Prosecutors have questioned the leader of the Unification Church, Han Hak-ja, over her alleged involvement in bribing the wife of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as part of a criminal probe into the couple. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/asia-pacific/crime-legal/unification-church-south-korea-first-lady/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #unificationchurch #hanhakja #yoonsukyeol #southkorea
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in August hit 3,428,000, a record high for the month, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/foreign-visitors-hit-record-in-august/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #china #taiwan #southkorea
Alex Akselrod
boosted
🇪🇺🇺🇦European Parliament to open permanent representation in Kyiv , announced President Metsola (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/17/7531252/ #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
🇪🇺🇺🇦European Parliament to open permanent representation in Kyiv , announced President Metsola (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/17/7531252/ #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-communist-warrior/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #us #pow
Recent moves raise broader strategic questions for U.S. forces in South Korea beyond simple troop numbers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/16/world/trump-and-the-south-korea-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #us #southkoreausrelations #china #northkorea #defense#leejaemyung
"President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are 'welcome' and he doesn’t want to 'frighten off' investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: 'I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.'"
~ Agence France-Presse
#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-foreign-workers-welcome-south-korea-arrests
"Analysts warned the [chaining and humiliating of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia] could undermine the Trump administration’s effort to attract foreign investment. The Georgia factory is being constructed with billions of dollars in investment from South Korean firms."
~ Maroosha Muzaffar
#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
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"President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are 'welcome' and he doesn’t want to 'frighten off' investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: 'I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.'"
~ Agence France-Presse
#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-foreign-workers-welcome-south-korea-arrests
Adam Greenfield
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"Marchers moved through Gwanghwamun Square, Anguk and the area around Jonggak Station chanting, “Condemn the United States for arresting and detaining our people,” “Expel acting U.S. Ambassador Joseph Yun now” and “Yankee go home.” In front of the U.S. Embassy, some also shouted, “[Donald] Trump must apologize.”
North Korean hackers have used ChatGPT to help forge deepfake identification document for use in a phishing target in South Korea, according to cybersecurity researchers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/north-korean-hackers-chatgpt-deepfake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #northkorea #hacking #ai #chatgpt #deepfakes #southkorea
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"Marchers moved through Gwanghwamun Square, Anguk and the area around Jonggak Station chanting, “Condemn the United States for arresting and detaining our people,” “Expel acting U.S. Ambassador Joseph Yun now” and “Yankee go home.” In front of the U.S. Embassy, some also shouted, “[Donald] Trump must apologize.”
Alex Akselrod
boosted
⛔️🇵🇱Polish PM urges politicians in Poland to stop collaborating with the enemy by stoking pro-Russian sentiment (more)
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/14/7530825/#Ukraine #Poland#Warsaw#Netherlands#Estonia#Latvia#Lodz#Lithuania#Paris#Rome#London #Krakow#Berlin#Finland #Brussels#Denmark #Germany#ICC#France #Italy#OSCE#PACE#CoE#SouthKorea#Press#News#Taiwan#Media#Japan #USA#US#UK#EU#NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion#11yrInvasionofUkraine
⛔️🇵🇱Polish PM urges politicians in Poland to stop collaborating with the enemy by stoking pro-Russian sentiment (more)
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/14/7530825/#Ukraine #Poland#Warsaw#Netherlands#Estonia#Latvia#Lodz#Lithuania#Paris#Rome#London #Krakow#Berlin#Finland #Brussels#Denmark #Germany#ICC#France #Italy#OSCE#PACE#CoE#SouthKorea#Press#News#Taiwan#Media#Japan #USA#US#UK#EU#NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion#11yrInvasionofUkraine
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister condemned upcoming joint military drills by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan as a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/north-korea-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #kimyojong #kimjongun #northkorea #nuclearweapons #southkorea #usmilitary #sdf #defense
Another cool effect, especially for long bunches of flowers like this, is that they seems to fade in an out of reality in an interesting foggy way
#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea #bloomscrolling
One of the cool things I've mentioned on here before about living in Korea is people's dedication to jam a garden anywhere it'll fit. These ripening peppers come from a garden built on a half-meter strip of land between two construction fences next to a vacant lot
#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea
One of the things I found fun about shooting this way was what happens to flowers up close. You can clearly see the tops of the stamen, but then it blurs further back, only to clear up again as the petals come forward
#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea #bloomscrolling
Another cool effect, especially for long bunches of flowers like this, is that they seems to fade in an out of reality in an interesting foggy way
#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea #bloomscrolling
One of the things I found fun about shooting this way was what happens to flowers up close. You can clearly see the tops of the stamen, but then it blurs further back, only to clear up again as the petals come forward
#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea #bloomscrolling
"Slice of Life"
Today I set myself a weird photography challenge: I have a 10mm macro ring that a attached to my f1.4 ~50mm equiv lens. I kept most of my shots right at that fastest aperture and tried to capture a really narrow depth of field up close.
Here are some grapes I tested with before I went out in the field near my home in Korea. They're... juicy 👀
#photography #nature#macroPhotography#silentSunday #naturePhotography #korea#southKorea
A battery plant co-owned by Hyundai Motor is facing a minimum startup delay of two to three months following an immigration raid last week, Hyundai CEO Jose Munoz has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/hyundai-battery-plant-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hyundai #us #southkorea