North Korea could conduct first submarine-launched ballistic missile test

North Korea could conduct first submarine-launched ballistic missile test within a year, South Korea warns South Korean official warned North Korea may soon launch the test missile  Comes amid long-stalled nuclear talks between the North and the United States North Korea has been pushing to for ability to launch missiles from submarines  By Ap Published: … Read more

Dozens of people are injured as Japan is battered by Typhoon Haishen

South Korea has hunkered down as Typhoon Haishen travelled northwards along the country’s east coast on Monday.  It comes a day after the powerful storm battered Japan’s southern islands with winds of 80mph and heavy rains, with four people missing following a landslide. The storm cut power to more than 17,500 households in the southern … Read more

How the West was lost: JOHN MICKLETHWAIT reveals coronavirus is making China all powerful again

London and Seoul are about the same size — big cities, with busy streets, crowded public transport and a racy nightlife. South Korea’s capital is the home of K-Pop music and the Oscar-winning film Parasite. Both cities were surprised by the Coronavirus earlier this year. Both coped as best they could. But the results could … Read more

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, will be studying online for his second year at Yonsei University

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, 19, will be studying online due to the pandemic as he begins his second year at Seoul’s Yonsei University By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 Angelina Jolie has revealed her son Maddox’s study plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Her eldest … Read more

Katie Holmes dons Beatles T-shirt on solo NYC stroll… after announcing she’s voting for Joe Biden

Dawson’s Creek alum Katie Holmes scraped her hair into a top bun and dressed down in wide-leg blue jeans and Birkenstock sandals to go grocery shopping in Manhattan on Sunday. The Ohio-born 41-year-old wore a T-shirt featuring the obscure cover of The Beatles’ 1988 unofficial release in South Korea, Back-Track. Katie made sure to protect … Read more

North Koreans ordered to hand over pet dogs to be killed for meat as country hit by food shortages 

North Koreans are ordered to hand over ‘decadent and bourgeois’ pet dogs so they can be killed and ‘provided to restaurants for meat’ as the country is rocked by food shortages Dictator Kim Jong-un announced in July that owning a pet is now against the law Authorities are identifying homes with dogs in Pyongyang and … Read more

Kim Jong-un visits flood-hit North Korean village

Kim Jong-un visits flood-hit North Korean village in a luxury SUV wearing a bright white suit as locals flock to see him North Korea has suffered serious flooding in areas near their southern border Kim Jong un took a rare trip out of the capital Pyongyang to inspect the damage North Korean state media released … Read more

Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients shed as much of the virus as those with symptoms

COVID-19 patients with and without symptoms are equally contagious: Asymptomatic people have just as much virus in their noses, mouths and lungs as those who cough and run fevers, study finds Researchers looked at 303 patients isolated at a treatment center in Cheonan, South Korea The viral loads of asymptomatic coronavirus patients were very similar to … Read more

North Korea quarantines thousands in a southern city locked down over coronavirus worries

North Korea is quarantining thousands of people and shipping food and other aid to a southern city locked down over coronavirus worries, officials said, as the country’s response to a suspected case reinforces doubt about its longstanding claim to be virus-free. But amid the outside skepticism and a stream of North Korean propaganda glorifying its … Read more

BTS gearing up to release new ‘upbeat’ single next month to help comfort fans amid COVID-19 pandemic

BTS gearing up to release new ‘upbeat’ single next month to help comfort fans amid coronavirus pandemic Band revealed the news in a V Live audio livestream  ‘Breakthrough’ song is set to stream worldwide August 21  Band said they’re excited about putting out a new album later this year BTS consists of members RM, V, … Read more