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SEOUL: Two people have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing Spurs and South Korea captain Son Heung-min, police said on Thursday (May 15). The accused are a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s, a spokesperson for the Korean National Police Agency told AFP. The two allegedly tried to extort money from the 32-year-old forward by falsely claiming that the woman was pregnant with Son’s child, Yonhap news agency said. The footballer’s agency, Son & Football Limited, said it filed a police complaint for blackmail and will pursue “strong legal action without leniency”. The two “threatened the player…
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GENEVA: The United States and China said on Monday (May 12) they have agreed a deal…
Lee, who lost the previous presidential polls to Yoon, is now riding a wave of…
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