Today marks two weeks since massive earthquakes hit Turkey and Northern Syria. We learn about the unusual property market in South Korea. Our correspondent trolls through three decades of hits to learn what it is that makes a chart topper.
The country’s war-torn north-west has been getting far less aid than it needs in the earthquakes’ aftermath. We investigate the dilemma of lifting long-running international sanctions. Housing prices are slipping across the rich world, but South Korea’s unusual property market makes that slide far more perilous. And what three decades’-worth of data reveal about crafting a pop hit.