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South Korean regulators are fining Google and the parent company of Facebook for violating local privacy laws. The tech giants are blamed for collecting private data for use in personalized ad without user permission. Shin Ha-young has the details. South Korea has taken strong action against two tech giants, Google and the parent company of Facebook, Meta. The Personal Information Protection Commission, or PIPC, said Wednesday that it's fined Google around 50 million U.S. dollars and Meta 22 million for violating local privacy laws. "It has been confirmed that Google and Meta have been violating the law by collecting and analyzing users' personal information for personalized online advertisements without their consent or clearly informing them."

The U.S. and South Korea issued a warning to North Korea following intensifying missile launches.

North Korea fired 23 missiles, the most ever in a single day, and then at least six more tonight. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez has more details on how South Korea, Japan and the U.S. are reacting to the tests.

The U.S. Indo Pacific Command said the launches highlighted the “destabilizing impact” of North Korea’s illicit nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. The Japanese Defense Ministry said it also detected the launches and that the type of missiles used and their flight information were still being analyzed. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said its top nuclear envoy held separate phone talks with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts soon after the launches. It said the three agreed to strengthen trilateral coordination on North Korea while repeating their calls for the North to stop weapons tests and return to talks. Since late September, North Korea has launched a barrage of missiles toward the sea in what it called simulated tests of tactical nuclear weapons systems designed to attack South Korean and U.S. targets. North Korea says its testing activities were meant to issue a warning amid a series of South Korea-U.S. military drills. But some experts say Pyongyang has also used its rivals’ drills as a chance to test new weapons systems, boost its nuclear capability and increase its leverage in future dealings with Washington and Seoul.

Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup's niece was among those killed in a stampede during a Halloween celebration in South Korea over the weekend. Anne Gieske, a graduate of Beechwood High School and a nursing student in her third year at the University of Kentucky, was killed following Saturday evening's incident in Seoul. Gieske was studying abroad in South Korea with an education abroad program, UK's President Eli Cailouto said.

Casualties were reported in a crowd stampede at a Halloween celebration in Seoul.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise after the four-day Chuseok holiday in South Korea. The country confirmed 57-thousand-3-hundred-9 new infections on Tuesday. That's up more than 20 thousand from the previous day,... mainly due to more testing after the holiday lull. 35 COVID-related deaths were reported. There are 5-hundred-47 critically ill patients. And from Tuesday, those who've made reservations for SKYCovione, South Korea's first domestically-produced COVID vaccine, can get their shots. So far though, just 67 people have reserved a spot to get the vaccine.

he Korean won continues to depreciate against the U.S. dollar, posing yet another challenge to the Korean economy's recovery amid record-high inflation and other external risks. The foreign exchange authorities are warning against herd behavior, a verbal intervention, saying they're prepared to take appropriate measures to stem the won's excessive depreciation. Lee Ji-yoon has more. On Thursday, the Korean won ended at 1-thousand-3-hundred-93-point-7 won against the greenback. The won has been losing ground dramatically against the U.S. dollar as the latest inflation numbers in the U.S. suggest more outsized rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. And with growing fears of a global recession, South Korea's foreign exchange authorities on Thursday said they are closely monitoring the currency market as volatility increases in the local currency. South Korea's finance minister Choo Kyung-ho also addressed similar concerns. "We're closely monitoring herd behavior in the foreign exchange market and will take appropriate measures to stabilize the market if necessary." However, the minister said, there's no need for excessive anxiety. "Although the won is sharply depreciating against the U.S. dollar, there's no need for excessive anxiety over this because we have been consulting with foreign experts while keeping a close eye on external indicators." Many analysts have been urging the authorities to actively intervene, saying the Korean currency has already slid to a level that would do more harm than good to the South Korean economy. And the heightened uncertainty has fueled concerns over whether the country holds an amount of foreign currency reserves sufficient to cover short-term foreign debt. Lee Ji-yoon Arirang News.

This is the first time a North Korean ballistic missile has landed this deep into South Korea’s territorial waters.

South Korean police reveal that emergency calls for help began nearly four hours before the deadly crowd surge that killed at least 156 people.

North Korea launches four new missile tests as a response to joint exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.

The U.S. deployed a supersonic bomber to North Korea for the first time in five years, taking part in the final day of a vast U.S.-South Korean military exercise. The B1 heavy bombers came as a response to an unprecedented barrage of missile tests by North Korea, where more than 30 weapons were fired.

South Korea responded to what it says was a swarm of 180 North Korean military aircraft. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for a stop to U.S.-South Korean training exercises, putting American pilots and Seoul on high alert. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez is there.

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Tensions in the Korean Peninsula are peaking. South Korea has scrambled its jets after Seoul detected about 180 North Korean war planes. The North Korean Jets were detected flying north of the military border for over four hours on Friday.

The South Korean military said North Korea sent dozens of warplanes towards the border, a provocative move amidst escalating tensions.

North Korea's military said on Monday that its recent barrage of missile tests were practice to "mercilessly" strike key South Korean and U.S. targets. U.S. and South Korean officials responded by saying they would further enhance their joint training drills.

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South Korea said Wednesday that a North Korean missile fired toward the South last week was an SA-5 surface-to-air missile weapon that dates back to the 1960s.

North Korea's military said that recent South Korea-U.S. military exercises were an ‘open provocation and dangerous war drill,’ and it had responded with measures simulating striking their air bases and warplanes, state-run television KRT reported.