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Kuwaiti stabbed following parking row at Al Jahra shopping mall

Kuwait: A Bedoun man in his 30s has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a Kuwaiti citizen during a dispute over parking priority at a shopping mall in Al Jahra Governorate, according to Al Anba newspaper. The incident began when the Ministry of Interior’s operations room received a report of a fight in a mall car park, prompting security officers to attend the…

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A Bedouin man in his 30s has been arrested and charged with attempted murder following a stabbing incident at an Al Jahra shopping mall in Kuwait. The Ministry of Interior's operations room received a report of a fight in the mall's car park, prompting security officers to respond to the scene. Police discovered a young Kuwaiti man with a stab wound to his hand and transported him to Al Jahra Hospital, where he is reported to be in stable condition.

The suspect was apprehended at the scene and allegedly admitted during questioning that an argument had ensued over parking priority before the confrontation intensified. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the stabbing, including the reason the suspect had a knife in his vehicle and whether he might be connected to any robbery cases.

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The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has announced it will review regulations on social media platforms for teenagers. The review comes as there have been concerns that current regulations are not effectively protecting teenagers from self-harm content and cyberbullying on social networking services (SNS). KCC Chairman, Kim Chong-in, stated on the 8th that he will “review the matter of whether to regulate SNS operators to block self-harm content, such as deep cuts, and implement measures to protect teenagers.” Chairman Kim added, “We will also look into whether it is necessary to regulate the operators to delete or block cyberbullying posts.” Currently, SNS operators are only required to delete or block content that “clearly” encourages self-harm. However, as there have been cases where teenagers have been exposed to self-harm content that does not clearly encourage self-harm, such as photos of deep cuts, the need for strengthened regulations has been raised. In response, Chairman Kim stated, “We will review whether it is necessary to regulate content that does not clearly encourage self-harm, but may lead to copycat acts, such as deep cuts.” The KCC plans to hold a public hearing next month to collect opinions from experts and the public on the regulation of SNS operators. The KCC will then finalize its measures to regulate SNS operators and take action. Chairman Kim emphasized, “Protecting teenagers is the top priority for the KCC.”

·hani.co.kr

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office's comprehensive special investigation team indicted Cho Sung-hyun, the former commander of the Capital Defense Command, on Friday. The team also re-indicted, without detention, three high-ranking military officers, including former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Chung Myung-chul and former Army Chief of Staff Lee Jin-woo, on charges of destroying evidence related to the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster. Prosecutors also decided to indict 14 others, including former presidential security adviser Kim Moo-seong and Rep. Kim Chong-in of the Democratic Party, on charges of dereliction of duty. The indictments came after the Constitutional Court nullified the team's previous indictments of the 17 individuals in 2018, citing a lack of jurisdiction. The court ruled that the special investigation team, established under the prosecutors' office, was not authorized to indict high-ranking government officials. Friday's indictments may affect the second trial of Lee Jin-woo and others, who were previously acquitted of charges related to the military's botched response to the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster. The Supreme Prosecutors' Office said it will review the case and seek an opinion from the Supreme Court if necessary. The case involves allegations that high-ranking military and government officials, including former President Park Geun-hye, intervened in the military's investigation into the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster. The disaster killed 304 people, most of them high school students. The special investigation team has been reinvestigating the case since the Constitutional Court's ruling.

·hani.co.kr

What is the 'political firewall' against Germany's far-right AfD?

Germany's centrist parties reject any cooperation with the Alternative for Germany (AfD), parts of which are classified as right-wing extremist.

  • Political firewall aims to protect democracy from extremist parties like AfD.
  • CDU leader Friedrich Merz vowed to create a strict boundary against AfD in 2021.
  • CDU has adopted a resolution of incompatibility, rejecting coalitions with AfD and Left Party.

·dw.com

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