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Korean Directors Rally Behind ‘The Assassin(s)’ as Political Firestorm Turns on Its Makers

The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has come out in support of the team behind “The Assassin(s),” Hur Jin-ho’s thriller about the 1974 shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo, as political anger over the Korean box office leader spills onto its cast and crew. Conservative politicians and online critics have accused the film of distorting […]

Korean Directors Rally Behind ‘The Assassin(s)’ as Political Firestorm Turns on Its Makers

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Russia Sends Warning to Super Eagles with 6-0 Crushing of Namibia

*18 players in Eagles’ training in Nizhny Novgorod on Sunday Duro Ikhazuagbe Ahead of tomorrow’s international friendly in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia sent a warning to the Super Eagles at the weekend

  • Russia defeats Namibia 6-0 in training session
  • Danil Prutsev and Konstantin Tyukavin score for Russia
  • Nigeria's Eric Chelle faces lineup challenges

Album of losers’ faces

At the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, there were hundreds of photographers in the stadium all of whom scrambled to capture the faces of event winners. But there was

  • Album of losers' faces sold quickly decades later
  • Nigeria lost coins, naira notes, prominent figures
  • Government no longer launches grand schemes or initiatives

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