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Daegu punk band Drinking Boys and Girls Choir returns home after N. America tour

• South Korea's Vice FM, ICAO chief share concerns over N. Korean missile launches

  Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun held talks with the chief of a United Nations agency on international civil aviation to discuss ways to strengthen their partnership, the...

  
• S. Korea, Australia hold vice-ministerial talks on Indo-Pacific strategy, bilateral ties

  Senior diplomats of South Korea and Australia held talks in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss joint efforts to boost bilateral cooperation in their Indo-Pacific strategies and a wide r...

  
• Possibility open for Yoon's talks with opposition leader: presidential office

  The possibility is open for talks between President Yoon Suk Yeol and opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, the presidential office said Tuesday, following the ruling People Power Par...

  

Lifestyle

Foreign students join Korea Times global supporters for 1st time

• Korea Times' Korean Language Speaking Contest ignites interest in keen learners

  The global surge in interest in the Korean language is undeniable. As such, there has been plenty of attention on The Korea Times' inaugural Korean Language Speaking Contest.

  
• Hwang Sok-yong's 'Mater 2-10' shortlisted for 2024 International Booker Prize

  South Korean novelist Hwang Sok-yong's 'Mater 2-10' has been shortlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize, the British literary awards said Tuesday.

  
• INTERVIEWFrom collector to art fair founder, 33-year-old goes where art goes

  Tucked away in the winding alleyways of Sinchon, a bustling university neighborhood in western Seoul, stands a three-story building with a rather unassuming presence.

  

World

Four wounded in Sydney church stabbing: emergency officials

• Tensions rise in Australia after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church

  A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and a priest during a church service in the second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days, leaving com...

  
• Scholz urges China to use Russia 'influence' to end Ukraine war

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday he had urged Xi Jinping to press ally Russia to end its 'senseless' war in Ukraine and that the Chinese President had agreed to back a ...

  
• US House committee says China subsidizes fentanyl chemical exports

  A bipartisan US congressional committee accused Chinese authorities Tuesday of 'directly' subsidizing the manufacture and export of ingredients used to make fentanyl, a synthetic...