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According to reports, a 47-year-old South Korean man who was found floating in North Korean waters earlier this week was shot and set on fire by members of the North Korean military. Kim acknowledged the killing in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, characterizing it as a shameful act that should never have occurred. The killing was the first of a South Korean citizen at the hands of North Korean forces in a decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1846551d92df1a46dda51e/1601044200596-VH2BJCC3RVKOZS5XYEKR/image-asset.jpeg Weekly Snapshot for 9/25/20 - two stabbed in paris near former offices of charlie hebdo Two individuals have been arrested for the stabbing of two others near the former offices of controversial satire magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The Charlie Hebdo offices were attacked in 2015 by two brothers claiming to be members of Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Penninsula. The attack resulted in the deaths of 12 people. The motive and extent of the attack was still not entirely clear as of 10:30 EST, but the manner of the attack- specifically, the use of a meat cleaver- appears consistent with other extremist-inspired attacks that have occurred in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1846551d92df1a46dda51e/1601044876132-22ADG2D0VPZ5BHDAKBBA/image-asset.jpeg Weekly Snapshot for 9/25/20 - U.S. to provide humanitarian aid to syria, sahel, sudan The United States Government has pledged $720 million in humanitarian assistance to Syria, as well as an additional $152 million for the African Sahel region and $108 million for South Sudan. The African Sahel is seen by many as an increasingly dangerous new front for terrorist activity, driven in part by food insecurity and population displacement. 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China has labeled the twelve “separatists” and accused them of illegal border crossing as they tighten their grip on the formerly autonomous city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f1846551d92df1a46dda51e/1601167001205-G1CCK2JOJNXBOVAA1S82/image-asset.jpeg Weekly Snapshot 10/2/2020 Europe discussing additional covid-19 precautions Several European countries are deliberating how to handle a potential resurgence of COVID-19 in their countries. As the case numbers surge in some countries and level off in others, the debate rages on the proper way to balance concerns over the virus with sustaining a functioning society.