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☆ Analysis-South Korea's Yoon Rails Against Domestic Critics as ‘Communists’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

"He has decided to take an approach not of trying to convince people but to label the opposition as being somehow an anti-state, communist totalitarian force." In a speech earlier this month, Yoon said South Korea's freedom is "under constant threat" from "communist totalitarian and anti-state forces" who are critical of South Korea's deepening ties with the U.S. and Japan. "The president keeps emphasizing the threat from communist forces which don't exist," a spokesperson for the Democratic Party said at a briefing last week. The presidential office declined to comment on Yoon's description of critics of his policies as "communists". Given his low approval ratings, analysts say labelling his opponents as communists may still be useful for Yoon to hold onto his party's conservative base.

Persons: Hyunsu Yim, Yoon Suk, Yoon's, Yoon, Kevin Gray, Gray, Andrew Yeo, Yeo, Benjamin Engel, Engel, Rhee Jong, " Rhee, Rhee, Lincoln Organizations: U.S, University of Sussex, Liberation, Democratic Party, Gallup, Brookings Institution, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, National Security, Seoul National University Locations: Hyunsu Yim SEOUL, South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Tokyo, Seoul

☆ Analysis: South Korea's Yoon rails against domestic critics as ‘communists’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/2] South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends the ASEAN-South Korea Summit at the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 6, 2023. In South Korea, the label of communist carries higher stakes than in many Western democracies with the ongoing threat from ostensibly communist North Korea and Cold War-era laws that effectively ban activities deemed related to communism. “There is a legitimacy problem for Yoon in the sense that the gap between popular opinion in South Korea and what is being pursued internationally is increasing," Gray said. In a speech earlier this month, Yoon said South Korea's freedom is "under constant threat" from "communist totalitarian and anti-state forces" who are critical of South Korea's deepening ties with the U.S. and Japan. "The president keeps emphasizing the threat from communist forces which don't exist," a spokesperson for the Democratic Party said at a briefing last week.

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☆ Sergio Brown: What we know about search for former NFL player and probe into his mother's homicide
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The search continues for former NFL player Sergio Brown after his mother was found dead with assault injuries near a creek behind her suburban Chicago home, according to the Maywood Police Department. The body of 73-year-old Myrtle Brown was discovered on Saturday after relatives alerted authorities that they’d been unable to find or contact her or her son, the department said in a news release. As the investigation continues, the grieving family has asked for help finding Sergio Brown. “Maywood Police Officers initiated a missing person report and began making attempts to locate both individuals,” police said in a news release. Who was Myrtle Brown?

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☆ Florida Sugar Grower’s Digital Plans Crystallize
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Florida Crystals, one of the largest growers of sugar cane in the U.S., farms 130,000 acres in Florida every season. For years, billions of dollars in technology innovation have flooded the agriculture sector, promising cutting-edge data collection and analysis around the farming process. Some farms are only now starting to figure out how to put that data to work. Florida Crystals, one of the largest growers of sugar cane in the U.S., is one of them. The privately held company farms 130,000 acres in Florida every season, and for decades it has used Excel spreadsheets or physical paper to map out when and where it would plant, tend and harvest, relying on subjective and experiential knowledge, CIO Kevin Grayling said.

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