South Korean ministers questioned over DMZ blast | East Asia Tonight Oct 7, 2026

South Korea's top ministers grilled over the blast at the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) amid questions about the government’s handling of the incident and its response to Pyongyang. Also on East Asia Tonight: Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says Tokyo and Washington will discuss measures to prevent crimes involving American troops. Meanwhile, two major churches in Seoul hit by cyberattacks that may have exposed data from hundreds of thousands of members. 00:00 Headlines 01:59 South Korea parliamentary audit over last month's DMZ landmine blasts 06:58 Japan PM Takaichi on Okinawa murder case 09:35 South Korea's Nuri rocket blasts off for its fifth space mission 12:29 Cyberattacks hit two major churches in Seoul 14:49 Japan's TOPIX undergoing biggest overhaul in its history. 17:20 South Korean retail investors lose US$1.7b on leveraged products tied to chipmakers 21:14 Taiwan indicts 10 for alleged resale of US chips to China 22:29 EU trade chief in China to resolve its huge trade deficit 26:43 Singapore foreign minister at Milken Institute Asia Summit 39:17 Advanced tech reshaping workplaces in China 43:37 Powerful women in Chinese tech - ByteDance's Kelly Zhang 48:52 Japan's Kenso Soai, France's Henri Kagan win Nobel Prize in Chemistry