Hieun Shin

This photo taken on January 21, 2025 shows a pork cutlet dish served with shredded cabbage (C) at the restaurant Katsukichi in Tokyo. The 2024 record summer heat and heavy rain ruined crops, driving up the cost of the usually inexpensive leafy green in what Japanese media has dubbed a “cabbage shock”. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Japan-economy-agriculture-climate-inflation, REPORTAGE by Tomohiro Osaki and Hieun Shin (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

A ‘cabbage shock’ squeezes Japan’s chefs and shoppers: ‘Mind-blowingly expensive’

By Tomohiro Osaki, Hieun Shin, and others

South Korea’s Acting President Choi Sang-mok (R) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands during a meeting in Seoul on January 6, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LEE JIN-MAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea fires ballistic missle as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings in Seoul

By Hieun Shin and AFP