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New movies out this week: Nov 9-15
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 09/11/2023
» New titles that hit Thai cinemas for your viewing pleasure.
Kim Jong Un oversees military parade with new drones, ICBMs
AFP, Published on 28/07/2023
» PYONGYANG: Flanked by visiting Russian and Chinese officials, Kim Jong Un oversaw a North Korean military parade featuring new attack drones and Pyongyang's nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), state media reported Friday.
Kim's first decade: 3 US meetings, 2 dead relatives, 1 nuclear arsenal
AFP, Published on 15/12/2021
» SEOUL: After 10 years in power, North Korea's once youthful Kim Jong Un is now one of the world's more experienced leaders, and will look to defy the West for decades to come with his nuclear arsenal, analysts say.
North Korea cuts ties with Malaysia over US extradition
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» SEOUL: North Korea severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia on Friday, abruptly shutting down a once-close relationship that took a major downturn following the shock assassination of Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother in Kuala Lumpur airport four years ago.
From Pyongyang to Gangnam: the ex-N. Korean diplomat on the ballot in Seoul
AFP, Published on 08/04/2020
» SEOUL - For decades, Thae Yong Ho served the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, rising to become Pyongyang's deputy ambassador to London before defecting.
Embedding S Korea in Southeast Asia
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 19/11/2019
» For three days from Nov 25-27 in the port city of Busan, South Korean President Moon Jae-in will have a rare opportunity that eluded his predecessors -- to set in cast iron the future and shape of South Korean-Asean and Mekong riparian country relations amid the ever-changing regional and international environment.
North Korean leader's brother was CIA informant, book claims
AFP, Published on 12/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother was an "informant" for the US Central Intelligence Agency before his assassination in 2017, according to a new biography of the North Korean leader published Tuesday.
North Korean leader's slain half-brother ‘was a CIA informant’
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Vietnam plays role of reluctant Asian middle power
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 11/06/2019
» In private discussions with senior Vietnamese foreign ministry officials, one could easily get the feeling that the socialist republic is a reluctant rising middle power in Asia. In their view, Vietnam is doing well in terms of regional and international profile, with its uninterrupted political stability and expanding economic growth. The latest report by the Asia Development Bank that its GDP growth will be around 6.8% this year is good testimony to its success.
North Korea fires short-range 'projectiles'
AFP, Published on 04/05/2019
» SEOUL: North Korea on Saturday fired several unidentified short-range “projectiles” into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korean defence officials said, a likely sign of Pyongyang’s growing frustration at stalled diplomatic talks with Washington meant to provide sanctions relief in return for nuclear disarmament.