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U.S. pressure on Pacific allies fuels South Korean concerns over Taiwan conflict
SEOUL (Realist English). South Korea could face growing pressure to play a role in a potential conflict over Taiwan as...
US deploys new air defense system to South Korea amid rising drone threats
SEOUL (Realist English). A new U.S. air defense system designed to intercept cruise missiles, drones and rocket attacks has been...
Wife of South Korea’s ousted president arrested in widening special prosecutor probe
SEOUL (Realist English). Kim Keon Hee, wife of South Korea’s jailed former president Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested as...
Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over failed martial law attempt
SEOUL (Realist English). A South Korean court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, placing...
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...
China says Middle East war “should never have happened” as Beijing prepares for Trump visit
BEIJING (Realist English). China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the war in the Middle East “should never have happened,” warning...
Trump attends dignified transfer for six US soldiers killed in Middle East war
DOVER (Realist English). US President Donald Trump attended a dignified transfer ceremony on Saturday at Dover Air Force Base for...
Iran pledges to halt attacks on neighboring states as war with US and Israel escalates
DUBAI (Realist English). Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would halt attacks against neighboring countries as the war with the...
Putin speaks with Iran’s president amid escalating regional war
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, expressing condolences...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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