2023 National Top 10 News In 2023 in Korea, the World Scout Jamboree, meant to boost Busan's bid for the World Expo, unraveled into a fiasco as nations withdrew. Despite fervent efforts, Busan lost the Expo bid to Riyadh. Tensions flared as North Korea launched a satellite. 2023.12.28
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observes the launch of a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on Dec. 18 in this photo released the day after by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the regime’s ruling Workers’ Party. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11482401.jpg?imageId=11482401&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)