The Commission on Filipinos Overseas fights back against sneaky foreign men who trick Filipino women into fake marriages. CFO Secretary Dante Ang II announced Wednesday that his agency created a special watchlist to catch bad guys before they hurt people. The government wants to protect Filipino dignity and safety from these dangerous marriage scams. Officials track down crooks who arrange phony weddings that often lead to abuse and trafficking. The CFO calls it more than just stopping fraud but a real promise to keep Filipinos safe.
The agency keeps tabs on 356 suspicious people right at the moment. The list includes 258 foreigners, 60 Filipinos, and 38 suspected marriage brokers who make money from these schemes. CFO launched...
Three major allies plan urgent talks as trade tensions heat up between America and Asia. South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet Friday during a big gathering in Malaysia. Top diplomats from all three countries want to hash out problems with steep new tariffs and regional security threats. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit down with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya. The meeting marks the first major diplomatic session since South Korea got its new government in June.
President Trump has hit both Asian nations with tough new trade rules that could hurt their economies badly. Both South Korea and Japan face 25 percent taxes on goods they send to America...
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol ditched his big court hearing Thursday just hours after cops dragged him back to jail. The disgraced leader sent his lawyers to make excuses while he sat locked up at Seoul Detention Center. Special prosecutors got mad and demanded the judge force Yoon to show up for future hearings. His legal team claimed he felt sick and needed time to recover from getting arrested again. The court battle turned nasty when both sides fought over whether Yoon had valid reasons to skip out.
The fallen president faces at least 20 more court dates and could stay behind bars for 18 months. Guards stripped away his fancy security detail and presidential perks after he got hauled back to prison. Yoon will ride to court in...
A local restaurant owner faces serious legal trouble after secretly sprinkling ants into customer meals for nearly four years. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety caught the sneaky chef adding dried ants from America and Thailand to dishes at his eatery. Officials discovered he imported the creepy crawlers through express mail services between April 2021 and November 2024. The restaurant served roughly 12,000 plates with three to five ants sprinkled on each dish until January. Prosecutors will decide whether to file charges against the ant-loving chef for breaking food safety laws.
Korean law strictly controls which bugs people can legally eat at restaurants and ants did not make the approved list. The country allows only ten types of...
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon jetted off to Australia hunting for ferry secrets ahead of his city's big boat launch. The mayor spent days in Brisbane checking out their CityCat water buses that cruise along the river. He wanted to steal their best tricks for keeping boats running on time and getting people excited about river travel. Brisbane officials showed Oh exactly how they run their floating bus network that started back in 1996. The mayor even hopped aboard one of their 27 ferries to see what passengers experience during their river rides.
Brisbane runs boats along 20 kilometers of river with 19 different stops for people to jump on and off. Oh studied their safety rules and figured out which ideas could work back home on the Han...
A furious man tried burning down a Japanese cultural center in Seoul after getting mad about history books. The angry guy walked into the Japan Foundation building Wednesday morning carrying a lighter and paint thinner. Security guards jumped him before he could start any fires. Police grabbed the 60-year-old suspect and plan to get an arrest warrant Thursday. He told cops he hated how Japan keeps lying about what happened during the war.
The Japan Foundation runs a library filled with Japanese books and cultural stuff. Korea and Japan keep fighting about what really happened when Japan controlled Korea decades ago. Japanese textbooks make it sound like they were nice to Korean workers during World War Two. The books also claim Japan...
Busan rolled out its first self-driving bus service Thursday during a big ceremony at Osiria Station. Mayor Park Heong-joon told crowds that people are entering an AI-based transportation era with their daily travel. Four robot buses with 15 passenger seats each will start test runs next month around the Osiria tourism area. The public gets to ride these futuristic vehicles starting in September. City officials and reporters took test rides during the launch event.
The buses pack Level 3 self-driving technology that lets them cruise along highways and special routes without human help. Drivers still sit behind the wheel ready to jump in during emergencies or tricky situations. These smart vehicles will cruise along six different roads...
Half the country's workers went hunting for new jobs during the first six months but most came back empty-handed. A massive survey by job platform Saramin found that 50.2 percent of employees tried jumping ship to different companies. The bad news hit hard when results showed 72 percent of job hunters struck out completely. The survey questioned 1,302 workers from across the nation about their employment adventures.
The lucky 28 percent who managed to land new positions spent an average of 5.6 months chasing their dream jobs. Less than half of these successful switchers actually found better working conditions at their new companies. About 34 percent discovered their new workplace felt exactly the same as their old one. The remaining...
Six North Korean fishermen made it back home safely after South Korea sent them across the water border. A government official confirmed their wooden boat reached a North Korean port on the east coast. The fishermen had been rescued by South Korean authorities but told officials they wanted to return to their homeland. A large North Korean ship helped tow their small wooden boat to shore. The repatriation happened just one day earlier when the men crossed back over the Northern Limit Line in the East Sea.
Four of the fishermen had drifted into southern waters back in May and were pulled to safety. The other two fishermen were rescued during a similar incident in March when they ended up in the Yellow Sea. All six men made it clear they...
