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Latest China factory fire explosion kills 38

Latest China factory fire explosion kills 38

Jennifer Kwon, Reporter | Nov 29, 2022

On Nov. 22, a fire at a factory in Anyang, Henan Province killed 38 and injured two people. This is the latest fatal industrial accident to hit China.  A fire broke out in a plant belonging to a private...

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Large scale firings occur across tech companies

Andrew Shin, Reporter | Nov 29, 2022

After Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, fired nearly half of its employees soon after buying the company, tech giants like Meta, Amazon, and Stripe followed suit by laying off employees throughout November. Musk’s...

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Mohammed Bin Salman arrives on Korea

Mohammed Bin Salman visits South Korea

Danny Donghyun Han, Reporter | Nov 23, 2022

On Nov. 17, Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, visited South Korea for the first time in three years, marking the 60th anniversary of Saudi-Korean relations.  Salman’s visit aimed...

On Nov. 16, NASA began its Artemis I mission: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/16/world/artemis-1-launch-nasa-scn/index.html

NASA launches Artemis I mission

Jack Lee, Reporter | Nov 23, 2022

On Nov. 16, NASA began its Artemis I mission by launching an unmanned Orion spacecraft to the moon. The mission aims to verify that the spacecraft can safely deliver human crews to the lunar surface in...

Biden meets Xi in historic visit

Biden meets Xi in historic visit

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Nov 17, 2022

On Nov. 14, US President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in person for the first since Biden took office. According to an official White House report, the two leaders “spoke candidly”...

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https://www.newyorker.com/news/midterm-election-2022/live-results-map-senate-house-governors-races

2022 Midterm determines the fate of US Politics

Paul Moon, Managing Editor | Nov 17, 2022

Tuesday, Nov. 8, held the 2022 Midterm Elections, the first general election since former President Donald Trump was defeated by President Joe Biden. Unlike polls and projections by political analysts,...

Mark Zuckerberg fired 11,000 employees on Nov. 9: https://www.gizbot.com/social-media/news/mark-zuckerberg-firing-meta-employees-083452.html

Mark Zuckerberg fires 11,000 Meta employes

Jack Lee, Reporter | Nov 17, 2022

Days after new owner Elon Musk fired thousands of Twitter employees, Mark Zuckerberg fired 11,000 Meta employees on Nov. 9, to reduce the company’s spending. “I don't think the layoffs were a consequence...

Students prepare for the upcoming Korea National Exam

Students prepare for the upcoming Korea National Exam

Jennifer Kwon, Reporter | Nov 15, 2022

On Nov. 17, Korean high school seniors will take The College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), also known as Suneung. This is a national level exam considered to be one of the most stressful exams in the...

South Korean police officers face backlash for Itaewon Halloween tragedy

South Korean police officers face backlash for Itaewon Halloween tragedy

Jennifer Kwon, Reporter | Nov 15, 2022

On Nov.1, South Korean government officials apologized for failing to prevent the Halloween crowd surge that killed 156 people.  National police chief Yoon Hee Keun admitted there were many urgent...

Search boats roam around the site of the incident to look for survivors.

137-year-old Indian bridge collapses

Eric Hyunseung Cho, Copy Editor | Nov 9, 2022

On Oct 30, 2022, the Machchu river foot bridge collapsed, killing 135 people, 54 of whom were children. An estimated 500 people were on the bridge at the time of the collapse. The 230-meter-long ‘jhulto...

Supreme Court hears affirmative action case

Supreme Court hears affirmative action case

Andrew Shin, Reporter | Nov 7, 2022

The Supreme Court heard two cases of affirmative action on Oct. 31 regarding Harvard University and University of North Carolina (UNC), where it will decide whether the race conscious admissions policies...

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Itaewon Halloween crush kills at least 154

Daniel Shin, Editor-In-Chief | Nov 7, 2022

At least 154 people are dead after a Halloween party in Itaewon, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, turned deadly, making for one of the worst peacetime tragedies in Korea since the 2014 Sewol ferry...