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Lee Man-hee, the leader of a South Korean sect linked to more than half the country's 4,000-plus coronavirus cases, gets down on his knees to bow before reporters and apologise for the spread of the disease. IMAGES
The World Food Programme's (WFP) Assistant Executive Director, Valerie Guarnieri, speaking from Rome during a UN briefing says that "27 million people have been affected by the El Nino-induced drought" in South Africa adding that almost four million children are suffering from "acute malnutrition". SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-Sik arrives and is welcomed by his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosinika-Kamysz in Pruszkow, Poland. IMAGES
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS was discharged from his South Korean military service on Wednesday. Jin is the first member of the band to complete the mandatory duty, freeing him up to fully resume musical activities. The seven members of the world's most popular boy band have been performing their service -- which South Korea requires of all men under 30, due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North -- with the K-pop juggernaut on a self-described "hiatus" since 2022. IMAGES