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Human‑wave attacks and drones: How Myanmar's junta is fighting back

Reuters, Published on 16/12/2025

» NAY PYI TAW — For seven days, rebel fighter Khant and his comrades held the line as Myanmar's military pounded their positions with artillery and drone strikes.

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North Korean soldier held by Seoul after crossing land border

AFP, Published on 20/10/2025

» SEOUL - A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul's military said.

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N. Korean trash balloons target Seoul presidential complex 

Published on 24/07/2024

» SEOUL - North Korean balloons carrying trash have landed near the South Korean presidential office, the Presidential Security Service said on Wednesday.

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War keeps teacher from students

Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 08/01/2024

» Iryna Dubas,53, ex-director of Secondary School No.3 in Nova Kakhovka, a city in southern Ukraine, who had been detained by Russian forces, said she hopes the war will be over soon so she can return to school to meet her students again.

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Myanmar's 'watermelons': Soldier on the outside, rebel inside

Reuters, Published on 02/01/2024

» YANGON - For about two years, says 24-year-old Yan, a former Myanmar police officer, he risked his life pretending to serve the military junta while secretly spying for the armed resistance.

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Wagner influence will outlive fallen chiefs, say analysts

AFP, Published on 25/08/2023

» PARIS: The plane crash that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin wiped out the entire top leadership of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner but its influence is set to outlive them all both at home and abroad.

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Myanmar junta-aligned militia fighters defect to rebels

AFP, Published on 29/06/2023

» YANGON: Myanmar anti-coup fighters briefly seized several border outposts after junta-aligned militia defected and joined the rebels, sparking days of heavy clashes, state media reported on Thursday.

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PGA Tour and LIV Golf merge to end golf's 'civil war'

AFP, Published on 07/06/2023

» MIAMI - The PGA Tour and DP World Tour announced on Tuesday that they have merged their commercial operations with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and ended all litigation, bringing to a close the sport's bitter two-year rift.

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High-level defection: why N. Korean diplomatic family chose freedom

AFP, Published on 01/03/2023

» SEOUL - Born into an elite North Korean family with ties to the ruling dynasty, Oh Hye Son grew up believing she was "special" -- but then she tasted freedom overseas and decided to defect.

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Republican McCarthy breaks holdout fever in US House speaker race

AFP, Published on 07/01/2023

» WASHINGTON - US House speaker candidate Kevin McCarthy took a significant step to securing the gavel Friday after three days of deadlock as he managed to win over most of the 20 hardline fellow Republicans blocking his path.