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South Korea Admits Keeping Personal Data Of 2015 MERS Outbreak Patients

South Korean health authorities say they are storing personal data of 2015 MERS outbreak patients. Privacy advocates say this is illegal and a flaw in a mostly successful contact tracing system.

Top global TikToks of 2021: Defiant Afghan singer, Kenya comic, walnut-cracking elbow

What did the world watch on TikTok last year? We round up some favorite videos — including a mukbang ASMR Thai star (don't worry, we explain it) and a potato chip-crunching Kenyan comedian.

A man watches a TV screen showing a news program reporting with a file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022.

North Korea declares itself a nuclear weapons state

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North's defenses.

A picture of South and North Korean families' reunion is displayed at the exhibition hall of the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.

South Korea proposes meeting with North on family reunions

South Korea's new government on Thursday proposed a meeting with North Korea to resume reunions of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War.

A U.S. Coast Guard boat and helicopter search the area Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle, where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor, Wash., to Renton, Wash.

San Diego businesswoman among victims of floatplane crash in Washington

A civil rights activist, a lawyer, an engineer and the founder of a winery and his family were among the 10 people killed when a floatplane crashed in the waters of Puget Sound.

An image made from a 2017 broadcast by North Korea's KRT shows what was said to be a "Combined Fire Demonstration" in Wonsan, North Korea. North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells — many of them likely from old stock — to its Cold War ally Russia. Russia has called a U.S. intelligence report on the purchasing plan "fake."

North Korean ammo will stretch Russia's supply, but with clear limits and drawbacks

The north's stockpile of bullets and artillery rounds are compatible with Russia's weapons, but may be lower-quality. Transferring anything more powerful would get much more complicated.

The TotalEnergies tower outside Paris on Sept.7, 2021. The French energy conglomerate has asked the American and French governments to support targeted sanctions against Myanmar's oil and gas funds, one of the military government's primary sources of funding.

2 big energy firms exit Myanmar over human rights abuses by the military government

Total Energies and Chevron say they are stopping all operations in Myanmar, citing rampant human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the military overthrew the elected government.

This season, award-winning host and chef Ming Tsai brings viewers to his home kitchen for an intimate, fun and dynamic experience, cooking delicious and easy-to-follow recipes with his son Henry.

SIMPLY MING: Season 18

Saturdays, May 8 - 29 & June 26 - July 31, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Artist Ruth Pastine is pictured with "Sublime Terror Quartet," part of the exhibition "ONE 2-3-4" on view through Sept. 18, 2021 at Quint ONE.

San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Quint Gallery, Gardens Of Anuncia, SDMA+ Disco Riot And Haydn Voyages

Our weekend arts picks: Gail Roberts, Ruth Pastine and "Dust to Dust" in La Jolla, "Gardens of Anuncia" at The Old Globe, dancers interpret Ana de Alvear and the Hausmann Quartet on a boat.

Japan is urging its youth to drink more alcohol

A controversial new Japanese government campaign is urging young people to drink more alcohol to boost the economy. It comes as young Japanese people are turning away from drinking.

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