Search results

North Korea tightens grip on phone SIM cards used by tourists PUBLISHED : Monday, 01 September, 2014, 9:50pm UPDATED : Monday, 01 September, 2014, 9:50pm Reuters in Seoul North Korean commuters wait to a subway in Pyongyang. Photo: AP In a move to limit access to the internet, North Korea...

British activist set for Thai defamation trial AFP September 2, 2014, 7:31 am Bangkok (AFP) - A British activist is set to face a defamation charge in a Bangkok court Tuesday stemming from a report he co-authored on alleged labour abuses in Thailand's food industry. Andy Hall, 34, faces...

Australia to join US in arming Kurds in Iraq AFP August 31, 2014, 4:39 pm Sydney (AFP) - Australia said Sunday it would help the United States in an international effort to transport weapons to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq. "The United States government has...

Beijing cracks down on its 'naked officials' In an effort to fight graft, Party cadres will no longer be permitted to easily travel abroad PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 August, 2014, 8:23pm UPDATED : Friday, 29 August, 2014, 8:23pm Jeremy Blum [email protected] A cartoon commenting on the...

Colombia arrests 32 politicians over paramilitary ties AFP August 29, 2014, 6:22 am Bogota (AFP) - Colombian authorities have arrested 32 local politicians for alleged ties to right-wing paramilitary groups that fueled the country's 50-year conflict before being disbanded a decade ago...

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IwLOiPb-aV0?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> Published on Aug 25, 2014 Firefighters in the city of Nangong, Hebei Province, rescued a six-year-old who had fallen into an abandoned irrigation well. The firefighters...

Vietnam jails activists for up to three years AFP August 26, 2014, 11:59 pm Hanoi (AFP) - A Vietnamese court has jailed three activists for up to three years, a lawyer said Tuesday, after a one-day trial marked by strict security including the detention of scores of supporters. Bui Thi Minh...

Group Defection Sees Safe Passage Kang Mi Jin | 2014-08-22 16:58 Daily NK has learned that the 16 North Koreans from North Hamgyung Province, who defected at the beginning of this month, have arrived safely in Thailand. The defection, coined the “three-family defection” was first covered by...

N. Korean authorities crack down on plasma TVs: report Censorship measures come in light of forthcoming Asian Games – Radio Free Asia August 22nd, 2014 Max Kim North Korea’s surveillance bureau Group 109 (109 Sangmu) has been cracking down on USB ports and remote control functions in plasma...

N. Korea threatens nuclear strike in response to UFG Statement continues North's criticism of U.S., S. Korean 'tailored deterrence' strategy August 22nd, 2014 Rob York North Korea is prepared to launch a preemptive nuclear strike in response to the Ulchi Freedom Guardian joint drills by the...

"Summer Sickness" Hits Residents Hard Seol Song Ah | 2014-08-21 17:52 Derelict water mains and inadequate refrigeration have spawned an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis in North Korea, giving cause for residents to coin the summer monsoon period, “colitis season.” A source in North Hamgyung...

Cold Noodles Receive Icy Response Kang Mi Jin | 2014-08-21 11:37 Plans for a large naengmyeon [cold noodles] restaurant in Musan County, North Hamgyung Province have received a chilly response from the locals. The burden on residents, who must provide much of the material required for its...

Thousands protest New York police 'chokehold' death AFP August 24, 2014, 6:40 am New York (AFP) - Several thousand people demonstrated on New York's Staten Island Saturday to protest the death of a black man placed in a chokehold by police. Eric Garner, 43, a father of six who was suspected...

Teenager wore Japanese kendo helmet while friend stabbed his father to death, court hears Ian Fok Lap-yin, 19, felt he had to kill his parents to save the world, prosecutor says on opening day of murder trial PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 19 August, 2014, 3:21pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 19 August, 2014...

Texas Governor Perry indicted over abuse-of-power allegations Democrats call for potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate's resignation over allegations he abused his power with veto threat PUBLISHED : Sunday, 17 August, 2014, 7:20am UPDATED : Sunday, 17 August, 2014, 7:20am...

Street life: Hong Kong in the 1950s as seen through a teenage photographer's lens Ho Fan's photographs of old Hong Kong will go on display in a new hotel PUBLISHED : Sunday, 10 August, 2014, 5:44am UPDATED : Monday, 11 August, 2014, 9:14am Amy Nip [email protected] One of Ho Fan's...

11 N.Korean Defectors Caught Near China-Laos Border chosun.com / Aug. 13, 2014 09:49 KST Eleven North Korean defectors were arrested by Chinese border guards in the Chinese province of Yunnan on the border with Laos, an official here said Thursday. The official said a woman who already lives...

North Korea Welcomes Pope with a Bang Lee Sang Yong | 2014-08-14 16:01 North Korea launched three short-range rockets off the country’s East Sea coast on Thursday morning, just as Pope Francis was arriving on the west side of the Korean Peninsula at the beginning of a five-day visit to South...

NH NongHyup Card Donates 50 Mil KRW to Defector Organization Koo Jun Hoe | 2014-08-13 09:25 NH Nonghyup Card, known for making periodic donations, gifted 50,000,000 KRW to Korea Hana Foundation, an organization providing housing and support for North Korean defectors, in a ceremony held on...