Police say the death toll from a blaze that tore through a fireworks factory outside the Indonesian capital on Thursday, triggering explosions and sending plumes of black smoke into the air, has risen to 47. Tangerang police chief Hary Kurniawan says the death toll could rise further as many of the dozens of injured have extensive burns. He said all… Read more »
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has visited Rakhine for the first time since violence erupted in the state in late August. Her brief trip allowed her only short stops in areas affected by the military operation against Rohingya militants. She has been criticised around the world for not stopping the military crackdown, amid allegations of ethnic cleansing…. Read more »
This really doesn’t surprise me in the least, North Korea has always been a uptight country, always expecting the absolute worst to happen. I think the reason they do this is to try and show their citizens that they are the good guys and that the United States is the devil of the world, or maybe this can be planning… Read more »
North Korea has called Donald Trump “incurably mentally deranged” ahead of his first visit to Asia as head of state. Mr Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have exchanged threats and personal insults in recent months, as tensions ratcheted up over the communist state’s nuclear ambitions. Mr Trump has warned the US could unleash “fire and fury” on the isolationist regime, telling the UN General Assembly Washington… Read more »
North Korea has been conducting rare mass evacuation and black out drills throughout the country in preparation for war, it emerged this weekend. Multiple sources told NK News that the drills have taken place in secondary and tertiary cities and towns, particularly along the east coast, but not in the capital city, Pyongyang. The revelation comes during a time of heightening… Read more »
CHASHAN, China — From his home in the mountains of northeast China, Li Zhi has watched from a distance as prosperity has transformed China into a land of high-speed trains, billionaires and skyscrapers. But the economic boom that made China rich never came to Chashan, a desolate village of 40 people about a six-hour drive from Beijing. Mr. Li, 72,… Read more »
Pyeongchang, South Korea (CNN)Marking 100 days until the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Olympic flame has once again arrived on South Korean soil. Thirty years after the 1998 Seoul Summer Olympics, the flame arrived at Incheon airport to a show of singing, dancing and speeches. South Korea’s favorite figure skater and former Olympiad, Kim Yuna and Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon stood… Read more »