Author Heather Mitchell's new Audiobook 'Heart, Mind, and Soul: Autobiographical Poetry' is a compilation of evocative poetry composed over the course of 13 years

The number of Korean content that was illegally distributed overseas reached nearly 500 million cases last year, the highest number since 2022, a lawmaker said Monday. The number of reported cases hit 493.6 million in 2025, up 19.2 percent from the previous year, according to the data submitted to Rep. Jeong Jun-ho of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea by the Korea Copyright Protection Agency. The figure is the highest since 477.1 million in 2022, when the agency began compiling relevant data. Of the total, piracy cases involving webtoons accounted for the majority at 66.5 percent, followed by films and broadcasts at 33.5 percent. By language, 46.6 percent of the reported cases involved content distributed in English, followed by Chinese at 20.4 percent and languages of Southeast Asian nations at 15.7 percent. While the number of content illegally distributed in English fell 17 percentage points on-year, the portion of those distributed in languages of Southeast Asian and European nations, such as Vietnamese, Thai, Spanish and French, rose. Despite a surge in digital piracy cases, the nu

With a very odd agreement with Moscow, Trump has made another desperate bid to try to bring oil prices down.

Live coverage of this afternoon’s The Age Good Food Guide Awards ceremony at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne.

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A woman has been questioned in court whether sending an emoji meant she left “the possibility open” for boundaries to be broken.

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Greater awareness of disability in Hong Kong has not necessarily made it easier for people with disabilities to find work, according to advocate Faride Shroff, who says tighter corporate budgets and a difficult job market have made the next stage of inclusion more challenging. Shroff, founder of SENsational Foundation, said employers that recruit people with disabilities also need to provide guidance, suitable workplace arrangements and roles that match individual strengths. “Every person has...

In a video uploaded to social media, Abu Hamza – also known as Samir Mohtadi – said the righteous would always be attacked. But he did not answer to allegations levelled by UAE authorities about his links to the flydubai pilot.

Robert Pether was imprisoned in Iraq in 2021 and released last year but was unable to leave the country.

Joshua Smith, a father-of-three from Sydney’s west, was allegedly stabbed to death by a 13-year-old boy while helping a separate group of children home.

Hong Kong’s artificial intelligence management system could take shape and be tested as early as the typhoon season next year, the government’s No 2 official has said, adding that the project will give authorities a “full picture” of the city once it is in full swing. In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki said the “AI city brain” system aimed to connect independent databases maintained by different government bodies. “With the invention of...

Follow CGTN’s Yu Qiuyuan over the next three days at the 2026 Beijing Forum on Swift Response to Public Complaints, as delegates from around the world exchange experiences and explore how cities can respond better.