The Central Bank of Turkey lowered the benchmark interest rate for one-week repo transactions from 39.5% to 38.0% by 1.5 percentage points on November 11 (local time). Since July, the Central Bank of Turkey has lowered the interest rate, which was 46.0% at the time, a total of four times by 7.5 percentage points. The Monetary Policy Committee explained, "Consumer prices in November were lower than expected due to a drop in food prices," and "The underlying trend of inflation

On the 8th (local time), the Thai military launched a sudden airstrike toward Cambodian territory in the border dispute area. Just one day after sporadic shelling between the two countries, Thailand intensified its military strike by deploying air force power, raising concerns that the ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump last October is effectively falling apart. According to AP, Reuters, and the Bangkok Post, the Thai military authorities stated in a

The British daily The Guardian reported on the 9th (local time) that more than 9,000 children in the Gaza Strip were hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition during the month of October. The problem of child malnutrition continues even after the ceasefire in Gaza. (omitted) During the same period, 8,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women were also hospitalized due to severe malnutrition. The United Nations explained that 2.2 million Palestinian residents living in the Gaza S

Lebanon's pro-Iran armed group Hezbollah is showing no signs of laying down its weapons even as the deadline set by the United States approaches. Some fear that if Hezbollah misses the deadline, Israel could use it as an excuse to resume intensive military operations in Lebanon. Last August, the Donald Trump administration set a timetable for the complete disarmament of Hezbollah by December 31st. At the time, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also declared that "the use of

AP News reported on the 6th (local time) that 50 people, including 33 children, were killed in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebels on a kindergarten in the central-southern region of Sudan, Africa. The Sudan Doctors Network, a medical organization tracking the war situation locally, stated in a late announcement the previous day that a kindergarten in the village of Kalogi in the South Kordofan state of central-southern Sudan was hit by a drone attack from the

The Australian think tank has warned that the Chinese government is developing artificial intelligence (AI) models based on minority languages, including Korean used by ethnic Koreans (Joseonjok), as well as Uyghur and Tibetan, to monitor and control minority public opinion. AI created by China may be distributed abroad along the Belt and Road Initiative (China’s westward expansion strategy), potentially affecting Korean speakers outside of China as well. The Australian Strat

Recently, the Indian government has forced the mandatory installation of a self-developed security application on new mobile phone devices sold in the country, prompting opposition parties to protest, claiming it infringes on basic rights. According to Reuters and EFE on the 3rd (local time), the Indian Ministry of Communications ordered mobile phone manufacturers and importers on the 28th of last month to install the 'Sanchar Sathi' security app on new mobile phone devices w

Christian persecution in Yemen is intensifying again. Recently, reports have continued of several Christians being arrested or going missing in areas controlled by the Houthi rebels. Korean Open Door Mission shared the story of a local Christian named 'Majed' (pseudonym) and requested intercessory prayer. The underground church in Yemen is one of the most persecuted communities in the world. Amid decades of civil war and the rule of extremist forces, Christians are constantly

(The photo above is not related to the content.) Hello? I am Paraha, a 9th grader living in Tunisia. Three years ago, my friend Shaima, who lives in the same neighborhood, came to believe in Jesus through Korean university student sisters and shared the gospel with me. At that time, I had no interest at all in the gospel my friend shared. Then one night, I saw heaven in a dream. Heaven was a very beautiful place, but the door was closed so that I could not enter. Outside of h

Just a week after peace talks between Pakistan and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan collapsed, another bloody border clash has left five civilians, including children, dead. The two countries agreed to a ceasefire to halt the armed conflict that has persisted since October, but they failed to resolve their differences over the issue of the TTP ( Tehrik-E Taliban Pakistan ) in Pakistan, leading to renewed fighting. According to AP and Reuters on the 6th (local time), fierce f