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Late Dutch veteran of Korean War to be laid to rest in S. Korea

• 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...

  
• Auditor asks prosecution to probe 27 NEC officials over hiring corruption

  The state audit agency said Tuesday it has uncovered widespread hiring irregularities within the National Election Commission (NEC), and asked the prosecution to investigate 27 f...

  

Lifestyle

Awarding-winning Korean literary gems on show at COEX

• 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...

  
• Korean food's future lies in inter-industry connections

  Nanro Foundation, a nonprofit organization, opened Nanro Insight, a two-day global symposium on Korean food, Monday. Over 200 people from various industries, including Korean che...

  

World

Philippines students are told to stay home as Southeast Asia copes with a sweltering heat wave

• 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...

  
• China's slow April factory, services activity dents economic momentum

  China's manufacturing and services activity both expanded at a slower pace in April, official surveys showed on Tuesday, suggesting some loss of momentum for the world's second-b...