A South Korean military aircraft was bringing 163 nationals home from Israel, along with some 60 foreigners on Saturday amid the raging conflict between the Jewish nation and the Hamas militant group, the Foreign Ministry here said.
Public pressure had then provoked President Yoon to declare that nuclear weapons remained an option if North Korea continued to pose an existential threat.
The number is the lowest since 1970, when the statistical agency began compiling related data, and represents the 10th straight year of shrinkage
The real surprise was the prices: astonishingly cheap. I picked several items, feeling somewhat guilty.
Earlier this week, Pyongyang is under heavy economic sanctions over its nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes and carried out its latest launches.
The club had been renovated recently without official authorization and investigation is underway, according to authorities.
North Korea had previously warned that the upcoming US-South Korea joint military exercises could affect the resumption of the talks.
The 35-year-old, who runs a private tutoring company, claimed the sex was "consensual" and that he believed the victim was much older than South Korea's age of consent, which is 13.
