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1. South Korean finishes 3rd in the 2023 International Mathematical Olympiad 2. Huw Edwards’ wife names him as BBC presenter facing allegations 3. K-pop stock falls 7% amid questions over Blackpink member Lisa’s contract renewal

1. Giant panda Ai Bao gives birth to twin cubs in South Korea 2. South Korea calls for IOC investigation into Sochi 2014 gold medallist Sotnikova's doping comments 3. Paris to reopen Seine for public swimming after century-long ban

1. Incheon International Airport to begin face scans at departure gates 2. Original props from Indiana Jones movie on display in Seoul 3. AI robot gets snarky when asked whether it would rebel against its human creator

1. Young Koreans gather to watch their favorite streaming shows in private screening rooms 2.  South Korea braces for weeklong rainy spell 3. Truck drivers show up to a boy's birthday party after mom's desperate social media plea

1. South Korean doctors flee pediatrics as low birth rate bites 2. Koreans express anger over Russian figure skater’s belated acknowledgement that she tested positive for doping 3. Seoul city launches international design contest to make Jamsu Bridge Han River’s first pedestrian-only bridge

1. Foreign tourists turn their backs on Myeong-dong due to pricey food 2. Former football player Lee Chun-soo catches hit-and-run drunk driver on foot 3. Tourist from England accused of carving name in Colosseum says he did not realise its age

1. Over 700 children’s personal information removed from online platforms 2. 8,000 choral performers from around the world gather in Gangneung 3. Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record

1. F&B industry, consumers concerned over latest aspartame revelations 2. Korean firefighting team arrives in Ottawa to help Canada battle wildfires 3. Barbiecore fashion trend sweeps summer

1. 'The Roundup: No Way Out' draws 10 million viewers in 32 days 2. 100 single men and women participate in mass blind date organized by Seongnam City 3. Wimbledon are relaxing their all-white dress code to ease the stress of women’s periods

1. SNU study shows humans pump so much groundwater that the Earth’s axis has shifted 2. Lim Ji-yeon's 'jajangmyeon mukbang' goes viral 3. Oscars invite actor Park Hae-il to join Academy

1. Seoul subway to scrap extra fees for quick bathroom visit, platform change 2. FIFTY FIFTY members file lawsuit to suspend exclusive contracts with agency Attrakt 3. Customer comes under fire for trying to capitalize on the craze for Five Guys on used market platform

1. Child-friendly zones pop up in Seoul in response to kid-free venues 2. YouTube removes North Korean vlogs after S.Korea blocks accounts 3. New study finds dolphin mums use 'baby talk' just like humans

1. Korea Craft and Design Foundation to promote hansik with 'food culture box' 2. Japanese child riding a surfboard adorned with the rising sun at a surf park faces protests by Korean surfers 3. Korea’s first robotic conductor to lead national orchestra performance

1. Travel authorities vow to tackle overcharging at rural festivals 2. Love bugs resurface in Seoul: Residents express frustration 3. Old malnourished lion at Gimhae zoo to spend his remaining days getting better care at a new home in Cheongju

1. Swords that once belonged to Admiral Yi Sun-shin to be designated as national treasures 2. Korea's monsoon season to begin next week 3. 82-year-old Seoul Paik Hospital to permanently close its doors

1. Banging sounds heard in search for lost sub Titan 2. YouTube Korea to launch first official shopping channel in the world 3. Everland shares photo of 20-day-old baby giraffe Maru

1. Kang Mi-sun wins best female dancer at Benois de la Danse 2. High-earning cram school lecturers face chilly public reaction for slamming Yoon's mention of CSAT 3. Emart24 propels Korean food craze in Singapore

1. Passenger attempts to open plane door on Jeju Air flight to Incheon 2. Korean Culture Days attract locals and businesses to Brussels 3. Koreans tighten their purse strings, postpone summer travel plans due to soaring prices

1. RM turns radio DJ for grand finale of '2023 BTS Festa' 2. Temperatures soar above 30 degrees as Seoul gets first heatwave advisory this year 3. Koreans tighten their purse strings, postpone summer travel plans due to soaring prices

1. Goryeo-era transcription of a Buddhist text returns home from Japan 2. The words of disabled lawmaker during plenary session resonates with many 3. Beyoncé concert in Stockholm blamed for unexpectedly high Swedish inflation

1. Korean maintenance technology employed to preserve one of the world’s oldest religious monuments 2. Seoul City introduces unmanned robot charger for EVs 3. Starbucks ordered to pay $25m to ex-employee in racial discrimination case

1. UNDP survey shows gender bias issues worsen in Korean society 2. 2023 Seoul International Book Fair to kick off with theme 'nonhuman’ 3. Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song

1. Gwanghwamun's moonlight yoga aims to help ease stress experienced by citizens 2. The world’s biggest sporting event is coming to Paris for the first time in 100 years but not everyone’s happy 3. Man caught 72 floors up trying to climb Lotte World Tower

1. Korea sea salt demand grows ahead of Japan's Fukushima contaminated water release 2. An idyllic Swiss village is cashing in on K-drama, imposes fee to pose on Netflix-famous pier 3. Female flight attendants will no longer have to wear high heels and male crew can wear makeup after an OZ airline updates its rules

1. ‘Maru and Ara’ selected as names for exoplanets to be observed by the James Webb Space Telescope 2. Canada wildfires envelope New York in apocalyptic haze 3. See-through structures now required to include patterns to prevent bird collisions