The first light of dawn filtered through the grimy windows of Seoul Station, casting long shadows over the men and women who had claimed the cold floor as their bed for the night. For them, the arrival of a new day was not a promise of opportunity, but a test of sheer endurance—fighting off hypothermia, hunger, and the crushing weight of social invisibility. Yet, even amidst their struggle, they found themselves the subject of a toxic and viral urban myth. A rumor sweeping across Korean social media claimed that these individuals, who were merely fighting to survive another night, were…

The telephone in Benjamin Netanyahu’s world has become a source of torment. For weeks, according to a detailed Financial Times report, the Israeli Prime Minister has been dialing Donald Trump almost every day, sometimes more than once, trying to reignite the very conflict the White House would rather let die. Netanyahu, the self-styled “Mr. Security” of Israeli politics, has a message: America must attack Iran now, target its nuclear sites, and reassert the kind of overwhelming force that would once have made Israeli opponents tremble. But the answer on the other end of the line is not the enthusiastic support…