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Don’t take off your mask! Squid Game trick-or-treaters dressed to kill for Halloween | South China Morning Post
Garment factories and street vendors in South Korea are racing to cash-in on the Squid Game craze ahead of Halloween. Factory workers have been scrambling to churn out thousands of green tracksuits and red jumpsuits featured in the Netflix hit series for street vendors to stock up in time for Halloween. Businesses w…
South Korea’s first homegrown spacecraft Nuri blasts off | South China Morning Post
South Korea’s first domestically built rocket blasted off on October 21, 2021, but failed to deliver a dummy payload into orbit. Nuri, or “world” in Korean, was part of the country’s broader space plans, which include launching a range of military satellites.
South Korea Takes Another Step Toward Reaching the Moon
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As North Korea Launches Missiles, South Koreans Shrug
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North Korean inmate escapes from Chinese prison | South China Morning Post
A North Korean inmate was filmed escaping from a prison in northern China’s Jilin province. Zhu Xianjian, 39, was sentenced to 11 years and three months after committing a string of crimes, including crossing the country border illegally and stabbing a woman to steal cash and bank deposit books in 2013. When Zhu esc…
Japan’s new leader Fumio Kishida sends ritual offering to controversial Yasukuni Shrine | South China Morning Post
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a ritual offering, a “masakaki” tree, to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on October 17, 2021, to celebrate the shrine’s twice-yearly festival held in the spring and autumn. The move has angered China and South Korea, which both see the shrine as a symbol of Japan’s militaristi…
Tokyo court issues summons for Kim Jong-un in North Korean ‘kidnapping’ lawsuit | South China Morning Post
On October 14, 2021, five North Korean defectors living in Japan called on Kim Jong-un to appear before a Tokyo district court in a lawsuit over a 1959 Korean repatriation programme they liken to kidnapping. More than 90,000 ethnic Koreans, and their Japanese wives, were repatriated to North Korea as part of a Pyong…
Lights, camera, action! Selfie photo studios a hit in South Korea | South China Morning Post
Selfie studios have become popular among young people in South Korea. Customers can enjoy a selection of costumes and props before striking a pose for a selfie shot with the help of a remote-control. Traditional studios have been in decline over the years with the advent of smartphones equipped with high-quality cam…
Squid Game experience comes to life in Abu Dhabi | South China Morning Post
Following the runaway success of the South Korean series Squid Game, the Netflix show has inspired countless spin-off experiences and retail shops around the world. In the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, the Korean Cultural Centre joined the Squid Game wave by organising a contest themed around the show that’s centred on con…
Kim Jong-un admits North Korean economy is ‘grim’ while pledging to build ‘invincible military’ | South China Morning Post
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un spoke of his country’s “grim economic situation” on October 10, 2021, as the nation celebrated the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea. In his speech, Kim also called for the Party’s “single-minded unity” in developing the economy. He also promised “determi…
Netflix Squid Game honeycomb toffee-maker sees business boom after South Korean series tops charts | South China Morning Post
A Seoul couple who make Korean honeycomb sweets known as Dalgona candy have seen business boom after their treats were featured in an episode of the smash hit series Squid Game. The appearance of the popular Korean children’s treat in the show gave many of its viewers a taste of nostalgia. The hit show premiered on …
Squid Game drives boom in Korean lessons | South China Morning Post
Interest in learning Korean has spiked since the launch of the hit Netflix show Squid Game, according to tutoring services. Language learning app Duolingo reported a 76 per cent rise in new users signing up to learn Korean in Britain and 40 per cent in the US over the two weeks following the South Korean series’ rel…
As world falls in love with Squid Game, learn some Cantonese words related to the K-drama | South China Morning Post
Hit dystopian K-drama Squid Game is a worldwide phenomenon that has made millions more people obsessed with Korean TV dramas since it was released in September 2021. Join the squid craze with Luisa Tam and learn some related Cantonese phrases.
Lost in translation? Squid Game subtitles disappoint some Korean speakers | South China Morning Post
The subtitles for Netflix’s international hit show Squid Game baffled some Korean-speaking audiences. A fan tweeted about the issue on September 30, 2021, calling out many of the inaccurate and out-of-context translations. The series was also forced to edit scenes showing phone numbers after a South Korean man was b…
North and South Korea restore communication and military hotline after 2 months of silence | South China Morning Post
South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said officials from North Korea and South Korea spoke on the phone on the morning of October 4, 2021, their first such communication since August. The call was made possible by the restoration of a hotline between the two Koreas, which political analysts described as a step in t…
Win a jackpot or die: Netflix’s South Korean thriller ‘Squid Game’ becomes latest global sensation | South China Morning Post
Netflix’s latest South Korean hyper-violent thriller Squid Game has become a global hit. The plot revolves around a bloody survival game where people must compete in a series of childhood games to win a jackpot. If they lose, they die.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un offers to reconnect vital communication line with South Korea | South China Morning Post
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang will reconnect the inter-Korean hotline, an important link between the reclusive north and reunification officials in the south that has been offline for over two months. But Kim said the offer, made at a meeting of North Korea’s rubber stamp parliament – the Supreme Pe…
South Korean Fishermen Allege Chinese Fleet Sweeps Up Marine Life
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· Hyungjin Kim, Seung Hyuk Park
North Korea tells UN it has the ‘right’ to test weapons | South China Morning Post
North Korea’s United Nations ambassador Kim Song told the General Assembly on September 27, 2021, that “nobody can deny the right” of the nuclear-armed country to test weapons. Song’s comments came moments after South Korea’s military said the North had fired an “unidentified projectile” into the sea off its east co…
Made in North Korea: sanctions-hit textile factories focus on domestic athletes | South China Morning Post
Textiles factories in North Korea have turned domestic in recent years after a UN-imposed sanction in 2017 banned exports from the country. Garment manufacturing used to be one of North Korea’s largest sources of foreign income, accounting for US$752 million from exports in 2016. Since the imposition of UN sanctions…
It's time to declare the Korean war over, South Korean President Moon Jae-in tells the UN | South China Morning Post
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has repeated a call for a declaration to formally end the Korean war. His remarks before the United Nations General Assembly on September 21, 2021, were Moon’s latest attempts to engage with North Korea throughout his presidency. The Korean war that started in 1950 is technically n…
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China’s Liu Jiayu sees gold medal – and toppling Chloe Kim – on her horizonSnowboarding star Liu says the battle is with herself as she looks to improve on the silver medal she won in South Korea.
North Korea’s test launch of railway-borne missile sparks international alarm | South China Morning Post
Tensions in the Korean peninsula escalate after Pyongyang tested a new “railway-borne missile system”. The test on September 15, 2021, occurred on the same day Seoul fired its first submarine-launched missile. Two ballistic missiles were fired from a North Korean train into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East S…
VOA60 World- Pyongyang said Thursday it successfully launched ballistic missiles from a train for the first time
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Artificial skin that changes colours like a chameleon created by South Korean scientists | South China Morning Post
Researchers in a lab in the South Korean capital Seoul have created a chameleon robot that instantly changes its skin colour to match its surroundings. The team at Seoul National University developed their camouflage technology using special ink that changes colour based on temperature, controlling the changes with …
North and South Korea test fire ballistic missiles hours apart | South China Morning Post
North and South Korea launched missile tests hours apart from each other on September 15, 2021. Seoul tested its first submarine-launched ballistic missile after Pyongyang fired two missiles that landed in the sea off its east coast. The tests highlight the arms race on the peninsula as nuclear talks with the North …
VOA60 America- Nuclear envoys from the United States, Japan and South Korea attended a three-way meeting in Tokyo Tuesday
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Military parade marks North Korea’s 73rd anniversary with slimmer Kim stealing the spotlight | South China Morning Post
North Korea celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its foundation with a nighttime parade in the capital, Pyongyang, state media reported on September 9, 2021. Supreme leader Kim Jong-un attended the event, drawing attention because of his apparently slimmed down figure. Footage of the event shows people in the parade d…
North Korea suspended from Beijing Winter Olympics after Tokyo Games no-show | South China Morning Post
North Korea has been suspended from the Olympic movement until the end of 2022, meaning the reclusive state will miss out on the Beijing Winter Games. The country was punished for failing to send a team to the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on September 8, 2021. Nort…
Chinese social media site Weibo suspends K-pop fan accounts, including BTS follower’s page | South China Morning Post
Chinese social media site Weibo has suspended 22 K-pop fan accounts, including pages supporting South Korean boy band BTS. The move came amid a broader government crackdown on the entertainment industry and fan culture in China, with Beijing concerned about the influence of celebrities and fan clubs.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un poses with thousands of youngsters for Youth Day photo | South China Morning Post
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un posed for a group photo with thousands of youngsters during the nation’s annual Youth Day celebrations. The photo session took place on August 31, 2021, outside a palace in the capital Pyongyang. State media said Kim praised the young people for volunteering to work in difficu…
Fall of Kabul: Asian countries’ response to Afghan refugees | South China Morning Post
Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, many Afghans have been scrambling to flee the country, but their options are limited as many countries are closing their borders to refugees. Turkey and Pakistan are refusing to take in new Afghan migrants as the two countries are already hosting so…
China sentences Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years for spying | South China Morning Post
Canadian businessman Michael Spavor has been sentenced by a Chinese court to 11 years behind bars on espionage charges. Canadian observers criticised the ruling on August 11, 2021, as “hostage diplomacy” in retaliation for the arrest of a top Huawei executive. Spavor is one of two Canadians arrested in 2019, weeks a…
VOA60 World- Seoul said on Monday no decision had been made on its joint military exercises with the United States
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VOA60 America- eoul said on Monday no decision had been made on its joint military exercises with the United States
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Young South Koreans hunt for scarce Covid-19 vaccines amid surge in new infections | South China Morning Post
Many young South Korean have been struggling to get a Covid-19 vaccine appointment amid a surge in new infections. The country has seen more than 1,000 new daily cases since July 6, with a record high of 1,615 on July 13. The government has been prioritising vaccinating older and more vulnerable people. On paper, So…
South Korean lawmaker sparks debate after bringing her baby to work | South China Morning Post
A South Korean lawmaker from the country’s progressive Basic Income Party has triggered a debate about working female politicians and childcare, after bringing her newborn infant to the National Assembly. Yong Hye-in introduced a bill that would allow children under the age of two to enter the plenary hall, saying w…
South Korean eco-friendly toilet turns faeces to digital currency | South China Morning Post
Students at this South Korean university can pay for their coffee by using the eco-friendly ‘BeeVi toilet’, which helps power a school building by turning faeces into methane gas. Those who use the invention at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology can earn digital currency, Ggool, which allows them…
South Korean capital imposes stricter social-distancing rules amid new Covid-19 wave | South China Morning Post
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum has announced that strict social-distancing measures will be reinstated in Seoul for two weeks starting on July 12, 2021. Measures have been tightening as the country grapples with a new coronavirus wave. South Korea recorded 1,316 Covid-19 cases on July 9, its highest number…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pays tribute to grandfather on death anniversary of state’s founder | South China Morning Post
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited his grandfather’s mausoleum on July 8, 2021, in the capital Pyongyang. Accompanied by his new top officials, Kim paid tribute to the state’s founder Kim II-sung on the 27th anniversary of his death. In late June, the nation reportedly saw a major leadership reshuffle, with sev…
North Korean schools boost Covid-19 prevention measures despite ‘no confirmed cases’ | South China Morning Post
Primary schools in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have intensified measures to fight the spread of Covid-19. The extension of the country’s "emergency campaign" was announced by state media on June 30, 2021, and comes despite the fact that officials have yet to confirm any coronavirus infections.
Seniors hit the dance floor again as South Korea lifts Covid-19 social-distancing rules | South China Morning Post
Senior citizens are back to shake, shimmy and groove on dance floors in South Korea. Vaccinated seniors were allowed to meet for group activities again from July 1, 2021 after authorities eased Covid-19 social-distancing restrictions that had been in place for a year in the country. The change, which offers a return…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un scolds officials for ‘great crisis’ caused by coronavirus lapse | South China Morning Post
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un berated some of his top officials at a recent Politburo meeting for their neglect of duty in the Covid-19 response that caused a “great crisis”, according to state media organisation Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Pool time offered as incentive for elderly South Koreans to get Covid-19 shots | South China Morning Post
Senior residents in South Korea’s Jung-gu district were able to enjoy a 50-minute pool session on June 17, 2021, following the resumption of services at public swimming pools. The local government reopened public pools as part of a set of incentives to ramp up its vaccination drive. The district is also offering fre…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un describes nation’s food situation as ‘tense’ | South China Morning Post
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called his country’s food situation “tense”. The admission, made during a plenary meeting of North Korea’s Workers’ Party central committee on June 15, 2021, came as Kim maintained that the overall economy had improved from last year. He blamed the coronavirus pandemic and last ye…
McDonald’s BTS meal frenzy forces Indonesian outlets to close over Covid-19 fears | South China Morning Post
McDonald’s in Indonesia has been swamped with demand for a food item known as ‘The BTS Meal’, named after the hit South Korean K-pop group. It launched on June 9, 2021, causing frenzied buying by K-pop fans. Many outlets across the country were swamped by delivery drivers, forcing some to close shortly after the mea…
South Korean designer invents ‘third eye’ to keep smartphone addicts safe while walking | South China Morning Post
South Korean designer Paeng Minwook has invented a gadget called a “third eye” to help keep smartphone addicts safe as they walk while looking at their phones. Paeng said the device is meant to criticise modern-day phone users, whom he calls “Phono sapiens”.