Han Kang's books sell out in
South Korea after Nobel win
SEOUL, Oct 11: Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win. The first Asian woman to win the literary award, short story writer and novelist Han is best known overseas for "The Vegetarian", her first novel to be translated into English, which won the Man Booker Prize in 2016. The 53-year-old was honoured with the Nobel "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the Swedish Academy said. Shortly after the announcement, which came late Thursday in Seoul, major bookstore websites across the country crashed as people rushed to order her books. — AFP
Seoul confirms N Korean defection as Pyongyang seals border
SEOUL, Oct 11: A suspected North Korean defector crossed the de facto western maritime border last month and is now in the South, Seoul's military said Friday, days after Pyongyang said it would seal off the countries' shared border. The North's army said this week it would "permanently shut off and block the southern border" by "completely cutting off roads and railways" connected to the South and building "strong defence structures". — AFP
Everest climber's remains believed found after 100 years
KATHMANDU, Oct 11: A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying to summit the peak 100 years ago, National Geographic magazine reported Friday. Climate change is thinning snow and ice around the Himalayas, increasingly exposing the bodies of mountaineers who died chasing their dream of scaling the world's highest mountain. Briton Andrew Irvine went missing in 1924 alongside climbing partner George Mallory as the pair attempted to be the first to reach Everest's summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 feet) above sea level. — AFP
3 million lose power as Hurricane
Milton makes landfall in Florida
WASHINGTON, Oct 11: Hurricane Milton is barreling into the Atlantic Ocean after ploughing across Florida. Milton caused at least five deaths and compounded the misery wrought by Hurricane Helene two weeks ago, while sparing the city of Tampa a direct hit. The storm weakened in the final hours, making landfall late Wednesday as a Category 3 storm in Siesta Key, about 70 miles (113km) south of Tampa. The storm knocked out power to more than three million customers and whipped up a barrage of tornadoes. While it caused a lot of damage and water levels may continue to rise for days. —Al Jazeera
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