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  • Defense Department: More labs affected by anthrax than previously reported

    05/29/2015 7:24:12 PM PDT · by markomalley · 12 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 5/29/15 | Tara Copp
    The Department of Defense has ordered a review of all labs following revelations that the number of labs that received live anthrax samples is larger than first reported."As of now, 24 laboratories in 11 states and two foreign countries are believed to have received suspect samples. We continue to work closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who is leading the ongoing investigation pursuit to its statutory authorities. The Department will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates to the public," Defense Department said in a statement.The Defense Department had previously reported labs in nine states...
  • POWERFUL: Charlie Kirk's final speech delivered in South Korea 9/6/25

    09/30/2025 12:10:13 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 14 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 6, 2025 | Charlie Kirk
    If there's any recording worth keeping of Charlie, or sharing with the likes of those who don't know what he stood for, it's this one. It's no accident that God had this speech be one of the final marks he left on earth.
  • [Catholic Caucus] Three heroic Catholic priests were massacred by North Korean communists 75 years ago

    09/29/2025 8:11:50 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 2 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | September 27, 2025 | Doug Mainwaring
    [Catholic Caucus] Three heroic Catholic priests were massacred by North Korean communists 75 years agoServants of God Msgr. Patrick Brennan, Fr. Tommie Cusack, and Fr. Jack O'Brien were imprisoned and murdered by North Korean forces after refusing to divulge the names of Korean Catholics. This week marked the 75th anniversary of the massacre of the Taejon Martyrs in the Korean War. Three priests – whose cause for sainthood has been opened by the Vatican – were executed by the North Korean communists after a heroic imprisonment where they spent their final days praying and ministering to others. The massacre at...
  • South Korea’s new leftist president pulls a fast one on Donald Trump

    09/29/2025 2:14:33 PM PDT · by aimhigh · 21 replies
    Fox News ^ | 09/09/2025 | Grant Newsham
    President Donald Trump had South Korea’s new leftist President Lee Jae-myung panicking after his Truth Social post a few hours before meeting in late August. Here’s what Trump wrote: "WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!" Trump was referring to the Lee administration’s aggressive efforts to punish former President Yoon Suk Yeol and to intimidate conservative opponents, including religious groups. A South Korean government investigative raid on...
  • Suicide overtakes cancer as top cause of death among South Koreans in their 40s

    09/28/2025 6:16:06 PM PDT · by anthropocene_x · 36 replies
    Suicide has overtaken cancer as the main cause of death among South Koreans in their forties for the first time since records began in 1983, amid growing concerns that the country is facing a mental health crisis. The country recorded 14,872 suicides last year – a 6.3 per cent rise from the previous year and the highest figure since 2011 – according to the latest “2024 Cause of Death Statistics” published by Statistics Korea on Thursday. While suicide has long been the leading cause of death among teenagers and people under 30, it became the top cause of death among...
  • There's a productivity boom in the U.S. similar to the 1990s, says KKR's Henry McVey [9:06]

    09/26/2025 5:07:18 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 12 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 25, 2025 | CNBC Television
    Henry McVey, KKR CIO of balance sheet, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the economy, the Fed's interest rate outlook, latest market trends, opportunities in the Asian markets, and more. There's a productivity boom in the U.S. similar to the 1990s, says KKR's Henry McVey | 9:06CNBC Television | 3.23M subscribers | 38,798 views | September 25, 2025
  • Large Rally in Seoul, South Korea Features Crowds Chanting "We are Charlie Kirk" and Protesting Chinese No-Visa Entry Policy

    09/13/2025 10:30:58 AM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 20 replies
    Crowds are chanting "We are Charlie Kirk." Need to see this in America as well... and where can I buy a T-shirt with that message?
  • Days before death, Charlie Kirk debuted his conservative message in Asia

    09/13/2025 11:25:11 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 13 replies
    Reuters ^ | Sep 10, 2025 | John Geddie and Josh Smith
    In the week before his fatal shooting, right-wing U.S. political activist Charlie Kirk cheered the boom of conservative young men in South Korea and warned about a "globalist menace" in Tokyo on his first speaking tour of Asia. In Seoul on Friday, he spoke about how he "brought Trump to victory", while addressing Build Up Korea 2025, a conservative conference that has previously featured speakers including Donald Trump Jr. "The phenomenon of young people, especially men, turning conservative is occurring simultaneously across multiple continents," Kirk told the audience, who waved their phones and chanted 'USA' as he entered the stage...
  • South Korean workers who were released after days of detention in Georgia return home

    09/12/2025 7:09:30 AM PDT · by Libloather · 31 replies
    NY Post ^ | 9/12/25 | Associated Press
    More than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid in the United States last week were brought back home on a charter plane and reunited with their loved ones on Friday. They were among about 475 people detained during the Sept. 4 immigration raid at a battery factory under construction on the campus of Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant west of Savannah. Their roundup and the US release of video showing some Korean workers shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists have caused public outrage and a sense of betrayal in South Korea, a key US ally....
  • South Korea responds to raid of Hyundai plant that resulted in hundreds of arrests as new images show workers in chains

    09/06/2025 7:54:38 PM PDT · by Morgana · 24 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | September 6, 2025 | Stephen M. Lepore
    South Korea's foreign minister may visit the United States to respond to a raid on a Huyndai plant in Georgia that detained 475 people, most of them South Korean nationals. Cho Hyun said Seoul was considering an imminent visit to discuss the arrests on behalf of President Lee Jae Myung, who was all smiles with Donald Trump at a White House meeting two weeks ago. 'We are deeply concerned and feel a heavy sense of responsibility over the arrests of our nationals,' Cho said at an emergency meeting Saturday, according to Yonhap News Agency. Cho confirmed that approximately 300 of...
  • How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

    09/05/2025 6:14:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 77 replies
    NY Times ^ | September 05, 2025 | Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole
    A group of Navy SEALs emerged from the ink-black ocean on a winter night in early 2019 and crept to a rocky shore in North Korea. They were on a top secret mission so complex and consequential that everything had to go exactly right. The objective was to plant an electronic device that would let the United States intercept the communications of North Korea’s reclusive leader, Kim Jong-un, amid high-level nuclear talks with President Trump. The mission had the potential to provide the United States with a stream of valuable intelligence. But it meant putting American commandos on North Korean...
  • Democratic Party Official in South Korea: “If We Gather Every Opposition Voter and Bury Them in One Day, Democracy Will Advance”

    09/05/2025 5:59:57 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | September 05, 2025 | Guest Post
    Guest post from our trusted source in South Korea A shocking development in South Korea took place recently: a senior official of the ruling Democratic Party, a former lawyer who now leads the Party’s Education and Training Institute, openly advocated for the elimination of opposition voters during a public book talk. He referred to conservative voters as “No. 2 voters” (a derogatory label for supporters of the People Power Party, South Korea’s main opposition), and stated that if they were “all gathered in one day and buried, democracy would advance.” He also targeted the Yeongnam region (Daegu, Busan, Gyeongbuk, etc.),...
  • South Korea says 'many' of its nationals were detained in immigration raid on Hyundai facility in Georgia

    09/05/2025 3:54:44 AM PDT · by CFW · 13 replies
    NBC news ^ | 9/4/25 | staff
    South Korea said Friday that it had expressed “concern and regret” to the U.S. Embassy over an immigration raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia during which it said “many” South Korean nationals had been detained. “The economic activities of our companies investing in the U.S. and the rights and interests of our nationals must not be unfairly violated,” said Lee Jae-woong, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry of the key U.S. ally, according to the Yonhap news agency. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as well as Homeland Security Investigations and other federal agencies were involved in the...
  • 475 detained in raid by ICE, other agencies at huge Hyundai site in Georgia

    09/05/2025 7:36:48 AM PDT · by Mariner · 90 replies
    CBS News via Yahoo ^ | September 5th, 2025 | Unattributed
    In a large-scale immigration enforcement sweep at a Hyundai facility in Georgia on Thursday, 475 immigrants suspected of living and working in the U.S. illegally were detained, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told CBS News.The operation involved law enforcement agents from multiple federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; the Border Patrol; the FBI; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the IRS, underscoring the government-wide nature of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.Earlier, the Atlanta office of the ATF had said 450 people were detained in a post on...
  • Korean Air makes airline’s biggest-ever Boeing jet order amid Trump-Lee summit

    08/26/2025 6:19:20 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 6 replies
    CNBC ^ | August 26, 2025 | Staff
    Korean Air announced a $50 billion order on Monday for 103 Boeing airplanes and GE Aerospace engines and servicing, coinciding with the visit of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to Washington. The order, the largest in the Korean air carrier’s history, includes a mix of 787s, 777s and 737 Boeing airplanes worth about $36.5 billion. Reuters first reported the deal earlier Monday. Korean Air also announced a separate deal Monday with GE on the purchase and maintenance of engines valued at $13.7 billion. Many countries negotiating trade deals with the Trump administration have announced or plan to announce significant...
  • Kim Jong Un says his ‘heart aches’ over North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia, in rare admission of losses

    08/22/2025 6:16:15 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 18 replies
    CNN ^ | Fri August 22, 2025 | Fri August 22, 2025
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has paid an emotional tribute to soldiers killed while fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, saying his ‘heart aches’ in a rare admission of military losses. Kim made the comments on Thursday at a ceremony in Pyongyang, where he met with commanders of a unit that had fought for Russia in the western Kursk region, according to North Korean state media KCNA. He praised them as “a heroic army,” with state media photos showing Kim pinning commendation badges on soldiers’ uniforms. Photos released by KCNA also showed Kim pinning badges on the...
  • As South Korea’s population falls, its military is shrinking rapidly. Is that a problem as North Korea ramps up its forces?

    08/16/2025 2:06:12 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 24 replies
    CNN ^ | Thu August 14, 2025 | Jessie Yeung, Gawon Bae
    The writing has been on the wall for a long time: South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global conflicts simmer. Now, a new report has found that the number of South Korean troops declined by 20% in the past six years, in large part because of the dwindling pool of young men – reflecting the shrinking workforce and swelling elderly population in one of the world’s most rapidly aging countries. The Defense Ministry report attributed the drop to “complex factors” including population decline and fewer...
  • Inside Kim Jong Un’s New Beach Resort, Where the Only Foreigners Are Russian

    08/02/2025 4:22:10 PM PDT · by KingofZion · 34 replies
    The Wall Steet Journal ^ | August 1, 2025 | Timothy Martin
    At North Korea’s new beach resort, the white sand glistened against the crystal-clear waters. Ten minutes of Wi-Fi cost $1.70. Food arrived in abundance, albeit with the same three beverage choices: water, tea or beer. The weeklong trip cost roughly $2,000. The catch? All travelers had to be Russian. Welcome to North Korea’s Wonsan Kalma coastal complex, a megaresort built by the regime to portray the country as modern and affluent. It is opening to foreign vacationers for the first time, as part of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s drive to attract more tourism to his cash-strapped country and...
  • Ancient Tomb of Korean Hostage Prince Found in China

    07/31/2025 7:06:36 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    Arkeonews ^ | July 21, 2025 | Oguz Kayra
    Chinese archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Kim Young, a hostage prince from the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. This remarkable find marks the first formal archaeological excavation of a Tang Dynasty (618–907) royal tomb belonging to the Silla kingdom.The epitaph discovered inside offers a rare, detailed account of Kim Young's life, deepening our understanding of the Tang Dynasty's hostage system and diplomatic ties with Silla, located on the Korean Peninsula, according to reports by the China News Service...The tomb is a single-chamber earthen cave featuring a long sloped entrance passage and a skylight...
  • Introduction of Agriculture Didn't Immediately Alter Japanese Diets

    07/31/2025 9:51:04 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | July 24, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    During the Neolithic Revolution, the development of agriculture led to an epic shift in the way human societies lived. As agricultural technology spread out from the Near East, traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyles diminished in favor of more sedentary farming communities. This transition was usually accompanied by a dramatic shift in diet. However, according to a statement released by the University of York, this was not necessarily the case in Japan. Agriculture, rice, and millet were introduced to the Japanese islands from the Korean Peninsula around 3,000 years ago. Research conducted by archaeologists from the University of York, the University of Cambridge,...