What can we learn from nations that got it right? VICTORIA ALLEN analyses UK’s Covid testing farce

What can we learn from nations that got it right? VICTORIA ALLEN analyses the UK’s coronavirus testing farce By Victoria Allen for the Daily Mail Published: 00:01 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 19 October 2020 Why has Test and Trace fallen apart in England while other countries have managed to make the … Read more

Huge fire engulfs entire 33-storey apartment block in South Korea

Huge fire engulfs entire 33-storey apartment block in South Korea, as firefighters race to evacuate hundreds of people inside A blaze has engulfed 33-storeys of a residential building in Ulsan, South Korea  Fire is said to have started on floor 12 before spreading through the building  Firefighters have been working to clear the 136-household block … Read more

British Army will have a ‘more persistent presence’ in Asia, suggests chief 

The British Army will have a ‘more persistent presence’ in Asia as the Government seeks to expand its military ties with regional allies in response to China, the Chief of the General Staff has said. General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith suggested a greater UK presence overseas will reverse the process of regional withdrawal seen after 9/11, … Read more

The measures scientists say are needed to ease lockdown

Britain must follow in the footsteps of New Zealand, Hong Kong and South Korea if it wants to thwart a second wave of coronavirus and ease lockdown, scientists say. Researchers from the UK and Asia analysed the Covid-19 responses around the world and highlighted the three countries as shining examples of how to successfully squash … Read more

North Korea could conduct first submarine-launched ballistic missile test

North Korea could conduct first submarine-launched ballistic missile test within a year, South Korea warns South Korean official warned North Korea may soon launch the test missile  Comes amid long-stalled nuclear talks between the North and the United States North Korea has been pushing to for ability to launch missiles from submarines  By Ap Published: … Read more

Dozens of people are injured as Japan is battered by Typhoon Haishen

South Korea has hunkered down as Typhoon Haishen travelled northwards along the country’s east coast on Monday.  It comes a day after the powerful storm battered Japan‘s southern islands with winds of 80mph and heavy rains, with four people are missing following a landslide. The storm, carrying top sustained winds of up to 112 km … Read more

Kim Jong-un’s sister disappears from public view

Kim Jong-un‘s sister has been out of public view for more than a month – prompting fears that her rise to prominence has gone too far for North Korea‘s liking.  Kim Yo-jong has been described as her brother’s ‘number two’ after representing the regime at official events and wielding influence over the secretive state’s policies.  … Read more

How the West was lost: JOHN MICKLETHWAIT reveals coronavirus is making China all powerful again

London and Seoul are about the same size — big cities, with busy streets, crowded public transport and a racy nightlife. South Korea’s capital is the home of K-Pop music and the Oscar-winning film Parasite. Both cities were surprised by the Coronavirus earlier this year. Both coped as best they could. But the results could … Read more

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, will be studying online for his second year at Yonsei University

Angelina Jolie reveals son Maddox, 19, will be studying online due to the pandemic as he begins his second year at Seoul’s Yonsei University By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 17 August 2020 Angelina Jolie has revealed her son Maddox’s study plans amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Her eldest … Read more

Katie Holmes dons Beatles T-shirt on solo NYC stroll… after announcing she’s voting for Joe Biden

Dawson’s Creek alum Katie Holmes scraped her hair into a top bun and dressed down in wide-leg blue jeans and Birkenstock sandals to go grocery shopping in Manhattan on Sunday. The Ohio-born 41-year-old wore a T-shirt featuring the obscure cover of The Beatles’ 1988 unofficial release in South Korea, Back-Track. Katie made sure to protect … Read more