Abandoned ski resort 3
Creepy photos show the abandoned ski resort that’s decaying near the border between North and South Korea Part 3 By Lucy Yang, INSIDER From Business Insider South Korea spent more than $1 billion building sleek new facilities for athletes and…
Abandoned ski resort 1
Creepy photos show the abandoned ski resort that’s decaying near the border between North and South Korea Part 1 By Lucy Yang, INSIDER From Business Insider South Korea spent more than $1 billion building sleek new facilities for athletes and…
North Korea kicks off a military parade on the eve of the Winter Olympics in South Korea
By Kim Tong-Hyung, Eric Talmadge, Associated Press From Business Insider North Korea held a military parade, one day before South Korea’s opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics. More than 10,000 troops trained for the parade at a military airfield…
Winter Olympics: North Korea presses ahead with military parade
From BBC North Korea has defended plans for a large-scale military parade scheduled for the day before the Winter Olympics in South Korea. Pyongyang’s annual military parade to mark the founding of its armed forces has taken place in April…
Bitcoin slumps to $10,000, half its peak price, as regulatory fears grow
From Newsmax Bitcoin skidded below $10,000 on Wednesday, halving in value from its peak price, with investors gripped by fears regulators could clamp down on the volatile cryptocurrency that sky-rocketed last year. The price of bitcoin, the world’s biggest and…
Burning tanker off Chinese coast ‘in danger of exploding’
From BBC There are fears of an environmental disaster in the East China Sea as a tanker continues to leak oil two days after colliding with a cargo ship. Chinese officials have told state media the Sanchi is in danger…
EU grey list must not let tax havens ‘off the hook’
By Tom Carnegie, From International Adviser Oxfam has warned that the EU grey list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes should not be treated as a way of letting tax havens “off the hook”, as those named try to get…
Top North Korean defector to testify in Congress
By Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner From Business Insider A top North Korean defector will testify on Capitol Hill as top US officials, including President Donald Trump, are scheduled to visit South Korea in coming days. Thae Yong-ho served as the…
Water-based electrolytes promise safer phone batteries
By Jon Fingas From engadget Your phone would be less likely to catch fire after a bad bump. It’s hard to completely escape safety issues with lithium-ion batteries, in part due to the nature of the electrolytes that charge and…
IKEA is opening a store near the North Korean border
By Oliver Pechter, Business Insider Nordic In the midst of an ongoing crisis with a saber-rattling North Korea, Swedish furniture giant Ikea is opening a gigantic department store in South Korea, close to the border. This news was reported by Korea…
