Glory for Katie – the pics from South Korea as Taylor is crowned world champion
Taylor defeated Yana Allekseevna of Azerbaijan.
View ArticlePaul McGrath, Dara O’Briain and Enda Kenny lead the Twitter tributes to Katie...
There’s praise pouring in from all quarters for the Bray native today.
View ArticleNorth Korea is forcing anyone called ‘Kim Jong-un’ to change their name
There can only be one.
View ArticleVideo shows terrifying scenes inside airplane forced to make emergency landing
Passengers can be heard screaming and praying.
View ArticleUber’s boss has been indicted in South Korea and is facing a possible jail term
Officials say the ride-sharing app and a local rental company have been running an illegal taxi service.
View ArticleSouth Korean plastic surgeons ‘partied in operating theatre’
The incidents are being investigated, authorities say.
View ArticleIreland has the seventh fastest broadband speeds in the world
According to a new report from Akamai, speeds in the country are now at an average of 13.9 Mbps, faster than speeds in the UK and Germany.
View ArticleJubilant scenes as hosts Australia win Asian Cup after beating South Korea in...
James Troisi scored the winning goal in extra-time after Korea had grabbed injury-time equaliser.
View ArticleWoman in South Korea attacked by robot vacuum cleaner that ate her hair
The little robot thought it was doing its job and the woman escaped serious injury.
View ArticlePair swallowed by sinkhole in pavement after getting off bus
They fell 10 feet into the ground.
View ArticleSouth Korea legalises adultery, condom shares soar
“Even if adultery should be condemned as immoral, state power should not intervene in individuals’ private lives.”
View ArticleThis on-screen lesbian kiss has sparked a huge media storm in South Korea
Homosexuality is not illegal in South Korea – but it carries a significant social stigma, with few openly gay public figures.
View ArticleSports film of the week: Millionaire Gaming Prodigies
Our sports film of the week is a documentary following the explosion of eSports in South Korea
View ArticleActivists postpone plans to send 10,000 copies of The Interview to North Korea
The move followed warnings of military reprisals.
View ArticleNorth Korean defence minister ‘executed for dozing off during a rally’
South Korea’s spy agency says Hyon Yong-chol was killed last month in front of an audience of hundreds.
View ArticleThis Nobel Prize winner just apologised for saying all women in laboratories...
Briton Sir Tim Hunt said his controversial remarks were meant to be taken in a humorous fashion.
View ArticleExplainer: A MERS outbreak has killed 14 in South Korea. What are the experts...
It’s the largest outbreak of the deadly virus outside Saudi Arabia.
View ArticleThis North Korean soldier found a very simple (but dangerous) way to defect
He walked into South Korea.
View ArticlePGA tour golfer forced to return to South Korea for mandatory two-year...
29-year-old Sang-Moon Bae has racked up 5.2 million euro in career earnings to date.
View ArticleKim Jong-Un has declared a “semi-state” of war
Military tensions between North and South Korea have soared following a rare exchange of artillery fire.
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