6 h. 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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40 h. 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 Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president

Chinese leader says ‘check if there is a backdoor’ in reply to Lee Jae Myung’s quip about security of Xiaomi devices It would take someone with nerves of steel to joke about the security of Chinese smartphones in front of Xi Jinping.Step forward the South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, who, after being given a pair of smartphones by the Chinese leader before their state banquet at the weekend, wondered out loud if the devices were secure. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 cast from oldest player to freak accident survivor

The high-stakes Netflix competition series based on the South Korean phenomenon is finally back for a second season

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3 w. ago Labour cannot outlaw smoking and vaping in Northern Ireland because its tobacco ban breaches the EU Brexit deal, warns former law chief

John Larkin KC said the Tobacco and Vapes Bill currently going through Parliament will be 'run aground' by the Windsor Framework agreed by Rishi Sunak in 2023.

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4 w. ago 'Considerable chance' Trump may meet North Korean tyrant Kim Jong

The American president is due to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in South Korea next week.

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last month Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung review – sinister stories from the graveyard shift

Horror tropes meet modern nightmares as the South Korean author takes us deep inside a research facility called The InstituteOur fears turn feral when they have nowhere to go. South Korean author Bora Chung’s new short story collection plays with old horror tropes: endless corridors and looped staircases, exits that only lead you deeper, a phone that rings and rings (don’t pick up). The kind of stories dare-drunk children trade in the dark.Set in a research facility known only as “the Institute”, a repository of cursed and haunted objects, Chung’s tales come from the building’s skeleton staff – warnings and gossip from the night shift. It’s a nod, perhaps, to Stephen King’s debut collection, 1978’s still brilliant Night Shift. Continue reading...

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last month North Korea fires ballistic missiles days before Trump's visit to South Korea

North Korea has fired multiple ballistic missiles in its first such weapons test in five months, the South Korean military said, in a move that comes days before U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit the region.

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