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SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korea officially abolished the state prosecution service Friday, ending its 78-year history since its establishment in 1948, while launching new agencies separately in charge of investigation and prosecution. Under the revised acts, the newly launched public prosecution office will operate under the justice ministry, focusing entirely on indictments and maintaining public prosecution. The newly established serious crimes investigation agency will be run under the interior ministry and be tasked with directly investigating seven major crime categories and conducting supplementary investigations for crimes targeting vulnerable groups. Most general criminal investigations will be handled by the police. Although the prosecution service was disbanded as a...

The prevalence of obesity among adults in Brazil more than tripled from 1990 to 2023. The study is part of the Global Burden of Disease series and shows that, among adults aged 25 and older, the prevalence rose from 7.8 to 27.7 percent over the course of three decades. According to the study, published this month on the Lancet website, Brazil had the highest increase among the 17 Latin American countries surveyed. When all cases of excess weight – including being overweight and obesity – are combined, the prevalence rose from 40.3 percent in 1990 to 66.8 percent in 2023. In other words, two out of three Brazilians were above the normal weight for their height. Along with Colombia, Brazil was the nation with the highest growth in the proportion of the population that was overweight (69%)...

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S. Korea abolishes state prosecution service after 78 years, launches new agencies-Xinhua

Obesity triples over 30 years, affects one in four adult Brazilians