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Accused North Korean agent’s missile diagrams ‘high school level’, court hears Save Normal text size Advertisement Notes seized from the apartment of a Sydney man accused of acting as an economic agent for North Korea included unsophisticated school level diagrams of missile technology, the NSW Supreme Court has heard. But a US military expert who specialises in unconventional weapons and technology told the court Chan Han Choi’s notes, however simplistic, were unlikely to b...

BACK Fans of the eternally brilliant Peep Show rejoice. British comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb are back together again in this new series. Mitchell stars as Stephen, whose dad died, leaving him in charge of the family pub. But when his foster brother Andrew (Webb) shows up – well, things don’t go to plan. It’s a family reunion that is painfully awkward – which is exactly what these two funnymen are known for. Supplied In Confessions of a Serial Killer, film-maker Ben Zand ...

Dog attacks Northland kiwi, sparking warning from bird rescuer 4 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read This kiwi is lucky to be alive after being mauled by a dog near Kerikeri. Photo / Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre. Mike Dinsdale is Northern Advocate deputy editormike.dinsdale@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat A Northland bird rescuer and advocate is urging dog owners to take more care of their pets after a kiwi was lucky to survive being mauled near Kerikeri. Robert Webb, of the Whangārei Nat...

1 / of 3 Chan Han Choi denies brokering missile deals with North Korea, had links to Kim Jong-un, Sydney court told WedWednesday 3 updated WedWednesday 10 Chan Han Choi arrived in Australia in 1987 and became a citizen in 2000. ( Share Print text only Cancel A man accused of brokering deals for North Korea, including missiles, has alleged he had connections to the countrys Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, a Sydney court has heard. Key points: His defence lawyer said it was all "just talk and hot air...

“He regularly communicates with people who – on the crown case – are from North Korea,” Single said. Choi had brokered past deals on behalf of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea that weren’t illegal but they “showed he did in fact have ties to North Kore”, the prosecutor said. Discussion about exporting missiles allegedly involved Choi talking of building a nursery of trees in Taiwan. The crown alleges that was a reference to the creation of a missile establishment on the...

February 3rd, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News, Filming has begun in Sydney on Season 2 of comedy series Frayed, written by and starring UK-based Australian Sarah Kendall. Joining the casts this season are Hamish Michael ( Rosehaven, Janet King), Jane Hall ( Wentworth, Neighbours) and rising talent Emma Harvie ( The Letdown, Diary of an Uber Driver) as Emily. Creator, writer and star Sarah Kendall says “I’m so excited to be home making season 2 of Frayed. The last year ...

Sarah Kendalls 1980s comedy to return to Sky Filming has begun on the second series of Sarah Kendall’s Sky comedy series Frayed. The cast, including Diane Morgan, have started shooting six new episodes in Sydney, which are due to air later this year. Kendall said she was ‘so excited’ to be back on set, adding: ‘We’re all really grateful for this opportunity to bring back a lot of these frankly appalling characters.’ Morgan previously tweeted an image from her quarantine hotel where ...

Film and TV round-up: February 2021 Channel 4 start the year with three sharp shows to help you through lockdown, while MUBI continues to fill the gaping hole left by the closure of arthouse cinemas Article by Jamie Dunn | 02 Feb 2021 MUBI has always been cinephile nirvana, but as skittish studios continue to shunt their glitziest arthouse titles off to a hopefully COVID-free future ( Another Round, Promising Young Woman and Nomadland were some of the films we’d originally plann...

Letters Don’t blame the UK’s Covid death toll on our rule-averse culture, writes Robert Webb. Adrian Paterson traces literary references to an earlier pandemic People wearing masks during a five-day lockdown in Perth, Australia. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/EPA People wearing masks during a five-day lockdown in Perth, Australia. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/EPA Tue 2 Feb 2021 13.06 EST Last modified on Tue 2 Feb 2021 13.09 EST I cannot agree with Michele Gelfand’s assertion that cul...

Rating: I wonder what you think of when you think of Katie Price, aka ‘Jordan’. A lot of things, probably. The boob jobs. The hair extensions. The self-marketing. The branded bed linen that I once saw on sale at Matalan.  The marriages that have gone belly up. The bankruptcy. The Uggs. The ‘mucky mansion.’ The multiple TV reality shows starting with the one she made with her first husband, Peter Andre – ‘shu’ up, Pete, shu’ up’ – that have since switched to more and more o...