Seoul concludes US talks to release South Koreans detained in Hyundai raid
South Korea's government says it has concluded talks with the US to release its citizens detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, BBC reported.
The chief of staff of South Korea's president said a chartered plane would be sent to bring the detainees home if administration procedures were completed.
Kang Hoon-sik said the authorities were trying to improve the visa system to prevent such incidents in the future.
US officials detained 475 people - more than 300 of them South Korean nationals - who they said were found to be illegally working at the battery facility, one of the largest foreign investment projects in the state, according to BBC.
Microsoft says Azure cloud service disrupted by fiber cuts in Red Sea
Microsoft said on Saturday that its Microsoft Azure users may experience increased latency due to multiple undersea fiber cuts in the Red Sea, The Business Standard reported.
In an updated status message for its Azure system, the company said its users may experience service disruptions on traffic routes through the Middle East.
"We do expect higher latency on some traffic that previously traversed through the Middle East. Network traffic that does not traverse through the Middle East is not impacted. We'll continue to provide daily updates, or sooner if conditions change," Microsoft said.
Zelenskiy says nearly 60% of Ukrainian arms home-produced
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that nearly 60% of weapons used by Ukraine’s military were domestically produced, already exceeding a target he set two months ago, Reuters reported.
”During this war, Ukraine has reached the point where nearly 60% of the weapons we have, the weapons in the hands of our soldiers, are Ukrainian-made,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
”And these are powerful weapons, with many advanced features.”
Ukraine says it attacked Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia's Bryansk region
Ukraine attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia's Bryansk region, the commander of Ukraine's drone forces, Robert Brovdi, said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
Brovdi posted on the Telegram messaging channel that "comprehensive fire damage" was inflicted on the pipeline.
The transit pipeline supplies Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, according to Reuters.
