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New | Ondol, or Kang? Chinese, Koreans in war of words over who invented the traditional heated bed

A composite photo comparing ondol (left) and kang.

Is Kim Jong-un purging another high-level official? South Korea 'looking into' rumours

North Korea's ideology officials attend a conference in Pyongyang on Feb. 24, 2014. Photo: EPA

'Dumb Starbucks' shop opens in Los Angeles, confusing customers

A Dumb Starbucks Coffee store in Los Angeles has puzzled customers and caused a stir on US social media. Screengrab from Hollywood Reporter.

'We make the music and people describe it', says Grammy-winning French band Phoenix

Grammy-winning French rock band Phoenix. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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Seoul wants Unesco to register records on Japan's wartime sex slaves

Former sex slaves Kil Un-ock (bottom left) and Kim Bock-dong (bottom right) participate in a rally in Seoul, demanding Japan to face up to its history. Photo: AP

New | North Korea has world's worst security for nuclear materials: report

North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor pictured in 2008. Photo: Reuters.

New | Apparent suicide of K-pop star's family members shocks fans

Police discovered the father and grandparents of K-pop star Park Jeong-su, pictured above, dead in their Seoul flat. Photo: Screen grab via DongA Ilbo.

New | South Korean lawmakers to adopt resolution condemning Abe’s ‘shameless behaviour’

South Koreans protest outside the Japanese embassy in Seoul against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to a war shrine to mark his first anniversary in office. Photo: AFP.

New | Senior North Korean officials aren't fleeing to China after Jang's execution: South Korea

South Korean college students wearing masks of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) and his uncle Jang Song-thaek are pictured during a press conference in Seoul, denouncing Kim's dictatorship and alleged human rights violations. Photo: AP.

Kim Jong-un's nephew resurfaces with French police protection

Kim Han-sol pictured in August on the Le Havre campus of Sciences-Po. Photo: SCMP Pictures

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's nephew in France lays low after Jang's execution

Screengrab from DongA Ilbo showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's nephew, pictured here in France in August. He has been under the radar since the execution of Pyongyang's No 2 leader Jang Song-thaek.

South Korea caught in crossfire amid air defence zone row

A KF-16 fighter takes off from an air force base during a military drill in Seosan, South Korea. Photo: EPA.

Toronto is world's most youthful city; Shanghai ranks 20th: survey

Toronto (above) is the world's most youth-friendly city, followed by Berlin and New York, reveals a new survey. Photo: Corbis.

China arrested dozens of North Korean defectors, says South Korean media

Singer Liz Mitchell and a North Korean defector chant slogans in a rally demanding China to stop repatriating North Korean refugees. Photo: Reuters

Japan's prime minister calls South Korea a 'foolish country': magazine report

Conservative Japanese weekly Shukan Bunshun reported that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had called South Korea a "foolish country". Photo: Screen grab via Yonhap News.

Japan, South Korea concerned that China's smog will affect them

A Korean green activist decries the pollution. Photo: AP

South Korea and Japan have sounded the alarm about potentially hazardous air pollution from northern China, which is expected to worsen this winter.

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China's most popular reality shows come from South Korea

Promotional poster from 'Where are we going, Dad?'
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North Korea wanted second Korean war in 1965, says Chinese scholar

North Korean soldiers march in a parade in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement. Photo: Reuters

South Korean NGO publishes details of Pyongyang's human rights abusers

Michael Kirkby, chairman of the UN inquiry on human rights in North Korea. Photo: EPA

A non-governmental organisation in South Korea released a booklet on Wednesday containing the personal details of North Korean human rights abusers to warn Pyongyang of a potential day of reckoning when the two Koreas are unified.

Japan calls China a challenge in outline of national security guideline

Japan's helicopter destroyer DDH183 Izumo, the largest surface combatant of the country's navy, is seen in Yokohama on Aug. 6, 2013. Photo: Reuters

North Korea has 15 nuclear facilities, says South Korean government

A North Korean nuclear plant in Yongbyon. Photo: Reuters

North Korean spies enter South Korea posing as defectors, says lawmaker

South Korean soldiers look towards the North Korean side of UN truce village that sits on the border of the Demilitarised Zone. Photo: AFP

South Korea calls for ‘language purification’ campaign on Korean alphabet day

A South Korean woman participates in a calligraphy contest to observe Hangul Day. Photo: Screenshot via Yonhap News.

How did Hong Kong become North Korea’s No 2 trading partner?

North Korean soldiers march near loading machinery at the port of Rajin. Photo: Reuters
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Chinese tourists in US 'at loss' amid shutdown of national parks and monuments

A sign in New York City informs people that the Statue of Liberty has closed due to the federal government shutdown. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese tourists visiting the United States during China’s “Golden Week” holiday have complained of nowhere to visit after the federal government shutdown closed some of the country’s most popular tourist sites.

Report on internet freedom distracts from China's economic reforms: Global Times

The Global Times criticised an SCMP report on internet freedom in Shanghai's free-trade zone. Photo: Screenshot via Global Times.

Triad leader Lu Chuanbo returned to China after arrest in South Korea

Lu Chuanbo, a triad leader from Qingdao, was arrested in South Korea after being in hiding for more than two years. Photo: Interpol

Pearl Delta at high risk in event of natural disaster, says insurer

In June 2008, floods in Foshan, Guangdong province killed more than 160 people. Photo: Reuters.

Guangdong's Pearl River Delta is one of world's most vulnerable urban areas because of the large number of people who could be affected by natural disasters, according to a recently published insurance company report.

Hong Kong and South Korea sign tentative deal to fight tax cheats

The tentative tax treaty between Hong Kong and South Korea allows the two sides to share tax information with each other. Photo: Bloomberg

Chinese pour money into Jeju property sector

Jeju Island in South Korea.

The level of Chinese investment in the property sector of South Korea's largest island of Jeju is soaring, rising 49 times between 2010 and the first half of this year. But it is angering many locals who feel too much land is being sold off, too cheaply.

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