BBC World
South Korea jails a care home director for 15 years after he sexually assaulted disabled residents - prompting a nationwide inspection that found 33 more cases, because one scandal is never enough.
NPR Economy
Investors have borrowed a record $1.5 trillion to play the stock market - more than all credit card debt - and the Fed is watching from the sidelines, hoping the party doesn't end.
The Guardian Europe
South Korea's president suggests ending a 70-year-old war with a peace treaty, while North Korea remains unimpressed and Japan gets a hopeful shout-out.
BBC Business
South Korean investors who rode the AI stock wave are now learning that what goes up can come down - sometimes with a margin call on its way.
The Guardian
Asia's record heatwave is turning crops into mush, inspiring new weather categories, and proving that even lions aren't immune to climate change.
ScienceDaily
A new study finds that tiny air pollution particles (PM2.5) can make rheumatoid arthritis worse and trigger painful flares, suggesting you might want to check the air quality index before heading out.
The Guardian
South Korea's Yangsan hits 42.5C, breaking a 120-year-old record, and officials tell people to stop doing things they already stopped doing because it's too hot.
Ars Technica
Hyundai says its humanoid robot plans aren't why workers are striking - it's just a coincidence that the union is demanding job protections against robots.
San Diego fails to secure the 2029 Invictus Games, losing to Daejeon, South Korea, which becomes the first Asian host.
Ars Technica
Hyundai workers strike over plans to deploy humanoid robots that could undercut wages, marking the first major labor pushback against the latest wave of robotic automation.
The Guardian Europe
Seoul's Pride was a joyful, rainbow-drenched party, but the real parade is the government's slow-motion refusal to pass basic LGBTQ+ protections.
The Guardian Europe
Yoon Suk Yeol gets three decades to think about whether drone diplomacy was the best way to avoid a rubbish-filled balloon crisis.
The Guardian Europe
Camp Humphreys is a slice of America in South Korea, complete with Taco Bell and night-vision drills, but the alliance is feeling the strain of a transactional Trump administration.
TechCrunch
South Korea's manufacturing giants pour $27M into Config, a startup that wants to be the TSMC of robot data - because teaching robots to move is way harder than teaching chatbots to talk.
SpaceNews
SpaceX crams a South Korean satellite, 45 other payloads, and zero dignity into one Falcon 9 launch.
The Good Times
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