The amendment to the Military Service Act provides an exception to the K-pop megastars that improve the country’s cultural status and boost the economy. South Korea’s parliament has passed a bill that would include chart-topping and BTS. Such Grammy-nominated K-Pop artists will be allowed to defer their compulsory military service …
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The leader of a pro-independence group in Western Sahara, Brahma Ghali, declared war on Morocco on Saturday, violating a decades-long ceasefire, the New York Times reported. Why it’s important: The declaration could rule out armed struggle and escalate years of animosity between Morocco and its neighbor Algeria, which hosts the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia released previously classified footage of the world’s largest nuclear explosion, when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomb almost 60 years ago. A hydrogen bomb with a force of one million million tons of conventional explosives exploded in a test in the October / October …
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The United States Department of Defense said Thursday that Chinese test launches of ballistic missiles in the South China Sea were a threat to peace and security in the region. Confirming reports that China had launched at least four ballistic missiles during military exercises around the Paracel Islands, the Pentagon …
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