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Lee Man-hee, the leader of a South Korean sect linked to more than half the country's 4,000-plus coronavirus cases, gets down on his knees to bow before reporters and apologise for the spread of the disease. IMAGES
Images outside the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu, South Korea. More than 80 members of Shincheonji have now been infected, starting with a 61-year-old woman who developed a fever on February 10 but attended at least four church services before being diagnosed. Shincheonji is often accused of being a cult and claims its founder, Lee Man-hee, has donned the mantle of Jesus Christ and will take 144,000 people with him to heaven on the day of judgement. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-Sik arrives and is welcomed by his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosinika-Kamysz in Pruszkow, Poland. IMAGES
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS was discharged from his South Korean military service on Wednesday. Jin is the first member of the band to complete the mandatory duty, freeing him up to fully resume musical activities. The seven members of the world's most popular boy band have been performing their service -- which South Korea requires of all men under 30, due to tensions with the nuclear-armed North -- with the K-pop juggernaut on a self-described "hiatus" since 2022. IMAGES
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is welcomed to The Hague by Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte as Yoon kicks off the second day of a technology-focused visit. The two countries, which already enjoy strong trade ties, are expected to sign several agreements after Yoon and Rutte finish up a meeting. IMAGES
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