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The United States' issuance of nonimmigrant visas for Koreans fell nearly 8 percent from a year earlier in 2025 following the inauguration of the new U.S. President Donald Trump administration, data analyzed by a lawmaker's office showed Sunday. The office of Rep. Hong Kee-won of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea said it recently analyzed U.S. State Department data on visa issuance per country and found that 68,130 nonimmigrant visas had been issued to Koreans last year, down 7.95 percent from 74,015 issued in 2024 during former President Joe Biden's administration. The number fell across most categories, including the B-1 business visa and the B-2 tourism visa. During the months following last September's surprise detention of hundreds of Korean workers in the U.S. state of Georgia, however, the numbers appeared to grow, according to the lawmaker's office. In December, Korea and the U.S. launched a visa support desk at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul to help Korean companies investing in the U.S. with smoother entry procedures. The State Department data showed average monthly B-1 and B-2 vi

Mrima Hill, a sacred site about 65km (40 miles) southwest of Mombasa on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, is emerging as a new front in the US-China rivalry for critical minerals. US-led and Chinese bidders are competing for rights to develop the site, which is rich in rare earths and niobium, a metal used to make steel stronger and lighter. American officials have offered to support Kenya’s development of its domestic critical minerals processing industry as Washington seeks to challenge Beijing’s...

Campaigners have warned £15,000 being spent to tackle the decay of a tram shelter will not be enough, with fears the damage could soon return.

A care home worker who stole more than £3,200 from a dead resident to pay off her credit card bill has been sentenced.

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A mystery investor has emerged who wants to spend up to £4million transforming a derelict building condemned to the bulldozer into luxury apartments.

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Vision has emerged of Lions coach Chris Fagan sitting atop co-captain Harris Andrews on the dancefloor at the team's after party, held at the Pullman Hotel East Melbourne.

Saturday Night Live UK returned to screens with Chicken Shop Date's Amelia Dimoldenberg as host, featuring a sketch in which actors portrayed Oasis and Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a Russian phishing scam spoof