Man gets jail for setting fire to cardboard cat houses placed at void decks
The retiree said he had given feedback to his MP about the cat houses but felt nothing visible was done.
Continued
Today in Korean history
Aug. 5
- Rhee Syng-man re-elected as President of South Korea in 1952.
- China passed through South Korea's Flight Information Region in 1983.
- South Korea launched its first satellite in 1995.
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- Uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks impacts Gulf waterway traffic.