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South Korean stocks surge on won-based stablecoin frenzy despite policy uncertainty
SEOUL (Realist English). South Korea’s stock market has soared this month, fuelled by retail investor excitement over the potential introduction...
South Korea’s new president unveils sweeping agenda: AI supremacy, democratic reform, and economic revival
SEOUL (Realist English). Newly elected President Lee Jae-myung, who won South Korea’s 2025 snap election with the highest popular vote...
South Korea elects opposition leader Lee Jae-myung as president, ending months of political crisis
SEOUL (Realist English). Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party, has been elected president in a high-stakes...
South Korea sees record early voter turnout ahead of high-stakes presidential election
SEOUL (Realist English). More than 10 million South Koreans have voted in early balloting for the upcoming June 3 presidential...
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in indicted for corruption
SEOUL (Realist News Agency). Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been formally indicted on corruption charges, according to prosecutors...
FBI launches criminal investigation into former CIA and FBI chiefs over 2016 Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Putin calls for deeper BRICS cooperation and new financial infrastructure at Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin called for stronger integration among BRICS nations and greater independence from...
Elon Musk announces launch of third party after fallout with Trump
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Saturday the formation of a new political force — the America...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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