In conservative South Korea, few L.G.B.T.Q. entertainers have ever come out. The young members of QI.X don’t see the point of staying in.
Tag: South Korea
South Korean Police Accuse 17 U.S. Soldiers of Drug Crimes
The soldiers distributed or used synthetic marijuana brought onto an Army base through the military postal service, according to the police.
South Korean Prosecutors Want to Arrest Hunger-Striking Opposition Leader
Lee Jae-myung has been the subject of a series of investigations since losing the 2022 presidential election. He says his rival now runs “a dictatorship by prosecutors.”
South Korean Adoptions and a Nation’s Painful Past
South Korean adoptees have been returning to the country to hold the government accountable for what they call a corrupt adoption system that went largely unchanged until recent decades.
Now the Koreas Are the Ones Supplying Weapons
Desperate for munitions for the war in Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia have turned to their allies in South and North Korea, which kept stockpiling arms for decades after their own conflict.
South Korean Teachers Rally for Protections From Harassing Parents
For months, tens of thousands of educators have protested nationwide against a rule they say keeps them from disciplining students for fear of being accused of child abuse.
Seafood Is Safe After Fukushima Discharge, But Some Won’t Eat It
Sushi is among several shunned foods as Japan dumps treated radioactive water into the Pacific. Experts say the fear is irrational but understandable.
Dissident Who Fled China by Jet Ski Said to Have Planned Escape for Years
Officials in South Korea aren’t saying who crossed 200 miles of ocean to reach its shores. But people who know Kwon Pyong say it wasn’t his first audacious move.
North Korea’s 2nd Satellite Launch Fails to Reach Orbit
The rocket failure was an embarrassment for the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, who badly needed a morale booster for his people.
Tuesday Briefing: Japan’s Radioactive Water
Also, Ukrainian soldiers playing video games.