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Seoul flooding (left) Parasite movie featuring banjiha home (right) The heaviest rain in 115 years pounded Seoul and surrounding area leaving 11 people dead and 8 others missing.   Among the victims was a family of three who lived in a semi-basement known as the Banjiha (Ban = Semi Jiha = Basement).   A woman with a developmental disability, her younger sister, and the sisters teenage daughters got help after their home was flooded by the heavy rains but failed to escape. As of 2020 around 200,000, or 5%, of the total homes in Seoul had been in the basement or semi-basement levels.  It has been an affordable housing for urban dwellers because of its cheap price amid the rapidly growing housing prices.  Even before the recent tragedy domestic and foreign media shed light on the life in banjiha after the Oscar-winning film 'Parasite' portrayed the poor Kim family living in a tiny dark semi-basement home.   As seen in the film and in real life banjih...

Netflix series "YuYu Hakusho," which will be exclusively distributed from December 2023, revealed a new poster showing Takumi Kitamura (Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, Tokyo Revengers) as the main character, Yusuke Urameshi. Netflix's poster showed the green school uniform unique to Yusuke, and his regent hair which is irresistible to fans of the original. Takumi Kitamura as Yusuke Urameshi It is said that the Netflix adaptation will follow the original story from the the hit manga "YuYu Hakusho" (published by Jump Comics) serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) for four years from 1990. In the manga, the main character, Yusuke Urameshi, a high school student, spends all his time in fights and is feared as a bad boy at school.  One day, Yusuke is killed in a car accident while trying to protect a child. However, since it was unexpected for the spirit world that "a bad Yusuke helps a child and dies," there was no place for him in either heaven or hell.  Y...

Ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday while speaking at a political rally in the western city of Nara.  An unemployed 41-year old man has said he carried out the killing using a homemade gun. Back at the junction where the small rally is taking place, a 41-year-old man named by police as Tetsuya Yamagami is standing just meters away.  In his bag a homemade shotgun. Shinzo Abe has been speaking for about a minute when he's approached from behind.  Two shots ring out.  Mr. Abe was hit in the neck.  His security rush at the gunman who dropped his weapon on the ground behind him.  Police later confirmed that it's some sort of improvised homemade weapon.   Mr. Abe is taken by ambulance to a park where he is transferred to a waiting helicopter. Five hours later Shinzo Abe was declared dead.  The hospital made efforts to revive Mr. Abe but unfortunately he passed away at 5:03pm.  There were two bullet wounds in his neck.  H...

A swimming coach being hailed as a hero after saving a competitor from drowning at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Wednesday. Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez isn't just good at holding her breath, she can do it while performing a mix of swimming, and gymnastics underwater.  But at the end of her solo performance at the World Championships in Budapest, Anita fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool. First to react was coach Andrea Fuentes, a former Olympian herself, she dived in lifting the unconscious swimmer to the surface. This was such a scary scene at the swimming championships.  The images showed what coach Andrea Fuentes did when 25-year-old American Anita Alvarez fainted during her solo routine and sank to the bottom of the pool. With lifeguards not reacting at all, Fuentes dove in to save Alvarez.  Another American swimmer jumped in as well to assist once Fuentes got Alvarez to the surface. Fuentes, a four-time Olympic medalist in syn...

Jumbo Floating Restaurant Hong Kong's iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant has been towed away from its Aberdeen Harbour home after 46 years. It was opened in 1976 by the late casino tycoon Stanley Ho and reportedly cost more than US$3.8 million to build. The restaurant was styled like a Chinese imperial palace and was known for Cantonese and seafood dishes. It welcomed over 30 million guests before it closed in 2020 due to the pandemic. The restaurant drew famous visitors from around the world.  Queen Elizabeth II and Tom Cruise have been here. The pandemic forced it to close in 2020 and its operators could not find new owners or afford the huge upkeep costs. Plans to relocate it at Ocean Park also fell through. Tugboats moved the restaurant outside of Hong Kong on Tuesday.  However, the restaurant's kitchen section remains in Aberdeen after it partially sank two weeks before the move. It is unclear where Jumbo will berth next.  Its parent company has plans to move it to a l...

BTS with President Joe Biden BTS met with U.S. President Joe Biden to address efforts to stop Anti-Asian Hate crimes on Tuesday. The White House has said the president and BTS members discussed "Asian inclusion and representation," as well as using BTS' platform as youth ambassador to "spread a message of hope and positivity across the world." Hundreds of ARMY's gathered outside the White House to catch a glimpse of BTS and the briefing room was packed with what many White House correspondents said was the largest number of journalists seen in years. The White House spokesperson insisted that BTS' visit to the White House itself will send a strong message across the country.

BTS BTS will release an Anthology album that summarizes their activities since their debut, including three new songs next month. Big Hit Music, the agency, announced on May 5 through the fan community platform 'Weverse, "We will release the anthology album 'Proof' which consists of a total of 3 CDs, on Friday, June 10 at 1pm." It has been about 11 months since BTS released a physical album.  The last one was a CD-type album containing 'Butter' and 'Permission to Dance' in July of last year. In terms of non-single albums, it has been 1 year and 7 months since the special album 'BE' was released in November 2020. BTS is celebrating their ninth anniversary in June and the boys are ready to begin a new chapter. HYBE emphasized, "BTS, who have been running nonstop since 2013, will celebrate their ninth anniversary in June.  We thank 'ARMY' who have sent unchanging love and support." HYBE also added "At this moment as BTS ...