Booker triumph ushers in new era for South Korean writers

May 20, 2016 | 12:01 am

By Giles Hewitt Hwang Sung-Hee

SEOUL — South Korean writer Han Kang’s Booker prize marks a major victory for a decade-long effort to drag one of Asia’s oldest but, until recently, least-known literary traditions into the global market.

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Most Texas quakes likely caused by oil, gas activities: study

May 20, 2016 | 12:01 am

OIL AND gas activities may have caused nearly nine in 10 of the earthquakes Texas has experienced in the past 40 years, and the quakes have become more frequent as oilfield activity has picked up in the past decade, according to a forthcoming study.

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Black Panther, Marvel’s African hero, in the spotlight

May 20, 2016 | 12:01 am

NEW YORK — Captain America and Iron Man may be the stars of Marvel’s latest comic-book blockbuster, but Black Panther — making his big-screen debut — is most definitely the superhero of the moment.

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