The massage parlor killings in Atlanta has a Korean connection:

 Four people of Korean descent were among those killed in a series of deadly shootings in the U.S. city of Atlanta, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

South Korea’s Consulate General in Atlanta sent consular staff members to check if there were any other Korean causalities in the shootings, the ministry said.

The consulate has confirmed with the local police that the four killed in the shooting were of Korean descent, a ministry official said. 

Authorities are still checking to confirm whether they held South Korean nationality.

Yonhap

You can read more at the link, but a 21 year old suspect has been taken into custody who is believed to have been the killer. Of course CNN is playing this up as a racial incident with no evidence to support it.

Here is an interesting tourism idea to promote a remote part of South Korea:

 Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry out some pruning on an island in southwest South Korea.

Inspired by their native balloon flower, residents of the Banwol and Bakji Islands, known as the ‘Purple Islands’, have painted their houses, roads and bridges in shades of the hue, and planted purple flowers such as lavender and asters to transform their town into a tourist attraction.

Reuters

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It seems the U.S. can never consistently keep pressure on North Korea to ever get any results, but here is the latest administration to try:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Washington is looking at various ways to address the North Korean nuclear issue, including “pressure measures” and “diplomatic paths,” during its ongoing policy review.

During a press conference with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their Japanese counterparts, Toshimitsu Motegi and Nobuo Kishi, in Tokyo, Blinken also pointed out the U.S.’ commitment to dealing with human rights abuses in the North.

Yonhap

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You know it is spring time when the major yellow dust storms start rolling in:

Local air quality may further worsen later this week, as high levels of yellow dust originating from the inland deserts in northern China are forecast to blow into the Korean Peninsula, which has been hit by heavy concentrations of ultrafine dust particles for nearly a week, the state weather agency said Monday.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), yellow dust originating from the extensive inland areas of China and Mongolia and the Gobi Desert is expected to arrive over South Korea beginning early Tuesday morning.

Yonhap

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So much for Kim Yo-jong being sidelined by her brother because she is clearly back to playing a key role attacking South Korea and the U.S.:

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened Tuesday to scrap a military peace agreement with South Korea and break up a Workers’ Party organ tasked with inter-Korean dialogue as she lambasted the South for conducting military exercises with the United States.

Kim Yo-jong also warned the new U.S. administration of President Joe Biden not to engage in such hostile acts, saying it better not do things that would “keep it from getting a good night’s sleep” if it wants to sleep well for the next four years.

Yonhap

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