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The national sport? Seoul’s Insadong entertainment district.

In Korea, drinking is a national sport – with strict rules

If you want to have a few drinks in Korea, there are fouls, faux pas, and formalities that must be followed lest you inadvertently cause offence. 

  • Paul Marshall

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Trump announced, via his Truth Social platform, that letters had been sent out to 14 of the 80-odd countries that were supposed to be hit by his “reciprocal” tariffs.

Trump declared an auction but no bidders turned up

The US president is like an auctioneer with an ill-fitting suit and loud tie trying to sell a property that no one wants to buy.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
President Donald Trump leaving Air Force One on Sunday.

Trump triggers fresh trade angst as he unveils raft of new tariffs

The US president has again set up a period of potentially tempestuous talks and market uncertainty as America’s trade partners scramble to reach deals by his deadline.

  • Jeff Mason, Bart H. Meijer and David Brunnstrom
Carissa Smith was adopted from South Korea as a baby and has embarked on a search for her birth parents.

Carissa used to look at the moon and wonder if her mother could see it too - she never found out

Carissa Smith finally made the journey to Seoul last year, seeking answers about who she was. But her hopes were dashed by a woman holding a manila folder, and hiding words with a ruler.

  • Lisa Visentin
Lee Jae-myung on the campaign trail this week.

He’s survived slums, sweatshops and a stabbing. Now this leader has to survive Donald Trump

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

  • Lisa Visentin
Jetstar’s business class seats are comfortable, even if they don’t lie flat.

‘Business class’ for half the price of others, but no lie-flat seat

It may not let you lie down, but it’s as good – if not better – than other airlines’ premium economy offerings.

  • Craig Platt
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Rows of babies waiting for overseas adoption in 1984 at the Angel Babies’ Home orphanage.

Josie was handed two Korean toddlers at the airport. They sobbed ‘mummy’ the whole way to Australia

The former social worker says she is horrified by what she was asked to do in 1984 and is calling for an inquiry into Australia’s overseas adoption practices.

  • Lisa Visentin
President Yoon Suk Yeol at a hearing in February.

Dramatic fall for former star lawyer who went from political novice to president in just a year

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise was fast. But his downfall was even faster.

  • Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung
For Chae Ryan, 33, the search for his Korean identity has been a harrowing journey. The South Korean agency that facilitated his adoption to Australia in 1991 is now at the centre of damning inquiry into widespread fraud and malpractice in the country’s adoption system.

‘I believed I was an orphan’: Australians caught up in global adoption scandal

For Chae Ryan, the search for his identity has been a harrowing experience. He’s not the only one.

  • Lisa Visentin
Police officers guard the Western District Court after the president’s supporters stormed the building.

Protesters storm South Korean court after president’s detention is extended

Demonstrators blasted fire extinguishers at lines of police guarding the front entrance, then flooded inside, destroying office equipment, fittings and furniture, footage showed.

  • Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park

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