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Beer brewers of Korea throw down for Daegu Stout Smackdown

• Middle school student stabs older woman

  A middle school student is being investigated for allgedly stabbing an older woman.

  
• Korean, Australian defense chiefs agree to bolster defense industry ties

  The defense chiefs of South Korea and Australia held talks in Melbourne on Tuesday and discussed ways to step up cooperation for regional security and defense industry.

  
• Court rejects medical students' injunction against medical school quota hike

  A Seoul court on Tuesday rejected an injunction by medical students to halt their schools' presidents from increasing admission quotas, amid a prolonged walkout by trainee doctor...

  

Lifestyle

Korean food's future lies in inter-industry connections

• Culture ministry appoints foreign honorary reporters

  Some 100 foreign honorary reporters hold certificates showing their appointment as promoters of Korean culture during a launching ceremony for their activities at CKL Stage, an e...

  
• Korea Glocal Education Fair to open in Yeosu in late May

  An international education fair will kick off in the southwestern city of Yeosu late this month to seek and discuss the direction of future education in the era of digital transf...

  
• Han River Festival to kick off next month with ambition to attract 3 mil. by year-end

  More than 120 festivity programs will take place at riverside parks along the Han River starting next month through the end of the year, with the aim of drawing 3 million visitor...

  

World

King Charles III resumes public duties as he fights cancer

• China, US to hold climate meetings in Washington in May

  U.S. climate change diplomat John Podesta said on Tuesday he will meet his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin in Washington in early May, resuming bilateral talks on climate coopera...

  
• Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab

  The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility - a sign of the ...

  
• Japan may have spent $36 billion on April 29 intervention, BOJ data suggests

  Japanese officials may have spent some 5.5 trillion yen ($35.06 billion) supporting the currency on Monday, Bank of Japan data suggested on Tuesday, after it hit fresh 34-year lo...