Ever heard the phrase “drunk as a monk”? We thought not.
As meat markets panic and South Korea halts beef imports, a look at how the first BSE case in 6 years almost didn’t get diagnosed.
Good news for anyone who wishes we could revert to prehistoric times, or really, anyone who thinks woolly mammoths are awesome.
North Korea has been toiling over its most luxurious hotel since 1988.
As an alternative to traditional burial methods, South Koreans are taking relatives’ ashes and transforming them into shiny blue-green, pink or black beads.
Reports say Kim Jong Il’s eldest son is now under “Chinese protection” after leaving the island of Macau. But like most things in the Hermit Kingdom, it’s hard to know for sure.
World leaders reacted cautiously to the sudden news Sunday night that Kim Jong-Il, the despotic leader of isolated North Korea, had died of a heart attack while traveling aboard a train within the country on Saturday.
Nothing says “international feud” quite like Christmas lights.
In prisons of the future, watchtowers and barbed wire may be just a formality. South Korea is debuting robot wardens with the power to stop jailbreaks.
An excursion to this secretive northeast Asian country comes with a host of Orwellian restrictions which you breach at your own peril. So if you do make the trip to the hermit kingdom, be sure to follow NewsFeed’s essential tourist survival guide.
