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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.

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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

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

Evening Standard

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

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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

Daily Mirror

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.

Reuters

North Korea ‘tests banned intercontinental ballistic missile’

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

Evening Standard

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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

France 24

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…

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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

The Guardian - AU

NT traditional owners launch international legal action over Barossa gas project

Tiwi Islander and Larrakia peoples seeking to block South Korean development say it threatens marine life

Al Jazeera

Football: Qatar World Cup places on offer as qualifiers resume

Fifteen teams have already qualified for the 2022 World Cup. Now, the remaining 44 are competing for the 17 spots.

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Benzinga

This Tesla, Lucid Supplier Is Investing $7.2B In North America To Boost EV Battery Output

South Korea's LG Energy Solution, which counts Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Lucid Group Inc (NASDAQ:

Reuters

South Korea's disgraced ex-president Park returns home after prison

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye left hospital on Thursday three months after she was released from prison where she spent nearly five years following a conviction on corruption charges.

The Independent UK

Pardoned ex-President Park heads home from S. Korea hospital

Former President Park Geun-hye is going home three months after being pardoned for one of South Korea’s worst government-corruption scandals

Benzinga

Stellantis Fires Up EV Rivalry With Tesla

Stellantis NV (NYSE:STLA), Mercedes-Benz Group AG (OTC:DMLRY), and TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) joint venture Automotive Cells Company looked to build an EV battery plant in Italy. The plant would involve an investment of over €7 billion, Reuters reports The partners aimed to increase its industrial capacity to at least 120-gigawatt hours (GWh) by 2030. ACC looked to produce batteries…

France 24

Feminism in South Korea after the election of an avowed anti-feminist

Earlier this month, South Korea held one of its most closely contested presidential elections in recent history. Conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol weaponised a sexist blacklash against feminism and won the race by just over 263,000 votes. Despite the slim margin, South Korean feminists fear the consequences for women will be…

Reuters

The jobs - and ageing faces - behind South Korea's record low unemployment numbers

At age 69, Kim Jung-mi holds three jobs: she spends three hours getting a two-year old home from kindergarten every weekday for $9 per hour, then washes vegetables at a store that sells kimchi. Occasionally, she walks her neighbour's dog.

Reuters

S.Korea's total COVID cases top 10 million as crematoria, funeral homes overwhelmed

South Korea's total coronavirus infections topped 10 million, or nearly 20% of its population, authorities said on Wednesday, as surging severe cases and deaths increasingly put a strain on crematories and funeral homes nationwide.

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