Rare footage shows North Korean teens punished for watching South Korean dramas, research group claims
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Biden to host Japan PM Kishida for official visit April 10, White House says
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -- U.S. President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for an official visit to the United States on April 10, the White House said on Thursday.
Friday Briefing: Will North Korea Attack?
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted his policy to one of open hostility, U.S. officials say.
Joe Biden to host Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida in April, White House confirms
The formal social and policy event delivers on a promise by Biden to host the closely allied nation, which is key to the United States’ strategy to lower tensions around China, North Korea and other Asian security issues.
Danish report underscores ‘systematic illegal behavior’ in adoptions of children from South Korea
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish report on Thursday said that adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was “characterized by systematic illegal behavior” in the Asian country.
South Korean police say a lawmaker has been injured in an attack with a rock-like object
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean governing party lawmaker was being treated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked Thursday by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object, South Korean police and fire officials said.
Ukraine says Malaysian mercenaries working with Russian forces in Donetsk
Malaysians have been spotted as mercenaries operating in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, the Ukraine National Resistance Centre said.
South Korea ruling party’s lawmaker attacked in Seoul, suspect arrested: Report
SEOUL - A South Korean member of Parliament for the ruling People Power Party was rushed to hospital after being attacked on Jan 25, Yonhap news agency reported, adding that her attacker was arrested at the scene.