South Korean lawmakers of the main and opposition parties disagreed on revisions
to a media law that includes stiffer penalties against news organizations.
A Japanese diplomat accused of making obscene remarks about President Moon Jae-in left South Korea on Wednesday after being reprimanded by senior Japanese government officials.
The South Korean suspects who were arrested and charged with spying for Pyongyang received funding from North Korea, according to South Korean press reports.
Chinese authorities said that more than 440,000 people in southwestern Sichuan
Province have been affected in the aftermath of torrential rains and floods.