They were drawn to Korea with dreams of K-pop stardom – but then let down
Stories of aspiring foreign trainees shed light on an under-regulated industry, where there is opportunity and risk.
Continue ReadingStories of aspiring foreign trainees shed light on an under-regulated industry, where there is opportunity and risk.
Continue ReadingKoichi Nakano, associate professor of political science at Sophia University, says that despite initial grumbling when the snap election was announced, the LDP appears to be riding high on the prime minister’s popularity. A recent Asahi Shimbun survey suggests the party is on track to gain significantly more than the 233 seats needed for a […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has urged Republicans to “nationalise” elections while repeating his false claims of 2020 election fraud in a podcast interview. The US Constitution says that individual states determine how they carry out elections, and voting has long been administered by local officials across the country. The BBC’s Washington correspondent Daniel Bush explains […]
Continue ReadingBefore the parade, creative director Marco Balich’s show was based around the principle of ‘armonia’ – meaning union, connection, agreement – with “a narrative aimed at uniting territories, people and values within a shared vision”. It featured sections labelled ‘Italian beauty’ and ‘fantasia’, with a tribute to fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who died aged 91 […]
Continue ReadingMette-Marit says she is sorry to Norwegians for not realising what kind of person the late sex offender was.
Continue ReadingNFL fans have flocked to California for Super Bowl LX, where the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Continue ReadingNazar Daletskyi’s family were sure he had been killed and had buried what they thought was his body in 2023.
Continue ReadingHealth experts fear that as testing and monitoring drops the risk of the further spread of HIV rises.
Continue ReadingBefore it was removed, Derrick Johnson, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, called the video “disgusting and utterly despicable” and accused Trump of attempting to distract the public from the Epstein case and a “rapidly failing economy.”
Continue ReadingAccording to the prosecutor’s office, the suspected spies were trying to “capture satellite data from [X owner Elon Musk’s] Starlink network, as well as data from vital entities, notably military, in order to retransmit them to their country of origin, China”.
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