‘Hero Kim’:Kim Jong-un launches nuclear attack submarine

‘Hero Kim’:Kim Jong-un launches nuclear attack submarine

The Hero Kim Kun OK was designed to launch tactical nuclear weapons from underwater and counter US naval power,the North Korean leader said.

  • byKim Tong-hyung

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Billionaire in jail for insider trading is cashing in on the world’s hottest stock

Billionaire in jail for insider trading is cashing in on the world’s hottest stock

It seems there’s little that can dent the 919 per cent surge of battery material producer Ecopro this year,not even its founder being sent to prison for insider trading.

  • byYoojung Lee andHeejin Kim
China bans Japanese seafood as Fukushima water release begins

China bans Japanese seafood as Fukushima water release begins

The polarising move to start dumping the treated radioactive water also prompted the arrest of several people who tried to invade the Japanese embassy in Seoul.

  • bySakura Murakami
Scout’s horror:Extreme heat,poor sanitation upend world jamboree in South Korea

Scout’s horror:Extreme heat,poor sanitation upend world jamboree in South Korea

Australia sent over 900 members of the Scout community including 700 children to the event,which has been rocked by food shortages and soaring temperatures.

  • byAlex Crowe
What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

A defence expert said the fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles would give Australia ‘the best capability on offer’ to replace personnel carriers from the 1960s.

  • byLachlan Abbott
Anger as minister removed over deadly Halloween crowd crush reinstated

Anger as minister removed over deadly Halloween crowd crush reinstated

South Korea’s interior minister had been impeached over the crowd surge in the city’s Itaewon district that killed 159 people,including two Australians.

  • byJu-min Park
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How 500 swimming pools’ worth of water has sparked a panic buy of salt

How 500 swimming pools’ worth of water has sparked a panic buy of salt

Twelve years after a tsunami struck Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant,more than one million tonnes of radioactive water is to be released into the ocean. Is it safe?

  • byLucy Cormack
South Korea made everyone younger,but it can’t reverse its ageing population

South Korea made everyone younger,but it can’t reverse its ageing population

Kim Dong-woo was 31 last week. Now,the Seoul-based entrepreneur is 29.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andSean Na
Good-value hotel is in the heart of Gangnam Style-land
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Good-value hotel is in the heart of Gangnam Style-land

With South Korea’s increasingly dynamic capital now challenging Tokyo as a must-visit North Asian city,this hotel offers a wholly agreeable stay.

  • byAnthony Dennis
Inside the untouched,ancient world of Japan’s Arashiyama

Inside the untouched,ancient world of Japan’s Arashiyama

Japan’s getaway for nobles and hot-springs wonders,Seoul’s vibrant heart,and more:North Asia’s travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • byAnna-Lisa Backlund,Ute Junker,Ben Groundwater,Katrina Strickland,Brian Johnston andAnthony Dennis
The one-sided battle between China and the US
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The one-sided battle between China and the US

China has just shown how vulnerable it is in the escalating global war over technology.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz