It’s time for K-Correspondent where we usually connect live to a correspondent overseas to fill us in on K-culture news in their respective countries. They have been selected based on their love and interest in Korean culture. Since the very first edition of “The Kulture Wave” we spoke to correspondents in around ten different nations. … Read more
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Efforts to identify all 179 victims of the air tragedy continue, as the bereaved families and the people across the country continue to mourn. Our correspondent Park Kun-woo is standing by down in Muan-gun County. Kun-woo, you’re at one of the main joint memorial altars set up down there, right? Good morning Dami. As you … Read more
A chilly wind is bringing temperatures down a couple of degrees this morning and highs will also be much lower than Monday. However, readings on New Year’s Day will hover way above norms under mostly sunny skies. The last sunset and first sunrise of the New Year will be visible wherever you are. The first … Read more
Some impressive artworks went under the hammer in 2024. ‘L’empire des lumières’, Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte’s oil painting depicting a paradoxical combination of day and night, was sold at a Christie’s auction in New York for some 121 million U.S. dollars. Other works such as British painter David Hockney’s ‘California’, which had not been … Read more
As we count down towards the new year, Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, is preparing for the world’s largest New Year’s Eve celebration. Rio’s iconic Copacabana beach, which is hosting the New Year’s Eve party, is expected to be attended by some 2.5 million people, including locals and visitors from around the globe. Rio authorities were … Read more
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, published his annual New Year’s message on Monday, expressing his concerns over global warming, which he called a “climate breakdown”. “Throughout 2024, hope has been hard to find. Wars are causing enormous pain, suffering and displacement. Inequalities and divisions are rife — fueling tensions and mistrust.” “The top … Read more
Let’s begin today with new developments in the Russia-Ukraine war, what’s the latest? In time for the end of the year, Moscow and Kyiv have conducted a major swap of prisoners of war. In a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war on Monday with the … Read more
Authorities are struggling to pinpoint the exact cause of the deadly crash, but what could’ve been the trigger? Let’s discuss all the variables with an aviation expert, Professor Kim Hong-cheol. Welcome. 1. There are numerous speculations over what contributed to the crash. Let’s start with this bird-strike theory. How devastating can a bird strike be? … Read more
For the first time ever, an arrest warrant has been issued for a sitting president in South Korea. A Seoul court on Tuesday morning approved the warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, on charges of sedition. A search warrant was also issued for his residence. No other details on the warrant have been … Read more
