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Gold mines, trash and memories: Soweto's urban hikes
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» SOWETO (SOUTH AFRICA) - Soweto is full of gritty urban landscapes and alleys which evoke its history as one of apartheid's battlegrounds.
No kidding: video calls with goats boost British farm
AFP, Published on 11/02/2021
» BLACKBURN (UNITED KINGDOM) - A British farmer came up with a jokey idea to rent out her goats to liven up video call meetings -- and found an unexpected source of lockdown income.
Sign o'the times: K-pop idol emerges from decades past
AFP, Published on 19/03/2020
» SEOUL - Thirty years ago his floppy hair, make-up, and flamboyant fashion sense outraged audiences, who threw stones at him as he performed on stage and threatened to beat him at shows.
K-pop's BTS finish tour with millions generated
AFP, Published on 31/10/2019
» SEOUL - Tearful and screaming by turn, tens of thousands of BTS fans gathered in Seoul for the finale of the boyband's lucrative world tour, some flying thousands of kilometres to pay homage to their idols and swell their backers' bulging coffers.
Carlos Ghosn's lead defence lawyer resigns
AFP, Published on 13/02/2019
» TOKYO - Two lawyers defending former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial misconduct submitted their resignations on Wednesday, their law firm said in a statement.
Brothers in arms: S. Korea debates military service exemptions
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» NONSAN (SOUTH KOREA) - Despite generating almost $4 billion a year for the South Korean economy, the seven floppy-haired members of K-pop boyband BTS will still have to perform nearly two years of mind-numbing military service.
From high school drop-out to Korean gaming superstar
AFP, Published on 20/07/2018
» SEOUL - A high school drop-out dubbed the "Michael Jordan of eSports" has helped make South Korea a major power in video-gaming -- and is now leading its push to be recognised by the mainstream.