LOOKING wistfully around at the surroundings, a strange mix of marshland and random high-rise buildings, Shim Jong-rae shakes his head, echoing the sentiment of many residents: “It’s a ghost town.” For more than a decade, urban planners have been studying the construction of Songdo, South Korea, the world’s first Smart City. Built within 25 miles of Seoul, it was to be the antithesis of the suffocating, overpopulated capital. A new way of thinking for more than 300,000 residents, spread out over 600 hectares of reclaimed land from the Yellow Sea.

The first boy kissed by Meghan Markle grew up to be a famous rapper who stars on TV with James Corden, MailOnline can reveal. In a little-known interview with chat show host Larry King the former Suits star told how she had smooched with her first crush Joshua Silverstein when she was a starry-eyed teenager. 'Joshua Silverstein. I was 13, it was a summer camp and I kissed him!' Meghan recalled.

The last of Scientology's top-secret bases have been revealed to be located in an eerie Northern California outpost, a deserted Midwest ranch, and the former home of late Dallas star Larry Hagman. The controversial church’s real estate arm purchased the party animal actor's Ojai home in 2014 for $5 million. The 43 acres of land, with an estate that boasted nine-bedrooms, ten bathrooms, and an outdoor pool, now stands as a $30,000-a-month rehab facility for the stars.

A former security guard for the Church of Scientology has revealed the behind-the-scenes rivalry between the church's most high-profile members and how he was allegedly brutally punished for speaking to them. Working at its global headquarters in Clearwater, Florida, Brendan Tighe, 37, had an unrivaled view of 'Scientology VIPs' Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta. A Scientologist for 30 years, he has given DailyMail.com his experiences and observations about the celebrity culture within the Church

When the Winter Olympic Games begin this week in South Korea’s Pyeongchang, there will be a small, little known area of the country cheering for bitter rivals in the North. Gyodong Island is South Korea’s closest and most accessible border area to hermit nation North Korea, with just a two mile sliver of the Yellow Sea and a fence between them.

Fancy a pair of alligator skin, gold plated Giuseppe Zanotti $14,000 trainers? No problem. Don’t like your Rolex watch anymore? Just pour a whole bottle of expensive champagne all over it in front of your mates in a nightclub. Welcome to the rich kids of Zimbabwe, where silver plated Rolls-Royces and private jets lined in gold are just the norm - and showing off your tens of millions are essential social media viewing.

A former member of the Church of Scientology's elite Sea Org has told how the Church shamed, punished and ultimately kicked her out after she was drugged and raped as an 18-year-old. Most painful of all, in her darkest hour, Siberian-born Katrina Reyes who signed the Sea Org's infamous billion-year-contract at 11 years old, was betrayed by the one person she thought she could turn to: her mother. The Sea Org's rules concerning sexual contact effectively turned Katrina's rape into a crime.

Robert Mugabe, the 93-year-old Zimbabwean dictator whose 37-year rule came to an end this week after he was ousted by his military, must be feeling a little down at the moment. On the streets outside, he can probably just about hear his country's people celebrating, high on the hope they're witnessing the end to an economic crisis that has left them, on average, 15% poorer than they were in 1980. Well, some of them. Not these very rich kids.

David Weber didn't celebrate when he was told that his half-brother Edmund Kemper had been denied parole last month. He just breathed a sigh of relief. For over 40 years, Kemper's relatives have been living in fear that one of America's most notorious serial killers might be released from prison and come after them. Speaking publicly for the first time, David Weber - a name he uses to protect his identity - tells DailyMail.com: 'He has this control over the family, and there's still anger over

Happily walking along the beach, 'carefree' American and British tourists have no idea just what is lying underneath the sand or in the nearby sea. Situated just a few miles away from the North Korea border, Dongmak Beach on Ganghwa Island is a popular destination for foreigners and locals wanting to escape the busy capital city of Seoul for the day, which is about 37 miles away.

Michael Hutchence was one of Australia’s brightest-burning rock stars when he was found dead in a Sydney hotel room nearly 20 years ago. Two decades on, writes CHRIS WHITE, his sister Tina still harbours misgivings and questions about her brother’s final years as INXS’s incandescent, controversial lead singer

The gunman responsible for Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas wired $100,000 to a bank account in the Philippines, his live-in girlfriend's home country, a week before carrying out the attack, it has been revealed. Stephen Paddock, 64, sent the money to an account before setting up a sniper's nest on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on Sunday. Law enforcement officials who confirmed the wire transfer to NBC did not reveal who the bank account belongs to.

These are the first photos of the world’s most expensive moat ever to be built, which it’s hoped will make the new US Embassy in London impenetrable to terrorists. The 100 foot, half moon strip of water in front of the building is meant to be able to withstand any type of attack although US officials have euphemistically called it a ‘water feature’. The embassy, being built in the Nine Elms area of London, is already the world’s costliest embassy - costs have spiraled upwards of $1 billion - a

The man who shot dead 59 people and injured 527 others in Las Vegas on Sunday night was a multimillionaire who took a huge arsenal of 23 guns into his Mandalay Bay hotel room, which he transformed into an elaborate sniper's nest before opening fire on a country music festival. Stephen Paddock, 64, had made millions from real estate deals, according to his brother; he also owned two planes and several properties across the US, and seemed normal apart from his passion for gambling large sums. Bu

Kanye West's childhood home in Chicago has been abandoned - a year after his charity bought the property to convert it into a children's community centre in memory of his late mum. The house in the South Side of Chicago is now littered with rubbish and drug paraphernalia. The modest wooden home was where Kanye spent his childhood living with his mum Donda West - who died in 2007. But the house is now a far cry from the community centre that was planned on the site to honour his late mother's

Saas Mean couldn't believe his luck. Before meeting Angelina Jolie, he was living in a makeshift chicken shed with other landmine victims and their families. Blinded, maimed and suffering horrific internal injuries, he'd been virtually left to die after stepping on a landmine in 1984. There was no care for people like Saas, who had been made a refugee during Cambodia's war ravaged years, at least until Jolie heard about the plight of landmine victims in 2000. The Oscar-winner helped transform