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Chaos as passenger opens plane door in flight

 SEOUL: A passenger opened an emergency exit on an Asiana Airlines flight as it was preparing to land on Friday, the carrier said, adding that the plane landed safely but several people were taken to hospital.

Bangkok Post

Mid-air terror as passenger on South Korea plane opens emergency door

The emergency door was opened as the plane approached Daegu airport

Evening Standard

South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket launches 8 satellites on 3rd-ever mission (photo)

South Korea's Nuri rocket launched on its third-ever mission on Thursday (May 25), successfully delivering eight small satellites to orbit.

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South Korea detains a passenger after a door opens on Asiana flight in mid-air

No one was injured as some people aboard the Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 aircraft tried to stop the person from opening the door but it was eventually opened partially, the government said.

WEKU

Lost story by ‘poet of the tabloid murder’ James M Cain discovered in Library of Congress

Strand Magazine will publish Blackmail, a tale of a blind Korean war veteran, found by New York editor Andrew Gulli

The Guardian - US

Students living worlds apart find common ground - through love of dance-pop culture

British student Naomie Ihong-Fils is a member of the K-Pop Society at her university - and South Korean student Hyunwoo Yang is surprised by the connection

Daily Mirror

Students of Hindi from 13 countries on India visit

In a bid to promote Hindi globally, India is hosting students of the language from 13 countries, including Australia, Italy, Japan and South Korea.

The Hindu

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Korean firms set to invest B7bn locally

Five South Korean companies are keen to embark on new investment projects in Thailand, ranging from an electric vehicle (EV) business to the construction of a new industrial estate, says the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT).

Bangkok Post

Japan needs to release 1 million tonnes of water from its stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean

Operators of the Fukushima nuclear power plant are set to release treated wastewater into the ocean. But already Japanese authorities are facing a barrage of criticism from fishermen.

ABC News

Australians like ENHYPEN's Jake Sim are making their mark in the competitive world of K-pop

Jake Sim knew becoming an artist in the notoriously competitive Korean music industry would be a hard slog. He now sits among a growing number of Australian-raised artists who have made it big.

ABC News

Meet the Geordie travelling home from South Korea to make Sam Fender's St James' Park homecoming gig

Andy Curry has planned his trip home around Sam Fender's gig on June 9

Chronicle Live

Netflix to release bombshell new human cloning documentary within weeks

The documentary tells the captivating story of 'Korea's most notorious scientist'

Wales Online

South Korea, US simulate response to ‘full-scale’ attack in joint exercises

South Korean and US forces have begun their largest-ever joint live-fire exercises, simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea.

The New Daily

South Korea launches first commercial-grade satellite, as North Korea plans first spy satellite

South Korea has launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time as part of its growing space development program, as rival North Korea is pushing to place its first military spy satellite into orbit

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Bangkok Post

South Korea launches homegrown rocket

SEOUL: South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.

Reuters

South Korea, US hold largest live-fire drills to respond to 'full-scale' attack

South Korean and U.S. forces began live-fire exercises simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea on Thursday in what they said were the biggest such drills to demonstrate their "overwhelming" military capability against the North's threats.

Reuters

North Korea media slams missile warning pact between Seoul, US, Japan

North Korean media criticised on Thursday plans by South Korea, the United States and Japan to share real-time data on Pyongyang's missile launches, describing the trio as discussing "sinister measures" for tightening military cooperation.

Reuters

South Korea says homegrown space rocket put satellites into orbit

South Korea's domestically made space rocket delivered a commercial grade satellite into orbit for the first time on Thursday, the country's science minister said, a breakthrough in its ambitions to compete in a space race with its Asian neighbours.

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Reuters

South Korean ammunition headed to Ukraine via U.S. -WSJ

Hundreds of thousands of South Korean artillery rounds are on their way to Ukraine via the United States, after Seoul's initial resistance toward arming Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

South Korea, US troops to hold massive live-fire drills near border with North Korea

The South Korean and U.S. militaries are to hold massive live-fire drills Thursday near the inter-Korean border

The Canberra Times

The wait is over: Tiger Lane's hawker-inspired eateries open in the Canberra Centre

The hawker-inspired eateries offer signature pan-Asian flavours from Japan to South Korea, China and Southeast Asia.

RideApart

Gogoro To Expand SmartScooters, Battery Swapping Network In South Korea

Taiwanese electric scooter and battery swapping network giant Gogoro is partnering with Bikebank to expand services across 8 South Korean cities.

The Independent UK

South Korea experts say Japan carefully answered questions on plan to release radioactive water

The head of a South Korean team of experts said Wednesday they saw all of the facilities they had requested to visit at Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and Japanese officials had carefully answered their questions about a contentious plan to release treated but still slightly radioactive water into the…

The Conversation

Happy birthday, Buddha! Why the founder of Buddhism has so many different birthdays around the world

When Siddhartha Gautama was born, he was clearly no ordinary infant. According to Buddhist texts, he raised his hand to the skies and declared, “In the heavens above and below the heavens, I am the world’s most honored one. I will free all beings from birth, old age, sickness, and…

WEKU

Muslims in South Korea want to build a mosque. Neighbors protest and send pig heads

The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce.

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