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Putin wants ‘Korean scenario’ for Ukraine, says intelligence chief

Ukrainian general says Moscow unable to ‘swallow’ country but faces guerrilla warfare if it tries to divide it

The Guardian - UK

Russia trying to split Ukraine ‘like North and South Korea’, intelligence chief warns

Russia is seeking to split Ukraine into two separate nations, a Ukrainian intelligence chief has warned.

Evening Standard

Thai golfer Pajaree Anannarukarn in tie for third at JTBC Classic

Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn was in a three-way tie for third place after the third round of the JTBC Classic golf tournament in Carlsbad, California, US on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

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North Korea may be preparing for nuclear test soon – report

‘Shortcut’ tunnel at Punggye-ri nuclear testing centre could see it operational within a month, sources tell South Korean news agency

The Guardian - AU

"Pachinko" is the season's must-see show

Apple TV+'s stunning adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel is a complete triumph that will leave you aching for more

Salon

The new arms race on the Korean Peninsula

Despite exaggerations and inevitable setbacks, North Korea’s missile test programme is increasingly impressive.

Al Jazeera

China's Xi urges political trust in call with S.Korea president-elect

Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a phone call with South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol that the two countries should bolster mutual political trust, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Friday.

Reuters

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S.Korea's President-elect asks China's Xi for cooperation after N.Korea's ICBM launch

South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for close coordination on North Korea's complete denuclearisation, Yoon's office said on Friday.

Reuters

Talent behind Recent K-Pop Hit Moves Is a 20-Year-Old Japanese Dancer

South Korea's distinctive K-pop music genre has swept the world in recent years, its catchy tunes and flashy dance videos making international stars of its top performers. But not every element of the global phenomenon is made in Korea. Some of the genre's dance moves are being created in neighboring…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pachinko review – a sumptuous South Korean epic like nothing else on TV

Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel gets a tantalising adaptation that sweeps back and forth from Korea in 1915 to Japan’s Wall Street era. It’s a rollercoaster ride through time and space

The Guardian - UK

North Korea confirms ICBM test; warns of ‘long’ US confrontation

UN Security Council due to hold emergency meeting after launch, which breached weapons testing resolutions.

Al Jazeera

S.Korea's president-elect says N.Korea has nothing to gain from provocation

South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said North Korea has nothing to gain from provocation, a day after the nuclear-armed North test-fired its largest intercontinental ballistic missile ever.

Reuters

North Korea fires first ICBM since days of ‘fire and fury’

North Korea launched what appeared to be its first intercontinental ballistic missile in more than four years, as Kim Jong Un finally abandoned a testing freeze that had underpinned an unprecedented wave of talks with the U.S.

Tribune News Service

The road from Trump-Kim summits to N.Korea's new ICBM test

North Korea appeared on Thursday to have returned to testing its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for the first time since 2017.

Reuters

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Evening Standard

Pachinko review: An epic, unforgettable story of a family and a people

Beautiful and brutal, this eight-part adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s best-selling book is enrapturing

The Guardian - UK

North Korea test-launches its ‘largest intercontinental ballistic missile yet’

Japan calls testing ‘unforgivable’ as regime fires one of biggest missiles for first time since 2017

Daily Mirror

South Korea fires missiles in response to largest ever North Korea weapon launch

Tensions are rising as South Korea's military confirmed it had conducted a live-fire test of multiple ballistic and tactical missiles in response to North Korea's launch just hours ago

Reuters

S.Korea conducts live-fire missile drill after N.Korea ICBM test

South Korea's military said on Thursday it had conducted a live-fire test of multiple ballistic and tactical missiles immediately after what it called an intercontinental ballistic missile launch by North Korea.

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Evening Standard

North Korea ‘tests banned intercontinental ballistic missile’

If confirmed, the launch would be North Korea’s largest to date

Reuters

Moon says N.Korea's Kim violated moratorium on ICBM launches - Blue House

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had broken a moratorium on launching intercontinental ballistic missiles, strongly condemning the latest missile test, according to his office, the Blue House.

Al Jazeera

North Korea launches suspected ICBM in first such test since 2017

Launch comes just over a week after Pyongyang test-fired a missile that appeared to explode shortly after liftoff.

France 24

UN chief 'strongly condemns' North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile launch

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea's firing of what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile and urged Pyongyang to "desist from taking any further counter-productive actions," his spokesman said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea Fires Suspected Missile Into Sea

North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, its neighbors' militaries said, apparently extending its barrage of weapons tests that may culminate with a flight of its biggest-yet intercontinental ballistic missile. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say whether the weapon involved in…

Reuters

N.Korea says tested new ICBM, prepared for long confrontation with U.S.

North Korea said it tested a new, powerful type of intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, marking an end to a self-imposed moratorium on long-range testing in place since 2017 and drawing international condemnation.

Daily Mirror

North Korea fires 'intercontinental ballistic missile' week after failed rocket launch

North Korea have fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff that comes a week after a failed rocket launch where it exploded in mid-air

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