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How do you prepare for the worst-case scenario? Stories from South Korea, Taiwan and Colombia.

How do you prepare for the worst-case scenario? Juna Moon has been talking to young people in South Korea about how they perceive the threat of war in the region and how they’re planning for it. Growing up in Taiwan after the 1999 Jiji earthquake, Joy Yu-Tzu Chang has been trained on what to do in case another quake hit. So when the ground started to shake in early April, she knew exactly what to do. Plus Hernando Álvarez shares the life advice he received from Nobel Prize winner Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez, and the story behind a handwritten note listing the author's favourite books.

Produced by Caroline Ferguson and Alice Gioia

Gabriel GarcΓ­a MΓ‘rquez' list of essential classics:

1. The Bible
2. One Thousand and One Nights
2 (a) Plato and Aristotle
3. The Odyssey
3 (a) The Illustrious Philosophers. Diogenes Laertius
4. Sophocles: Oedipus
5. The Twelve Caesars (Suetonius)
6. Plutarch
7. The Divine Comedy (Inferno)
8. Horace (Poetry)
9. El Cid (Ballads)
10. Amadis of Gaul
11. Don Quixote
12. Poetry: Spanish Golden Age
13. Gargantua and Pantagruel
14. Paradise Lost - Milton
15. Chroniclers of the Indies

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich)

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Mon 22 Apr 2024 02:32GMT

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