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Man in viral ‘Suwon drug zombie’ video arrested

Police detained the suspect seen in the widely shared clip Tuesday after he tested positive for methamphetamine, authorities said.

2026.6.23

U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo after signing the ″Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act,″ during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on July 16 in Washington. [AP/YONHAP]

China announces restrictions on chemicals after deal with Trump on fentanyl tariffs

China said Monday it is making good on its pledge to crack down on chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, a key issue for U.S. President Donald Trump during recent talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

2025.11.11

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U.S. President Donald Trump displays his signed bill during a signing ceremony for The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington on July 16. [EPA/YONHAP]

Trump thinks China will begin sentencing people to death for fentanyl distribution

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he thinks China will begin sentencing people to death for fentanyl manufacturing and distribution.

2025.7.17

Repaying the disgrace with fentanyl (KOR)

Just as the aftermath of the Opium War was not limited to England and Qing China, the fentanyl war between the U.S. and China, with tariffs used as a weapon, would shake the global economic order as well as the two countries.

2024.12.11

Repaying the disgrace with fentanyl

2024.12.11

Full-body tattoos on the chests and backs of suspected criminal gang members apprehended by Gwangju law enforcement in November last year were traced back to 12 local unlicensed tattoo artists, who were indicted on Monday as part of a larger crackdown on organized crime in the city. [GWANGJU DISTRICT PROSECUTORS OFFICE]

Illegal tattoo artists indicted for inking up gangsters

Twelve unlicensed tattoo artists based in the southwestern city of Gwangju were indicted on Monday for inking over 2,000 people, including 32 minors, amid a crackdown on organized crime in the city.

2023.7.31

Revenge for the Opium War? (KOR)

A resolution of the U.S.-China discord should begin with cooperating to end the fentanyl crisis.

2023.5.23

Revenge for the Opium War?

A resolution of the U.S.-China discord should begin with cooperating to end the fentanyl crisis.

2023.5.22

In this social media post, a teenager advertises for sale dietamine, an appetite suppressor made from phentermine, an amphetamine under the Narcotics Control Act. [GANGNAM POLICE PRECINCT]

In Korea's teen drug problem, the adults are not all right

Korea saw a record number of drug arrests for teenagers in 2021, 450 in all, and kids were not the only ones to blame. Adults are at fault too.

2022.7.6

Rapper Satsuki (Kim Eun-Ji) sits for an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo at the Addiction Rehabilitation Center of the Korea Anti-Drugs Movement Headquarters in Seoul on June 23. [KIM MIN-JOONG]

One rapper finds her way back from fentanyl addiction

Satsuki wants to go public with details of her fentanyl addiction, although they might embarrass her, so others will avoid the path she was lured down.

2022.6.30