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1. Community Closet event in Itaewon offers free medical check-ups, clothing donations for foreign residents in need Korea Times · 9 Nov 2026

   Itaewon Global Village Center will offer free internal medicine check-ups for all foreign residents this Saturday as part of its Community Closet event. The check-ups will cover only seasonal illnesses such as fever, colds, coughs, the flu and related issues, and medicine will be provided free of…

2. Sogang University tops university category in service quality index for 13th straight year Korea Times · 9 Nov 2026

   Sogang University has ranked No. 1 in the university category for the 13th consecutive year in the Korean Standard-Service Quality Index (KS-SQI) survey conducted by the Korean Standards Association (KSA). The university said it earned an overall score of 86.5 points in this year's survey…

3. Second vice minister of foreign affairs discusses role of diplomacy at HUFS lecture Korea Times · 9 Nov 2026

   Kim Jin-a, second vice minister of foreign affairs, delivered a lecture on the changing international order and the challenges facing Korean diplomacy at the Seoul campus of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) on Nov. 4. The university said the lecture was part of the 2026 HUFS Special…

4. PPP leaders gather outside Cheong Wa Dae to protest special counsel bill Korea Times · 9 Nov 2026

   Leaders of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) gathered outside Cheong Wa Dae on Monday to protest the recent passage of a bill calling for a special counsel investigation into alleged fabricated indictments targeting President Lee Jae Myung and others. The PPP leadership held a Supreme…

5. Lagos branches light up i-Fitness GameFest 2.0 Punch · 9 Nov 2026

   Yaba claimed both the male and female 100m titles, Opebi won the male football tournament, and Ago Palace took the female football crown as i-Fitness GameFest 2.0 brought branches from across the… Read More: https://punchng.com/lagos-branches-light-up-i-fitness-gamefest-2-0/

6. Opposition’s consensus candidate plan dead – G-100 chieftain Punch · 9 Nov 2026

   The failure of opposition parties to shelve their individual ambitions in favour of a consensus presidential candidate against President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election has effectively ended the… Read More: https://punchng.com/oppositions-consensus-candidate-plan-dead-g-100-chieftain/

7. South Korea’s low birth rate fuels $5.1 billion baby goods retail boom SPH Media · 9 Nov 2026

   The dwindling number of children are becoming what Korean marketers dub VIBs – “Very Important Babies”.

8. Alcaraz downs Shelton in final to claim maiden Paris Masters title ABC News (Australia) · 9 Nov 2026

   Carlos Alcaraz wins the elusive Paris Masters for the first time in his career, claiming his fifth title win of the calendar year.

9. Philippine GDP grows 2.1% in Q3, dragged by high inflation Nikkei · 9 Nov 2026
10. Philippine economic growth slows further to 2.1% in Q3 2026 Rappler · 9 Nov 2026

    MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine economy slowed even further in the third quarter of 2026, posting its weakest growth since 2009, excluding the pandemic years. Gross domestic product (GDP), the common measure of the economy based on the value of goods and services produced locally, expanded by…