55 h. ago Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson reacts to ‘strange’ World Cup draw: ‘Football was second’

Ireland would face a group comprising hosts Mexico, South Africa and South Korea if they progress to the World Cup

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3 d. ago Jesse Lingard confirms FC Seoul exit as club make feelings clear on ex

Jesse Lingard has seen his deal with FC Seoul mutually terminated as the club in South Korea made it clear that the ex-Manchester United player want to "move on"

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3 d. ago Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’

Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisisWith a president who has called climate change a “hoax”, refused to send a delegation to international climate talks, and packed the federal government with former fossil fuel industry employees, this can feel like a dark moment for climate action in the US. But shifting one’s focus to local and state law makes for a very different outlook.Analysts have estimated that 75% of the commitments that the US made at the Paris climate agreement – which Donald Trump pulled the nation out of as soon as he took office – can be reached entirely without federal support. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Former Spurs player Taricco quits Jeonbuk role after racism scandal

Gus Poyet’s assistant says ‘moment of misunderstanding’ led to his being punished by the K LeagueJeonbuk Hyundai Motors had their “La Decima” banners ready on the second weekend of November to celebrate a 10th South Korean title won in style by the head coach, Gus Poyet. Their game with Daejeon Hana, however, turned out to be the most controversial and divisive of the season. Jeonbuk were leading 2-1 when, in injury time, the referee, Kim Woo-seong, did not award a penalty for handball, much to the displeasure of Mauricio Taricco, Poyet’s No 2.Even when VAR intervened and Kim pointed to the spot, the former Tottenham full-back kept complaining, to the extent that he was shown a second yellow card minutes after the first. The Argentinian put his index fingers next to the outer corner of each eye. Kim interpreted the gesture as racist and reported the 52-year-old to the K League’s disciplinary committee. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Teacher struck off for having sex with underage boy he met on dating app

Andrew Polwarth was detained by police officers as he returned from South Korea.

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5 d. ago A year after South Korea’s martial law crisis, the president urges unity, but the wounds are still raw

President Lee praised South Koreans for overcoming ‘an unprecedented democratic crisis in world history’ but some fears its society is becoming increasingly polarisedSouth Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has marked the anniversary of an attempt to impose martial law by declaring that those behind the bid to topple its democracy must face justice, while adding that the fight to secure the country remains unfinished.“Investigations and trials of those who participated are still ongoing,” Lee said in a televised address. He pledged that “righteous unity” would be possible only once accountability was delivered. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war if Europe starts it, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress

Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress

Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace Russia and the US did not make progress toward a peace deal for Ukraine during their talks, a senior aide to Vladimir Putin has said, hours after the Russian president issued threats that Russia was ready for war with Europe.In remarks to Russian media, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that after a five-hour meeting with Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the two sides were “neither further nor closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine. There is a lot of work to be done.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago YouTuber helps reunite man with family after followers recognise him from missing person alert

Streamer contacts police while attempting to keep man engaged

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7 d. ago More than 120,000 home cameras in South Korea hacked to record ‘sexploitation’ footage

The suspects targeted cameras by exploiting security weaknesses

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1 week ago Worker cleared of stealing snacks from office after colleagues all say they do the same

More than three dozen colleagues ‘risk investigation for theft charges’ by admitting to taking snacks from same fridge

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1 week ago ‘Ignoring minorities is our original sin’: the complex roots of Nigeria’s security crisis

Criminal exploitation, economic opportunism and religious persecution are all factors in a broader picture of insecurityDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here“If they explain Nigeria to you and you understand it, they didn’t explain it well enough”. So goes the maxim for trying to parse Nigeria’s labyrinthine political dynamics. A security crisis has engulfed the country, catching the attention of the US president in the process. With the help of our West Africa correspondent, Eromo Egbejule, I’ll try to get to the bottom of what is happening. Continue reading...

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1 week ago A woman who murdered her 2 children and left them in suitcases is jailed for at least 17 years

A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases

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1 week ago Mother who hid children’s bodies in suitcases jailed for life in New Zealand

Hakyung Lee was found guilty of murdering her children and concealing their remains in a storage lockerA mother who murdered her two children and hid their bodies in suitcases stored inside a rented locker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, was found guilty earlier this year of killing her children in a crime that has become known as the “suitcase murders”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago South Korean rapist jailed for life over online blackmail ring that shocked country

Kim raped or assaulted 16 victims, including 14 minors, and recorded videos of his crimes

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2 w. ago Two dead and multiple injured after van crashes into crowd at tourist hotspot

A 'suspected sudden acceleration accident' in a crowded street left two tourists dead and eight injured in South Korea - police are now investigating the incident

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2 w. ago World's oldest author, 105, shares key to long life and it's very simple

Kim Hyung-suk, a 105-year-old professor of philosophy at Yonsei University in South Korea, has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest male author

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2 w. ago Nobel laureate Han Kang's first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring

Nobel laureate Han Kang's first nonfiction book in English, “Light and Thread,” is set for release next spring

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2 w. ago South Korean ferry carrying 267 people runs aground because helmsman ‘had been looking at his phone’

Passengers and crew brought safely ashore after vessel crashes on uninhabited island

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2 w. ago My first Royal tour was Charles and Diana's 'miserable' visit to South Korea it wasn't what ended their marriage

Hardman told co-host and historian Kate Williams that coverage of the visit was 'unfair' - although he acknowledged it 'wasn't easy' for the Prince and Princess.

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