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Corte de Seúl condena a Yoon a 5 años de cárcel por cargos relacionados con decreto de ley marcial
Associated Press
SEÚL, Corea del Sur (AP) — Un tribunal de Corea del Sur condenó el viernes al expresidente Yoon Suk Yeol a cinco años de prisión por algunos cargos relacionados con su decreto para imponer la ley marcial.
El veredicto es el primero contra el exmandatario en los ocho juicios penales por el decreto que emitió a finales de 2024 y otras acusaciones.
La acusación más importante en contra de Yoon alega que lideró una rebelión en relación con la aplicación de la ley marcial, lo que conlleva una posible pena de muerte.
El Tribunal del Distrito Central de Seúl lo condenó por otros cargos, como su desacato a los intentos de las autoridades para detenerlo.
Yoon no respondió públicamente al fallo. Pero cuando un fiscal independiente exigió anteriormente una pena de 10 años de prisión para Yoon por esos cargos, su equipo legal lo acusó de tener motivaciones políticas y de carecer de fundamentos legales para exigir una sentencia tan “excesiva”.
Yoon fue sometido a un juicio político, fue arrestado y destituido de su cargo luego de que su breve imposición de la ley marcial en diciembre de 2024 desencadenó enormes protestas exigiendo su destitución.
Yoon sostiene que no tenía la intención de someter el país a un régimen militar durante un largo periodo, y afirma que su decreto solo tenía como objetivo informar a la población sobre los peligros de un parlamento controlado por los progresistas, que obstruía su agenda. Pero los investigadores han visto el decreto de Yoon como un intento de reforzar y prolongar su mandato, y lo acusaron de rebelión, abuso de poder y otros delitos penales.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Special teams doom Chicago Blackhawks in physical 3-1 loss to Calgary Flames
Before their first matchup in early November, the Chicago Blackhawks and Calgary Flames were trending in opposite directions. The Canadian team was last in the NHL while the Hawks were elevating.
Fast-forward a couple of months — past the Hawks’ stint at the bottom of the NHL — and the teams met Thursday night at the United Center with vaguely similar records. The consistent attribute was the apparent disdain for each other.
After the Flames answered Nick Foligno’s early goal with two of their own for a 2-1 lead after one period, the fireworks launched in the scoreless second. Defenseman Connor Murphy and left winger Joel Farabee dropped the gloves. Oliver Moore was drilled by Kevin Bahl. Fists were flying all over the ice.
The referees were busy at the United Center, handing out 10 penalties in the second period alone. It was a matter of which team benefited from the energy more going into the third.
It was the Flames.
The Hawks lost 3-1, falling short of completing the season sweep after outscoring the Flames 9-2 in the previous two meetings.
Both teams will feel the aftereffects.
“An interesting game, it was a little bit of a weird game,” Hawks coach Jeff Blashill said. “Where I thought we really got disconnected a bit was in the third for me, more than anything else.”
The Hawks (19-21-7) and Flames (20-23-4) haven’t shown much love for each other this season. Unless, of course, fighting is their way of expressing themselves.
They combined for 48 penalties and 200 penalty minutes in the three games, including 15 for 36 minutes Thursday.
Blackhawks left wing Landon Slaggert, right, collides with Flames goaltender Devin Cooley during the third period Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, at the United Center. (Erin Hooley/AP)
“There’s intensity in the season for sure, every game and season has a life of its own,” Murphy said. “It’s honestly good to have some of that physicality and some of the scrums that gets emotion in the building.”
But there’s a fine line between keeping your composure and matching the energy in those moments.
“Discipline more comes from the stick stuff, the stick penalties and reaching,” Murphy said. “The physicality, if a guy gets a penalty for being rough on a player or getting a hit that caused a penalty, you’re going to kill those and that still brings the edge.
“It’s the stick penalties and the ones that we have from not getting our body in front of guys. It’s habits that we want to have.”
The Hawks’ special teams didn’t do them any favors. They went without a goal on four power plays, unable to get a shot on goal on the first two. The Hawks also allowed a goal on the penalty kill for the first time in 17 opportunities.
Foligno opened the scoring with a shot off of Colton Dach’s centering pass at 2:38 of the first period. But the Flames seized back momentum when center Yegor Sharangovich scored seconds into a power play at 3:14.
Less than three minutes later, Hawks left wing André Burakovsky turned the puck over in the neutral zone. Hawks goalie Spencer Knight (20 saves) could not stop a breakaway from forward Mikael Backlund, who scored the short-handed goal.
“We’ve done a pretty good job of either winning games or putting ourselves in really good position on special teams over the course of the season, and tonight we were minus-2 in special teams,” Blashill said. “It’s hard to win games in this league without a great amount of firepower when you lose that special teams battle by two like that.”
The Hawks found themselves in a similar situation to Monday’s 4-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers — unable to tie the game while trailing 2-1.
Knight went to the bench with 1:59 to play. Flames right winger Matt Coronato scored a empty-net goal at 18:59 of the third, sealing the Hawks’ third loss in four games.
“I felt like we had some chances to put the puck in the net and didn’t capitalize on that, so that is frustrating in itself,” center Colton Dach said. “When you have a team that’s always coming at you with speed and physicality, that’s also frustrating.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/chicago-blackhawks-calgary-flames-loss/
LaMelo Ball anota 9 triples y guía a Hornets en sorpresiva victoria 135-117 sobre Lakers
LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — LaMelo Ball anotó 27 de sus 30 puntos en la segunda mitad e igualó su récord personal con nueve triples por los Hornets de Charlotte, quienes se sobrepusieron a los 39 puntos de Luka Doncic para derrotar el jueves 135-117 a los Lakers de Los Ángeles.
Ball totalizó 11 asistencias y seis rebotes. Encestó ocho triples tan sólo en la segunda mitad, celebrando alegremente cada uno mientras silenciaba a la multitud local en Los Ángeles, el área metropolitana donde nació.
Brandon Miller también anotó 26 puntos por los Hornets, mientras que Miles Bridges agregó 25 y el novato Kon Knueppel terminó con 19.
Diez días después de que los Hornets, con un récord inferior a .500, sorprendieron a Oklahoma City, líder de la NBA, Charlotte dio otra muestra de su potencial. Los Hornets mejoraron a 2-1 en su gira de cinco partidos por la Costa Oeste al alejarse de Doncic y LeBron James, quien tuvo 29 puntos y nueve rebotes.
Doncic encestó seis triples por los Lakers, que sufrieron su cuarto revés en cinco partidos, incluidas derrotas embarazosas ante Sacramento y Charlotte en los últimos cuatro días. La concentración mejorada de Los Ángeles en una victoria sobre Atlanta el martes desapareció —los Hornets anotaron 105 puntos en los últimos tres cuartos.
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Un incendio arrasa la última barriada que quedaba en Seúl
Associated Press
SEÚL, Corea del Sur (AP) — Un incendio registrado el viernes en uno de los últimos barrios pobres de Seúl arrasó viviendas improvisadas y obligó a decenas de residentes a huir, pero no se reportaron víctimas de inmediato.
Gran parte del incendio estaba bajo control unas seis horas y media después de que comenzara en la barriada de Guryong, en el sur de Seúl, según los bomberos.
En una conferencia de prensa televisada, el oficial de bomberos Jeong Gwang-hun explicó que los rescatistas estaban yendo casa por casa en la zona afectada para encontrar posibles víctimas.
Más de 1.200 personas, entre bomberos y policías, se desplazaron al lugar, agregó, señalando que la causa del incendio estaba siendo investigada.
La barriada, situada en una ladera, ha sufrido incendios ocasionales a lo largo de los años, una vulnerabilidad que, según los observadores, está relacionada con la gran densidad de viviendas, construidas con materiales fácilmente inflamables.
El vecindario está ubicado cerca de algunos de los barrios más caros de Seúl, con imponentes bloques residenciales y lujosos distritos comerciales, y ha sido durante mucho tiempo un símbolo de las marcadas desigualdades financieras en Corea del Sur.
Se formó en la década de 1980 como asentamiento para personas que habían sido desalojadas de sus barrios originales debido a proyectos de demolición y reurbanización a gran escala.
Durante esos años, cientos de miles de residentes en la ciudad fueron desalojados de sus casas en barrios marginales y asentamientos de bajos ingresos, un proceso que los líderes, respaldados por el ejército, consideraron crucial para embellecer la ciudad para los visitantes extranjeros antes de los Juegos Olímpicos de Seúl de 1988.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/un-incendio-arrasa-la-ltima-barriada-que-quedaba-en-sel/
Butler, Curry y Moody dan a Warriors 3 anotadores con 20 puntos en victoria 126-113 sobre Knicks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jimmy Butler anotó 32 puntos y ocho rebotes, Stephen Curry se calentó en la segunda mitad para terminar con 27 tantos y siete asistencias, y los Warriors de Golden State vencieron el jueves 126-113 a los Knicks de Nueva York.
Moses Moody anotó 21 puntos con siete triples por los Warriors, mientras que Brandin Podziemski sumó 19 unidades.
Deuce McBride y OG Anunoby anotaron 25 puntos cada uno y Mikal Bridges consiguió 21 por Nueva York, que perdió por séptima vez en nueve duelos. Los Knicks no contaron con Jalen Brunson debido a un esguince en el tobillo derecho sufrido la noche anterior en una derrota 112-101 en Sacramento.
El dominicano Karl-Anthony Towns anotó 17 puntos y logró su mejor récord de temporada de 20 rebotes por Nueva York. Ha sido un reencuentro de dos días para el entrenador de primer año de los Knicks, Mike Brown, despedido por los Kings la temporada pasada y también exasistente principal de los Warriors.
Curry falló sus primeros cuatro intentos de triple antes de conectar desde lejos con 9:44 restantes en el tercer cuarto. Fue apenas la tercera vez esta temporada que no consiguió un triple en la primera mitad y la primera desde que fue de 6-0 en los dos primeros cuartos el 22 de diciembre contra Orlando.
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Condenan al expresidente surcoreano Yoon a 5 años de cárcel por algunos cargos relacionados con decreto de ley marcial
SEÚL, Corea del Sur (AP) — Condenan al expresidente surcoreano Yoon a 5 años de cárcel por algunos cargos relacionados con decreto de ley marcial.
Asking Eric: How can I learn more about this?
Dear Eric: I have been taking dance classes from the same instructor for years. There are a number of us students who would like to see more technique, as opposed (or in addition) to more steps, taught as some dance styles rely heavily on technique (West Coast Swing is an example).
We really enjoy the classes and the instructor’s commitment to providing lessons to anyone, regardless of their ability/level. Since I’ve never taught dance classes before, I don’t know if things work better keeping everything “simpler”, so to speak, or if they might be misjudging the capabilities of their students?
It’s tricky to bring this up as we don’t want to criticize their teaching style, but we also want to feel that we, and the other students, are getting some of the important techniques that are sometimes lacking.
– Movin’ and Groovin’
Dear Movin’: The question “how can I learn more about this?” is such a wonderful invitation and could, in your case, open the door to a more advanced class or additional technique lessons. I imagine that your dance instructor has a passion for the form. Many teachers do. So, try to have a conversation rooted in your shared enthusiasm. This will likely sound less like a critique and more like what it is: a desire to know more and to participate more fully.
Dear Eric: I have a neighbor who seems really interested in being friends with me. She always speaks when I pass by, sends holiday cards, et cetera. We’ve talked about getting together for a meal or something but didn’t get much past the talk.
I don’t have anything against her. She seems nice enough. But when I moved in another neighbor told me to avoid her since she’s a liar.
I don’t go in much for drama and gossip, so I haven’t asked for any more information. But I trust this other neighbor. (We were actually friendly before I moved into the neighborhood.)
Mostly, I just want to be left alone.
Do you think I should try to avoid the liar neighbor or what?
– Good Fences
Dear Fences: I’m no judge but there seems to be a lot of hearsay happening here. The neighbor who gave you the warning was vague in a way that perhaps suggests discretion, but in reality, only muddies the waters. Either say something helpful (and objectively true) or say nothing at all. But a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
If you want to be friends with this other neighbor, trust your judgment and proceed with caution, just as you would with anyone else.
However, if you’re fine with an occasional hello and a holiday card, it doesn’t need to go beyond that. Sometimes the best neighborly relationships are the ones where everyone stays in their respective yards. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Dear Eric: “Contact with No Contact” wrote about a brother-in-law who had suddenly gone no contact and wondered how to navigate an upcoming wedding where the in-law would be. The letter writer wrote, “ I have developed close relationships with others in the extended family but dread dealing with these relatives again.”
This struck a chord with me.
When my sister-in-law told me she never wanted to speak to me again, I was relieved. Having made a diligent effort to mend the broken fence “of the moment” and being unequivocally rejected, I no longer had to chase a friendship that would never materialize.
But we are still relatives and therefore see each other at family gatherings. Internally, I pretend that I am meeting them for the first time. Every. Single. Time. Whether they snub me or not, either way, it doesn’t matter. I go to these events, and I enjoy them for what they are, and live in those moments without imprinting the scars of this failed relationship over those events.
– Bitter But Better
Dear Better: I think you’re making an interesting point here that may be helpful to others. We can’t erase the past and, for many, pretending to be meeting for the first time won’t do much to ease the pain of a severed relationship. But what I see in your letter is that you’re choosing a mindset.
You’ve accepted that the relationship with your sister-in-law has fractured and yet you’re still in each other’s lives. Instead of relitigating the fracture every time you see her, you’re living in the present. I think that’s something that we can all try on for size.
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We don’t always get the past that we want. And we don’t always get the present that we want, either. But by accepting those things as facts, we can start to see what’s possible and perhaps let go of expectations that just dredge up old hurts.
(Send questions to R. Eric Thomas at eric@askingeric.com or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. Follow him on Instagram and sign up for his weekly newsletter at rericthomas.com.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/asking-eric-how-can-i-learn-more-about-this/
Cuba honra a soldados muertos en Venezuela y otras fotos de la semana en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
Por The Associated Press
Los restos mortales de los 32 oficiales cubanos fallecidos durante una operación de Estados Unidos en Venezuela fueron repatriados a su país natal. Los soldados formaban parte del equipo de seguridad del presidente Nicolás Maduro cuando tropas estadounidenses allanaron su residencia el 3 de enero para capturarlo y llevarlo a Estados Unidos para enfrentar cargos por narcotráfico.
La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, aprovechó su primer mensaje sobre el estado de la nación para abogar por la apertura de la crucial industria petrolera nacional a más inversión extranjera luego de la promesa de la Casa Blanca de hacerse con el control de las ventas del crudo del país.
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Blazers se sobreponen a la ausencia de Avdija y vencen a Hawks por 117-101
PORTLAND, Oregon, EE.UU. (AP) — Shaedon Sharpe anotó 24 puntos y los Trail Blazers de Portland se sobrepusieron el jueves a la ausencia del anotador Deni Avdija para vencer a los Hawks de Atlanta por 117-101.
Avdija se perdió su segundo encuentro consecutivo debido a molestias lumbares. Está promediando 26,1 puntos, 7,1 rebotes y 6,9 asistencias.
Portland tomó una ventaja de 88-87 en el último cuarto y se alejó. Los Blazers habían perdido dos compromisos seguidos después de ganar cinco consecutivos.
Jerami Grant añadió 16 puntos y Rayan Rupert sumó 13. Jrue Holiday anotó 12 puntos en su tercer partido de regreso después de perderse 27 debido a una lesión en la pantorrilla derecha.
Onyeka Okongwu lideró a Atlanta con 26 puntos. Los Hawks tuvieron un récord de 1-3 en una gira de cuatro visitas. Han perdido nueve seguidos en Portland desde el 13 de febrero de 2017.
CJ McCollum añadió 20 puntos en su tercer duelo con los Hawks desde que llegó de Washington en el canje que envió a Trae Young a los Wizards. McCollum jugó sus primeras ocho temporadas y media con Portland.
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Trump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas
Trump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas
Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times,
Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the U.S. dollar has dominated global finance as the chief reserve currency. It’s used in international trade, sovereign lending, and central bank reserves.
This dominance allows the United States to borrow cheaply and wield great financial leverage globally.
Recent actions by the Trump administration, sometimes labeled a neo-Monroe Doctrine for its assertive posture toward perceived rivals, can be understood through the lens of preserving dollar supremacy against challenges from rising powers like China and Russia.
The Rise of De-dollarization
Though the dollar remains dominant, its grip has been weakening over decades. According to IMF and central bank data, the dollar’s share of global foreign-exchange reserves has fallen from over 70 percent in 2000 to under 60 percent in recent years; this reflects broader moves by countries to diversify away from U.S. currency dependence. At the same time, China’s share has increased substantially.
Meanwhile, states are increasingly engaging in de-dollarization, which means reducing the use of the dollar in international trade and reserves. This trend is driven in part by a desire to decrease exposure to U.S. monetary policy and sanctions, including increased tariffs and unilateral economic measures against trading partners and adversaries.
BRICS: Geopolitics, Gold, and a Potential Currency Challenge
The group of emerging economies known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has been the focal point of rivalry to dollar hegemony. At various summits, the idea of a BRICS currency or common alternative currency, which have included the notion of backing it with gold as a means of anchoring value and appealing to nations wary of fiat currencies that, by definition, have no gold backing their value, but rather, convention, oil trade flows, and the global economic and military dominance of the United States.
While Kremlin officials have denied any imminent creation of a unified currency to dethrone the dollar, proposals for trade in non-dollar currencies and discussion of alternative settlement systems persist. The historical context of the gold standard and its connection to confidence in currencies is a big part of these discussions.
Trump’s Neo-Monroe Doctrine: Tariffs as Dollar Defense
Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has made defense of the dollar a central part his foreign-economic policy. He has threatened 100 percent tariffs on BRICS nations or any country that backs a currency to replace the dollar in international trade. Clearly, the administration views dollar dominance as non-negotiable.
By linking trade access to acceptance of the dollar’s role, the administration is attempting to reinforce global reliance on U.S. currency for trade settlement and reserves. This strategy also links his broader tariffs and industrial policy agendas to maintaining dollar dominance in the world.
Dollar Supremacy, Oil, and US Strategic Power
The dollar’s special status has been reinforced historically by its role in oil markets known as the so-called petrodollar system. Because oil has been priced and traded primarily in dollars, global demand for U.S. currency has been supported by energy trade flows. The Trump administration’s recent strategic moves in oil-rich regions such as Venezuela have been interpreted by some analysts as efforts to bolster the petrodollar system and keep key energy resources within dollar-centric markets.
This makes sense from a currency preservation perspective. Although the United States has become a major producer and exporter of oil in its own right, efforts to maintain dollar pricing in energy markets remain crucial to preserving demand for the currency.
Trade, Savings, Innovation, and the Dollar’s Role
The dollar’s dominance provides huge benefits for the world as well as the United States. It reduces transaction costs for U.S. exporters and importers and reinforces the U.S. role in global value chains, but it also simplifies trade invoicing and settlement between other nations with less stable currencies. Its status as the primary reserve currency also underpins the liquidity and depth of U.S. capital markets, enabling inexpensive borrowing that fuels investment in technology and innovation. The dollar in the form of U.S. Treasury bonds has also been a safe haven for long term investing and savings for much of the world.
Dollar dominance also helps with American leadership in AI, computing, and finance, since dollar-denominated trade and financial infrastructure allow those to scale globally. A shift away from the dollar could fragment global capital flows and weaken the financing mechanisms that have historically supported U.S. technological leadership.
Military Power and Financial Leverage
Finally, the dollar’s status facilitates U.S. military power by making it easier to finance defense spending and sustain global force projection. If the dollar’s dominance erodes, financing a global military footprint becomes more expensive and complex, diminishing America’s strategic reach, to say the least. Analysts argue that preserving the dollar is therefore as much a defense priority as a financial one.
Without it, competing nations or groups of nations would rush in to fill the vacuum, leading to global instability.
Dollar and US Supremacy at Core of Neo-Monroe Doctrine
Viewed in this light, what some describe as Trump’s neo-Monroe Doctrine reflects not merely an ideological reassertion of hemispheric influence, but a strategic effort to defend U.S. dollar supremacy. With BRICS nations exploring alternatives, including proposals for a gold-linked settlement unit, and de-dollarization pressures growing, Washington faces mounting economic and geopolitical challenges. These factors help explain the administration’s aggressive stance on tariffs, trade, and strategic energy markets.
The survival of dollar dominance is not just about finance; it’s about maintaining a structural position that enables U.S. influence in global affairs—trade, sanctions, capital markets, and defense alike. As long as potential alternatives loom, U.S. policy will likely continue to frame the dollar as not just an economic asset, but a linchpin of national security and global leadership.
That is why the Venezuela operation is fundamentally about preserving a financial architecture that underpins U.S. economic and military power.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 01/15/2026 – 23:50
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-kicking-brics-out-americas
