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Nepal-China Catastrophic Floods Leave 1,066 Dead As South Korean Emergency Relief Team Arrives One week after catastrophic floods swept through the Himalayan mountainous region on the Nepal-China border, rescue authorities are making desperate efforts to find missing persons presumed trapped in multiple hydroelectric power plants and other locations. SBS Sep 2, 2026 2:23 PM

Japan Sees Surge in 'Ghost Restaurants' Without Seating Amid Tax Policy Shifts In Japan, delivery-focused restaurants that do not provide seating for customers are called "ghost restaurants." After surging during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently slowing down, ghost restaurants are experiencing a rapid resurgence recently. SBS Sep 2, 2026 12:49 PM

Apple's Tim Cook to Receive $47 Million Despite Stepping Down as CEO 80 billion won) for the 2027 fiscal year, which begins in October. Tim Cook, who has stepped down to become chairman of the board, will receive $47 million (approx. SBS Sep 2, 2026 12:13 PM

Ground Searches Intensify in Missing Persons Areas; Emergency Relief Team Arrives On-Site Ground searches by the rapid response team have officially intensified to find the nine South Korean nationals missing in the heavy floods in Nepal. SBS Sep 2, 2026 12:09 PM

France Imposes Surcharges on Fast Fashion Products from Shein and Temu Fast fashion involves the mass production and low-cost distribution of items that rapidly reflect the latest trends, with Chinese online platforms such as Shein, Temu, and AliExpress being prime examples. SBS Sep 2, 2026 12:06 PM

Iran Vows Retaliatory Strikes... "Multiple US Troops Killed" In a statement issued on September 1 local time, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps branded the US airstrikes on its southern coast as an "act of desperation" and announced that it has initiated strong retaliatory measures. SBS Sep 2, 2026 11:42 AM

VANK: Spanish Textbooks Advance Japan's Colonial Rule of Korea by 15 Years VANK, a cyber diplomatic mission, announced today that it analyzed seven middle and high school textbooks published by five major Spanish textbook publishers, identified errors and biased descriptions regarding South Korea, and sent analysis reports and correction letters to the publishers. SBS Sep 2, 2026 11:36 AM

South Korea's KDRT Carrying 44 Personnel Arrives in Kathmandu 1 South Korea's Disaster Relief Team arrived in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, on the 2nd to support search and rescue operations at the site of massive flooding in Nepal. SBS Sep 2, 2026 9:55 AM

Global Government Bond Sell-Off Pushes 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield to 4.8% According to Bloomberg data, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury rose 4.80 basis points (1 bp = 0.01 percentage point) from the previous trading session to close at 4.799% on September 1 . SBS Sep 2, 2026 9:53 AM

Former National Security Advisor Bolton: Trump Will Likely Try to Meet Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang John Bolton, who served as White House National Security Advisor during the first Donald Trump administration, predicted that President Trump will push for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang. SBS Sep 2, 2026 9:34 AM