The Spectator Australia5d
President Yoon’s trial is tearing South Korea apart
It is now only a matter of days before the 52 million-strong population in South Korea will know the fate of their suspended ...
The Indian Express24d
From Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, New Amsterdam to New York: The politics behind name changes
Seventy percent of its buildings destroyed, its people facing starvation ... And, in what is perhaps history’s most famous renaming, Constantinople became Istanbul in 1930, a declaration of Turkish ...
scmp.com24d
From Thailand’s ‘Ghost Tower’ to Pyongyang’s ‘Hotel of Doom’: Asia’s abandoned skyscrapers
Towering skyscrapers often create a city’s iconic skyline, yet sometimes its tallest buildings can fall into disrepair or remain unfinished. While abandoned structures can become symbolic of a ...
ABC News10d
Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia 'will be executed,' former Pyongyang soldier tells ABC News
Former North Korean soldiers spoke with ABC News about their military service. SEOUL -- A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang's soldiers have been captured ...
What Does Brutalist Architecture Look Like? 9 of the Most Iconic Buildings
Social media and coffee table books have been "bringing new attention and new eyes" to the brutalist style, an expert tells Newsweek.
USA Today9d
Trump ordered them back to the office. Now he's trying to sell the buildings they work in.
"Decades of funding deficiencies have resulted in many of these buildings becoming functionally obsolete and unsuitable for use by our federal workforce. We can no longer hope that funding will ...
The Star21d
Born in Pyongyang, Kim Jong-un anointed heir to father at 8 years old, say relatives
SEOUL: Born in 1984 in northeastern Pyongyang, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was secretly anointed as the future heir to his father, Kim Jong-il, at the age of 8, according to the statements of ...
scmp.com8d
As US sends show of strength to South Korea, it keeps Pyongyang on pause
The high-profile carrier deployment came just days after Pyongyang had test-launched cruise missiles, flexing its military muscles in a thinly veiled warning. But for Washington, observers say the ...