Nonsan (South Korea) (AFP) – Deep in South Korea’s hinterlands lies a perfect replica of 1900s Seoul. Sunshine Land is the latest K-drama theme park to cash in on booming K-culture tourism, with the popularity of South Korean dramas soaring overseas.
Valparaíso (Chile) (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron is welcomed to Congress in Valparaiso by Karol Cariola, President of Chile’s Chamber of Deputies, and Jose Garcia Ruminot, President of the Senate. IMAGES
Ganghwa-gun (South Korea) (AFP) – Gunshots, screams, eerie laughter: South Korea’s border island Ganghwa is being bombarded nightly with blood-curdling sounds, part of a new campaign by the nuclear-armed North that is driving residents to despair.
Hong Kong (AFP) – Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai will on Wednesday take the stand in his collusion trial, testifying in court for the first time despite five previous trials in almost four years. IMAGES
Jabalia (AFP) – People in Gaza’s north flee following Israeli orders to evacuate areas of Beit Lahia. Israeli strikes killed dozens of people in Gaza on Sunday, civil defence rescuers said, most of them in northern Gaza, where the UN and others have decried disastrous humanitarian conditions. According to rescuers, they had pulled at least 34 bodies — including women and children — from rubble in the Beit Lahia district after a particularly lethal pre-dawn strike in the area where Israeli forces began a major operation on October 6.
Banda Aceh (AFP) – At a quaint cafe in Indonesia’s most conservative Muslim province, owner Qurrata Ayuni and her female baristas pour fresh coffee as mostly hijabi customers sip away at Morning Mama, which also sells children’s books and period pads. The young entrepreneur says she opened the outlet because it is the only one of its kind in Banda Aceh, where female customers can gather among the majority of establishments which primarily cater to men.
Genf (AFP) – There is no “plan B” to the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, says the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), following Israel’s order to ban the organisation that coordinates nearly all aid in war-ravaged Gaza.
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – World leaders meet in Rio de Janeiro for a two-day G20 summit to try reignite deadlocked climate talks and overcome their differences on the Middle East and Ukraine wars ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hold a bilateral meeting during the G20 summit in Rio. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and French President Emmanuel Macron meet at a bilateral meeting during the G20 summit in Rio. IMAGES
Unknown (AFP) – US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP, prompting the Kremlin to accuse Biden on Monday of escalating the war in Ukraine. This comes as Moscow unleashed a second missile attack in as many days on the UNESCO-protected Ukrainian city of Odesa on the Black Sea that left ten dead and more than 40 wounded.
Gizeh (AFP) – Thanks to the viral footage of Apollo, a stray who became an overnight sensation last month after being filmed scaling the Great Pyramid of Khafre, interest amongst visitors in the dogs of Giza has grown, boosting tourism and local businesses.
