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East Asia • International relations & history
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A fire broke out at a store in the shopping arcade directly in front of Kintetsu Ujiyamada Station near Ise Jingu Shrine, Mie Prefecture.
Firefighters are on scene responding to the blaze.
#三重県#火災#JapanNews
Terrifying footage from the Nepal–Tibet border captures the moments a massive flash flood swept through the region, trapping desperate residents on rooftops and balconies as floodwaters surged.
#FlashFlood#Nepal
A 72 year-old South Korean man in Japan was arrested for overstaying on his 15-day Visa to the country for 33 years.
He'd been living there since 1993 and nobody noticed until now.
Footage captured from the 3rd floor of an apartment in Himi City, Toyama Prefecture, shows the intense flooding hitting the region.
Stay safe everyone!!
#富山県#大雨特別警報
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a Level 5 Heavy Rain Special Warning it's highest alert level for parts of Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures.
Stay safe everyone!
#大雨特別警報#石川県#富山県
Jeju Island Crime Outbreak!
That's actually very disturbing.
Jeju Island, South Korea, is facing a major crisis after four missing persons’ bodies were found in just three days.
A man believed to be in his 70s was found dead in the waters near Sinheung-ri, Jocheon-eup, Jeju City on Sunday, August 23, 2026, after being reported missing the previous day.
They found the body on august 22 by a local fisherman who reported the person to the police who later noticed that he had been reported missing the previous day
On Monday, they found also another body who was confirmed to be that of Jang-Mi Ran a 37-year-old woman who went missing on May 12, 2026.
They found her 104 days after dissapearance.
They are also doing a full investigation into 200 missing people cases.
Please stay safe when going there.
#MissingPersons #SouthKorea #JejuIsland
제주도에서 최근까지 발생한 #실종사건 들을 지도에 표시해봤습니다.
관광지로만 생각했던 제주 곳곳에서 반복되는 실종 사건들.
특히 최근에도 실종 신고와 수색, 시신 발견 사건이 이어지고 있습니다.
실종 장소와 발견 장소를 구분해 실제 보도된 위치만 표시했습니다.
#제주도 는 왜 계속 실종 사건이 발생하는 걸까요?
It's devastating to hear about this.
It is deeply disturbing.
what do you mean they didn't stop him yet?
May the victims rest in peace.
#JejuIsland#Jeju#SouthKorea
There's a serial killer on the loose in Jeju Island, South Korea!!
The discovery of four bodies on Jeju Island in three days stems from police corruption and systemic failure. A local officer under investigation falsely closed roughly 200 missing-person cases over 17 months to inflate closure metrics. Cases were archived as resolved without searches, allowing victims to rot while predators operate unchecked on an isolated island
South Korea has seen this breakdown before with predators like Lee Choon-jae during the Hwaseong murders and Yoo Young-chul in the early 2000s. In those historical cases, lazy police work, lack of cross-jurisdictional communication, and institutional neglect of vulnerable populations enabled prolonged killing sprees. Jeju’s geography amplifies this hazard, as isolated rural terrain, transient resort worker populations, and poor local surveillance create an environment where bodies remain hidden until administrative fraud is exposed
When I visited Jeju, the lack of police presence in rural pockets was glaringly obvious. The primary driver of this systemic failure is perverse institutional incentives. Korean police precincts face intense pressure to show high case clearance rates, creating clear moral hazard where corrupt officers falsify paper records to meet quotas rather than conduct actual field investigations
The first-order effect of this institutional failure is a complete breakdown of public safety and a surge in uninvestigated homicides across the region. When police actively conceal missing persons to pad administrative stats, violent criminals receive free immunity to continue operating without fear of detection
The second-order effect hits the regional economy, threatening major hospitality and travel stocks like $LOTE (Lotte Tour Development), $083540 (Paradise Co), and $035250 (Kangwon Land). Institutional capital will quickly discount Jeju-exposed leisure assets as safety concerns drive away domestic tourists and foreign visitors
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Heavy rain across eastern and southern Taiwan has caused severe flooding and disruptions, leaving at least 2 people missing and over 130 injured.
#Taiwan#TaiwanWeather
【祝】三浦璃来&木原龍一の“りくりゅう”ペア、婚約を発表
https://t.co/rkpJcLfvoj
ミラノ五輪のフィギュアスケートペアで、史上初めて金メダルを獲得した三浦璃来さんと木原龍一さんが23日、婚約したことを発表した。
(Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi / POOL / AFP /Anadolu via Getty Images)