Seoul, May 25 (IANS) The foreign ministry os South Korea on Monday said it has pressed Israel to conduct a thorough investigation into claims by two South Korean activists that they were assaulted by Israeli forces after being detained aboard aid vessels bound for the Gaza Strip.The ministry said it called in the deputy Israeli ambassador to South Korea to its office on Saturday and conveyed its concerns over those allegations, Yonhap news agency reported.The two activists, Kim Ah-hyun and Kim D…
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Paris, May 24 (IANS) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir had been banned from entering France effective immediately.In a post on social platform X, Barrot said on Saturday that the decision followed Ben-Gvir’s “unqualifiable” actions toward French and European citizens aboard the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla.”We cannot tolerate French nationals being threatened, intimidated or subjected to violence in such a manner, especi…
Seoul, May 21 (IANS) Israel has released two South Korean nationals captured while heading for the Gaza Strip aboard humanitarian aid vessels, the South Korean presidential office said Thursday, welcoming their release.Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung announced their release at a press briefing a day after the Lina Al Nabulsi, carrying South Korean activist Kim Ah-hyun and Korean American activist Jonathan Victor Lee, was intercepted by the Israeli military in waters near the Gaza Strip.Tw…
Seoul, May 20 (IANS) Israeli forces have seized another humanitarian aid flotilla, carrying two activists from a South Korean civic group, headed for the Gaza Strip, the group said Wednesday.The Lina Al Nabulsi, carrying South Korean activist Kim Ah-hyun and Korean American activist Jonathan Victor Lee, was confirmed to have been intercepted by the Israeli military in waters near the Gaza Strip at 2:50 a.m. Wednesday (Seoul time), according to the Korean Flotilla for a Free Palestine.The capture…
Seoul, May 19 (IANS) Israeli forces have seized a humanitarian aid flotilla carrying a South Korean activist headed for the Gaza Strip, a civic group said Tuesday.According to the group advocating for Palestinian liberation, the Kyriakos X boat carrying activist Kim Dong-hyeon was intercepted late Monday (Seoul time) by the Israeli Navy near Cyprus.Kim is now presumably detained aboard an Israeli warship along with other activists from around the world, the group said.Kim departed for Gaza earli…