de 28 años del instituto de investigación antípeste de Irkutsk, en Shelekhov, Rusia, murió tras ser diagnosticada con una neumonía de causa desconocida, informó el organismo estatal Rospotrebnadzor. Unas 200 personas que p…
Korea's top individual tax delinquent Kwon Hyuk to pay 393.8 billion won
The National Tax Service said on Oct 7 that Kwon Hyuk, chairman of Sido Group and the country's largest individual tax delinquent, has submitted a plan to pay 393.8 billion won in back taxes in full, 15 years after the tax was assessed. He …
UAE sets phased caps on salt, sugar and fat in packaged foods, fines up to Dh500,000
The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has begun implementing a resolution that caps sodium, sugar and fat in selected packaged foods, with phased limits running until the end of 2030. The rules apply to locally made and imported produ…
S. Korea farm minister says minor farmland survey violations won't be punished
Agriculture minister Song Mi-ryung told a parliamentary audit on Oct 7 that most ordinary, customary violations found in the government's full farmland survey would not be punished, and that the government has no plan or reason to confiscat…
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Russia denies plague after worker at Siberian institute dies of unknown pneumonia
A woman who worked at a plague-control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia has died; Japanese outlets differ on whether she died on Oct 1 or Oct 2. Russian authorities say the cause was “pneumonia of unknown cau…
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
El Ministerio de Cultura de Corea del Sur emite un aviso de personal de nivel directivo
El Ministerio de Cultura, Deportes y Turismo de Corea del Sur publicó un aviso de nombramiento de personal el 5 de octubre de 2026, difundido por Newsis, Yonhap, Seoul Economic Daily, Asia Economy, Kyunghyang Shinmun y Hankook Ilbo. El resu…