Geoje’s record rain leaves one dead as recovery begins after more than 600 mm in a day
The disaster was far broader than the original wire snapshot: Korean reporting documents a record-breaking deluge, a fatal landslide, nearly 2,000 emergency calls, 136 rescues and damage across schools, roads, utilities and homes.
South Korea’s last legal boknal is ending an industry that had already begun to disappear
South Korea’s dog-meat ban becomes fully enforceable in February 2027. Yet the more revealing number is already here: 82% of registered breeding farms had closed by May, suggesting the law is formalizing a social and commercial shift that moved first.
Record heat is becoming an economic crisis as well as a health emergency
Deaths, livestock losses and damaged crops are turning Korea’s extreme summer into a test of climate adaptation, food supply and protection for vulnerable workers.