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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Science
- Yahoo
WATCH: Chinese rocket streaks across the sky as fireball as it re-enters atmosphere
A Chinese Jielong-3 rocket launched from the Yellow Sea on August 11 re-entered the atmosphere over southeastern Spain early on August 14. Footage captured near Malaga shows the rocket streaking across the sky, trailing yellow and other colors. Henryk Stojak, who filmed the event, initially thought it was a meteor shower. The rocket disintegrated and exploded overhead before disappearing.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
South Korea repatriates 6 North Korean fishermen
South Korea has repatriated six North Korean fishermen who were rescued earlier this year after drifting across the maritime border separating the two countries. Seoul's Ministry of Unification said the men had repeatedly expressed the desire to go back to North Korea, news agency Yonhap reported on Wednesday. "The South Korean government repatriated six North Korean residents today via the East Sea," the unification ministry said in a statement. "With the full consent of all North Korean individuals involved... all six were repatriated together." Four of the North Korean fishermen were rescued in May after their boat drifted into the South Korean side of the East Sea. The other two men were rescued from the Yellow Sea under similar circumstances in March. Yonhap reported that the men were all placed on board a wooden boat which carried them back to North Korean waters. Some have questioned whether the men really wanted to return to the North. The Korea Times cited activist Peter Jung of the Seoul-based NGO, Justice for North Korea, as saying that the fishermen's wishes should have been verified "under the presence of the UN Refugee Agency or other UN agencies in Seoul." "It is difficult to believe all six of them want to return to North Korea," Jung said. Tens of thousands have fled North Korea to the South since the peninsula was divided in the 1950s. A few days ago a North Korean civilian defected across the heavily mined land border into South Korea with the help of the South's military in a 20-hour operation. Crossings directly through the 248-kilometer (155-mile) long, 4-kilometer-wide Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) are considered extremely rare. The two countries are still officially at war since a conflict in the 1950s, as the conflict ended in an armistice, but not a peace treaty. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who took office last month, has adopted a less hawkish approach than his predecessorand has said he would seek dialogue with Pyongyang. Lee ordered the discontinuation of the loudspeakers to "promote peace on the Korean Peninsula." Edited by: Elizabeth Schumacher
Wall Street Journal
04-07-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
The Yellow Sea Is the New Flashpoint for China's Regional Power Play
SEOUL—One day in February, a South Korean research vessel approached a set of unusual structures planted by China in the middle of the Yellow Sea, the narrow body of water that separates the two countries. Two large Chinese Coast Guard ships and three Chinese boats quickly blocked the South Korean ship's path. The passengers on the small Chinese boats wielded knives to force the Koreans back.
The Independent
02-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
South Korea closely tracking radioactivity after North Korea reportedly dumps nuclear waste into rivers
South Korea is closely monitoring radiation levels in the Yellow Sea following reports that North Korea has begun discharging uranium waste into rivers that flow south, though officials say no abnormal changes have been detected so far. South Korea's unification ministry said on Tuesday that the government is tracking nuclear-related activity in North Korea, including operations at the Pyongsan plant in North Hwanghae province, in coordination with other relevant agencies. "In regard to relevant agencies' regular measuring of radioactive levels in the Yellow Sea, there has been no meaningful change," a ministry official told reporters on condition of anonymity, according to Yonhap. "But as the issue is directly related to our people's health and safety and the environment, the ministry is in close talks with other agencies over how to respond to it." South Korea's response came after Daily NK, a Seoul-based news outlet specialising in North Korea, reported in June that Pyongyang is operating a uranium refining facility in Pyongsan County and had begun dumping nuclear waste directly into nearby waterways. North Korea's nuclear programme spans several sites with distinct roles in the production of nuclear weapons fuel. The Pyongsan plant is believed to be the country's primary uranium mining and milling site, where raw uranium ore is processed into yellowcake, a concentrated form of uranium. This material can then be sent to enrichment facilities such as those at Yongbyon, North Korea's main nuclear complex, or Kangson, a suspected covert site near Pyongyang, according to Beyond Parallel, a US -based monitoring programme. In a rare disclosure last year, North Korea provided a glimpse into one of its enrichment facilities for building nuclear bombs. The country's official Rodong Sinmum newspaper published several photos of Kim Jong Un talking with scientists and military officials. While the exact location was not disclosed, experts believe it was one of its two known plants in the towns of Yongbyon and Kangson. The pictures showed Mr Kim touring a facility packed with shoulder-height grey centrifuge tubes – equipment used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. The report analysed satellite imagery, suggesting that uranium waste generated at the facility was being directly discharged into the river system. It said the waste was previously sent to a reservoir across the river for sedimentation, but the sedimentation pond reached capacity. Last month, Beyond Parallel, a US-based monitoring programme, released satellite imagery suggesting construction of a new uranium enrichment facility at North Korea's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon – a possible indication that Pyongyang is seeking to boost its nuclear arsenal. Uranium is a radioactive element that exists naturally. To make nuclear fuel, raw uranium undergoes processes that result in a material with an increased concentration of the isotope uranium-235. Last year, Mr Kim underlined the need to expand uranium enrichment capacity and develop a new centrifuge, claiming his country needed greater defence capability against threats by the US and its allies during his visit to the facility. He expressed 'great satisfaction over the wonderful technical force of the nuclear power field' held by North Korea, KCNA reported.
New York Times
26-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Corrections: June 26, 2025
An article on Wednesday about South Korea's concerns that China could use its large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea to expand its military influence misspelled the name of one of the steel cages. It is the Shen Lan 2, not the Shan Lan 2. Errors are corrected during the press run whenever possible, so some errors noted here may not have appeared in all editions. To contact the newsroom regarding correction requests, please email nytnews@ To share feedback, please visit Comments on opinion articles may be emailed to letters@ For newspaper delivery questions: 1-800-NYTIMES (1-800-698-4637) or email customercare@
