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☆ Gloom, nervousness and joy: What Trump’s victory means for key world regions
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

He also believes Russia is also betting on “US turmoil” under Trump, hoping internal divisions will “distract” Trump from foreign policy. Zelensky, like the others playing to Trump’s vanity through praise, said: “I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs. Those are the central questions now facing Seoul, as Trump has openly considered downsizing the approximately 28,500 US troops stationed in South Korea. Seoul currently pays $1.13 billion annually for American military forces within its territory, a figure which under an agreement signed Monday is expected to rise to $1.26 billion annually in 2026. A screens shows live footage of Donald Trump speaking during a news program in Seoul, South Korea, on November 6, 2024.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, CNN’s Clare Sebastian, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Putin wryly, Joe Biden, Vance’s, Pavel Bednyakov, AP “ Trump, ”, Dmitry Medvedev, Margarita Simonyan, “ Trump, Dmitry Peskov, “, ” Boris Bondarev, ” Trump, Matthew Chance, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, Biden, –, Kamala Harris –, Trump’s, Amir Levy, trepidation, America’s, Nic Robertson, Annalena Baerbock, Baerbock, Remko de, Mark Rutte, Jens Stoltenberg’s, Stoltenberg, Putin, ” Baerbock, Steven Jiang, Xi Jinping didn’t, Xi, Washington’s, Florence Lo, Harris, Will Ripley, Lai Ching, Vance, Lai, Taiwan’s, Kamala Harris, Chiang Ying, Mike Valerio, they’d, They’d, Camp Humphreys, Lee Jin, Will Trump, Kim Jong, Robert C, Kim, Larry Madowo, Ghana Trump, Uhuru Kenyatta, Akinwumi Adesina, Osinbajo, Hailemariam Desalegn, Jonathan Ernst, George W, Bush, It’s, Stefano Pozzebon, Javier Milei, El, Nayib Bukele, Bolsonaro, Gustavo Petro, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, Sheinbaum, Del Cueto, Rebecca Noble Organizations: CNN, United, Democratic National Committee, Trump, International Media, AP, RT, Kremlin, White, Israel, White House, America, Iranian, German, NATO, European Union, Getty, Dutch, Democratic, Reuters, South China, Taiwan : Defense, Party, Taiwan, Taiwan Relations, Washington, Congress, Kuomintang, KMT, Economic, of Chicago, Bloomberg News, Army, South, North, Korean, Kenyan, Guinea Alpha Conde, Trump , African Development Bank, Ethiopian, Republican, AIDS Relief, Biden, Conservative, Progressives, US, Mexico “, Border Patrol Council Locations: Russia, East, Europe, China, Taiwan, Korean, Africa, Ukraine, CNN’s, London, Moscow, Russian, Kyiv, American, ”, Jerusalem, Israel, America, Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Tehran, Hamas, Germany, Soviet, United States, United Kingdom, The Hague, Netherlands, Remko de Waal, Trump, Beijing, –, Shanghai, South, Taipei, Asia, Seoul, South Korea, Korea, North Korea, Japan, Tokyo, Washington, Pyongyang, Accra, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, Guinea, Trump ,, Nigeria, AFP, Angola, Bogotá, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua

The United States, Ukraine and South Korea say that North Korean troops were dispatched to Russia for training with the aim of being deployed to Ukraine. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin after signing a comprehensive strategic partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea on June 19, 2024. “We are developing scenarios to understand the potential impacts North Korea and Russia’s actions could have on us,” the government official said. The arrangement could also help North Korea gain real-world intelligence on the functioning of its weaponry. Soldiers march in a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, on September 9, 2018.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Inna Varenytsia, Kim Jong, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, ”, François Walschaerts, Foreign Affairs Kim Hong, Kim Tae, Defense Lloyd Austin, ” Austin, John Kirby, “, Carl Schuster, Ng Han Guan, Kim, Chun, ” Chun Organizations: South Korea CNN, Ukraine, NATO, Korean, CNN, National Intelligence Service, North, Maxar Technologies, Maxar, UN, Foreign Ministry, Getty, Korean First, Foreign Affairs, National Security Office, South, Moscow, Defense, National Security, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea, Ukraine, Europe, United States, Russia, North Korea, Moscow, Pyongyang, Kyiv, Washington, Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Koreans, South, Russia’s Far, China, Sergeevka, Russian, Brussels, AFP, South Korean, ” South Korea

In April this year, she became the only South Korean shooter to qualify in two events for the Paris Olympics – 10-meter air pistol and 25-meter pistol – after finishing second in both events in the Korean national trials. Kim finished with 241.3 points, falling 1.9 points short of Oh, but she remembers it as “a very happy moment. Since Kim took up shooting, South Korea has seen several heroes in the sport, such as Jin Jong-oh, who won four golds and two silvers across five Olympics, and Kim Jang-mi, who won a gold at the 2012 London Olympics. At the Paris Olympics, South Korea won the most shooting medals at the Games in the country’s history with three golds and three silvers. “Just wait, mommy will win the gold,” Kim promised.

Persons: Kim Ye, ”, Kim, “, Charlie Miller, CNN Kim, Kwak Min, Kwak, He’s, Charles McQuillan, Oh Ye, It’s, refocusing, ” Kim, Louis Vuitton, Elon Musk, Alain Jocard, “ I’m, Jin Jong, Kim Jang, mommy Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Banners, South, Office, Paris Olympics, Korean, Paris, Games, Givenchy, Getty, South Korea Locations: North Jeolla Province, Seoul, Imsil, South Korean, Baku, Azerbaijan, Paris, South Korea, Asia, AFP, India

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea’s army said it will take the “substantial military step” of completely cutting off its territory from South Korea on Wednesday, after months of fortifying its heavily armed border. Since January, Pyongyang has fortified its border defenses, laying land mines, building anti-tank traps and removing railway infrastructure, according to the South Korean military. Over the past year, a US aircraft carrier, amphibious assault ships, long-range bombers and submarines have visited South Korea, drawing angry rebukes from Pyongyang. “North Korea’s threats, both real and rhetorical, reflect the regime survival strategy of a hereditary dictatorship.”North and South Korea have been separated since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice agreement. In January, Kim said North Korea would no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, calling inter-Korean relations “a relationship between two hostile countries and two belligerents at war,” KCNA reported at the time.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim, ”, Hong Min, ” Hong, Yoon Suk Yeol, Leif, Eric Easley, “ Kim Jong Un, ” Easley, ” KCNA Organizations: South Korea CNN, North, South, DPRK, Staff, Korean People’s Army, Democratic People’s, South Korean, General Staff, US, Korea’s, Chiefs, Korea Institute for National Unification, CNN, Inter, Korean, Armed Forces, Ewha Womans University, North Korean, United Nations Command Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, Hong, Russia, West

☆ Pharrell’s Joopiter puts on sale of G-Dragon’s prized possessions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Mike Valerio | Stephy Chung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The sale features dozens of items owned by G-Dragon – an avid collector of art, design and fashion – including works he created and customized himself. Williams’ auction house, Joopiter, is hosting the online sale and an accompanying exhibition, at the Daelim Museum. JoopiterJoopiter has collaborated with a slew of celebrities since Williams founded his “digital-first” auction house in 2022. “The wrong attitude is going in and trying to become a collector.”Nike x Peaceminusone Para-noise Air Force 1 sneakers encrusted with crystals featured in the G-Dragon auction. That is how you build a really beautiful, special collection.”She pointed to Joopiter’s inaugural auction — a sale of almost 50 items from Williams’ personal stash, that raked in over $5 million.

Persons: Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Williams, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Pharrell, —, ” Williams, ”, Kwon Ji, Chanel’s, Joopiter Joopiter, it’s, “, Jackson, Caitlin Donovan, Joopiter, Donovan Organizations: South Korea CNN, Daelim, CNN, Nike, Force Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Yeezys, “

Seoul, South Korea CNN —North Korea claims it is sending 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers toward its border with South Korea, in the latest bellicose declaration by leader Kim Jong Un against its neighbor. Photographs published by the North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun showed what appears to be vehicle-based missile launchers, with dozens of large green military trucks lined up in neat rows before Kim. Kim personally oversaw the transfer of equipment to military commanders and chiefs of staff, and delivered a speech claiming the new missile launchers were built with North Korean technology, state media reported. In response to the North Korean buildup, the US and South Korea – along with Japan – have stepped up their military cooperation via exercises and deployments that Pyongyang sees as a threat. There have been at least three incidents of South Korea firing warning shots since May after North Korean military personnel crossed the demarcation line, the midpoint of the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Sinmun, Kim, ” Kim, Joseph Dempsey, “ Organizations: South Korea CNN, North, International Institute for Strategic Studies, South Korea –, North Korean Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea, North Korean, Korean, North Korea, North, Pyongyang, Russia, Washington, Japan

The echoes of well-known North Korean songs celebrating friendship spilled into nearby neighborhoods, as families filled booths serving both North and South Korean treats such as the deep-fried confection yakgwa, and fruit punch, or hwachae. A booth at the Defectors' Day festival sells North Korean styles of traditional treats, including watermelon punch (hwachae) and the deep-fried sweet yakgwa. Maybe there (are) many thousands of thousands of North Korean defectors who want to come to (South) Korea and have a prosperous life. “We express our respect and applause to the 34,000 North Korean defectors who are pioneering new lives every day (in South Korea), he said. “I didn’t know that a day like Defectors’ Day would happen, but now that it has been established, I feel like I have to work harder,” she said.

Persons: ’, Kim Jong Un, Mike Valerio, ”, resettling, –, Daeheyon, ‘, ’ ”, “, Kwon Ji, Yoonjung Seo, Yoon Suk Yeol, ” Yoon, “ It’s, Han Bong, he’d Organizations: South Korea CNN —, North, South, CNN, ”, Sunday, Blue House Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, Pyongyang, North, South, Korean, China, Asia, South Koreans, Korea, North Koreans

☆ South Korea: Flying aboard the AC-130J Ghostrider, carrying America’s biggest gun in the sky
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Brad Lendon | Mike Valerio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

AC-130 gunners Joe Gipson (back) and Isaac Dowell tend the 105mm cannon aboard a US Air Force AC-130J during a live-fire exercise over South Korea. A 105mm howitzer is seen at the rear of a US Air Force AC-130J at Osan Air Base, South Korea, in early June 2024. ‘Spooky’ historyUS Air Force gunships trace their lineage back to the Vietnam War, when the service set up 7.62 mm guns to fire out one side of a C-47 transport aircraft. With the AC-130J model, introduced in 2017, the Air Force removed the machine guns in favor of the more precision-guided munitions. The AC-130’s crew acknowledges the dangers of ground fire to their aircraft, and some analysts question its usefulness in any potential conflict with North Korea.

Persons: Ghostrider, Joe Gipson, Isaac Dowell, Brad Lendon, John Ikenberry, Kim Jong Un, ” Ikenberry, Heath Curtis, Mike Valerio, Curtis, ”, Justin Burris, Peter Layton, Layton, Maj, Christopher Mesnard, CNN’s Yoonjung Seo, Gawon Bae Organizations: Korean Peninsula CNN, US Air Force AC, CNN, Air Force Special Operations Command, US Air Force, Osan Air Base, South, Air Force, National Museum of, Operation, US, Griffith Asia Institute, Royal Australian Air Force, Operations Command Locations: Hurlburt Field, Florida, South Korea, Seoul, North Korea, Washington, Korea, Maj, New Mexico, United States, Vietnam, Asia, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kunduz, Iraqi, Persian, Khafji, Saudi Arabia, Korean, Australia, Operations Command Korea

☆ Video: Deer infestation plagues island residents
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Mike Valerio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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For many years, South Korean activists and North Korean defectors have sent balloons to the North, loaded with propaganda material criticizing dictator Kim Jong Un and USB sticks filled with K-pop songs and South Korean television shows – all strictly prohibited in the impoverished, highly isolated nation. Choi, co-founder of the Committee for Reforming and Opening North Korea, is among the North Korean defectors who have vowed to continue sending balloons to their homeland. The leaflets include declarations of freedom for the North Korean people, and propaganda messages against dictator Kim Jong Un. Charles Miller/CNNFitted with GPS trackers, the activists can monitor these next generation “smart” balloons in real time on journeys that often span hundreds of kilometers. Relations between the two countries thawed somewhat in 2017 and 2018, allowing some South Korean elements, including parts of its pop culture, to seep into the hermit nation.

Persons: Choi, Kim Jong, Kim Yo Jong, North, Yoonjung Seo, Kim Jong Un, Charles Miller, ” Choi, “ It’s, ‘, ’ ”, Kim ramped, Vladimir Putin, ” Organizations: South Korea CNN, CNN, South, North, South Korean, North Korean, GPS, Workers ’ Party, Nations, Chiefs of Staff Locations: Seoul, South Korea, North Korea, South Korea’s, South Korean, Korean, Pyongyang, Korea, China, “ North Korea, North Korean, Japan, United States

Seoul, South Korea CNN —The oldest member of the K-pop phenomenon BTS is spending his day hugging 1,000 fans, after finishing his mandatory military service in South Korea on Wednesday. Jin made his first public appearance at Seoul’s Jamsil Sports Complex this afternoon, where he is performing and meeting fans. Some BTS superfans – known as ARMY (Adorable Representative MC for Youth) – have journeyed from overseas to attend the BTS Festa event. “I wish to tell Jin if he comes to Thailand, can he hold a concert for seven days, because I love BTS so much,” Cheenchanya said. “BTS themselves pour out so much love – they put love into their music, into their personalities, their fans,” said Stoudnour.

Persons: Jin, –, Jin –, ” Cheenchanya, Holly Campbell, Ashley Stoudnour, ” Campbell, V, ”, ” Stoudnor, Anthony Wallace, Kim Yoon, jeong, Michelle Pedraza, They’ve, Louis Vuitton, Dior Organizations: South Korea CNN, Mim, CNN, BTS, Getty, Billboard Music Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Thailand, Melbourne, Australia, Florida, AFP, California

Balloons possibly sent from North Korea seen off the coast of Incheon, South Korea on June 9, 2024. Yonhap News Agency/ReutersThe broadcasts inform North Korean soldiers and residents of the “reality of North Korea,” and the development of South Korea, and Korean culture, according to the JCS. As of Monday morning, the South Korean military has found “around 50 balloons” that fell into its territory overnight Sunday. Many of the other balloons are believed to have flown back into North Korea due to the wind, the JCS spokesman added. But the situation in North Korea deteriorated in the following years and diplomatic talks fell apart – prompting strict rules to snap back into place in the North.

Persons: Kim Jong, Kim Yo Jong, Kim, “, ” Kim, Kim Jong Un Organizations: CNN, North, Korea’s, Chiefs of Staff, Yonhap News Agency, Reuters, South, South Korean Locations: Korea, Seoul, South Korea, North Korean, Korean, North Korea, “, Incheon, South Korean, China

☆ North Korea sends another wave of trash balloons into South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Yoonjung Seo | Mike Valerio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

About 330 balloons carrying bags of trash had been sent by North Korea since Saturday night, of which about 80 have landed in South Korea, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday. South Korea’s National Security Council held an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss responses to the latest wave of balloons. Trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea lies on scattered the ground in Seoul, South Korea on June 9, 2024. South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff/APIn May, North Korea responded by sending its own giant balloons south – containing trash, soil, pieces of paper and plastic, and what South Korean authorities described as “filth.”Kim said the balloons were “strictly a responsive act” to South Korea’s years-long practice of sending balloons with anti-North Korea leaflets the other way. South Korea’s JCS said Saturday night that North Korea was “boosting its presumed trash balloons,” and warned that the wind direction may lead to balloons moving south.

Persons: Kim Kang Il, ” Kim, “, Kim Jong Un Organizations: Seoul CNN —, South, Seoul’s, Chiefs of Staff, CNN, South Korea’s National Security Council, North Korea’s, Fighters, South Korea Joint Chiefs, Staff, Thursday South Korean Locations: Seoul, Korea, North Korea, South Korea, South, Pyongyang

☆ Maui fires: 100 days later, 4 names remain on the Lahaina missing list. These are the people trying to find them
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Alyssa Kraus | Mike Valerio | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Maui Police removed a fifth individual from the Lahaina fire missing list as recently as October. Officers tasked with finding missing persons from the inferno, or, the remains of Lahaina’s missing, are still searching the burn zone. Details concerning the three remaining people on the Lahaina fire credible missing list have not been previously reported. “Robert Owens, he was known to frequent Lahaina,” Landsiedel said. The officers within MINT carry a triple burden: coordinating Lahaina missing persons investigations, tracking identification efforts, and, ultimately, notifying family members of the dead.

Persons: Mario Tama, Lahaina’s, “, ”, Brad Taylor, Steven Landsiedel, ” Landsiedel, Lydia Coloma, Paul Kasprzycki, Robert Owens, Elmer Lee Stevens, “ Robert Owens, Landsiedel, ” Elmer Lee Stevens, Kasprzycki, Artur Babkov, CNN Babkov, Taylor, ” Taylor, I’m, Billy Graham, Steve, Tony Earles, it’s, ” Earles Organizations: CNN, NASA, Maui Police Department, Authorities, Maui Police, Maui –, Maui, Honolulu Civil, MINT, Honolulu Police Department, Billy, Billy Graham Rapid Locations: West Maui, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lahaina . Stevens, California, “, Paradise , California, Northern California, Paradise, West

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