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North Korea factories join spring foraging scramble, squeezing out ordinary people

As spring foraging season gets underway across North Korea, workers from state-run food factories have joined the annual race for wild mountain vegetables. Their...

Magyar beats Orban in battle for Hungary: What happens now?

Peter Magyar’s decisive win will reshape Hungary’s relations with both East and West ...

Pentagon announces ‘blockade’ of Iranian ports

President Trump has ordered a naval operation in the Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran talks in Pakistan collapsed ...

Pet shop in Pyongyang sparks anger and envy among North Korea’s provincial poor

North Koreans outside Pyongyang are reacting with resentment and disbelief after state media broadcast footage of Kim Jong Un and his daughter, Ju Ae,...

Russian Orthodox Christian leader sends warning from Earth to space (VIDEO)

Patriarch Kirill spoke with Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) via a video link ...

Israel fumes over Netanyahu effigy blown up in Spain (VIDEO)

Israel has condemned the display as “appalling anti-Semitic hatred” and summoned Madrid’s chargé d’affaires ...

Ukraine faces ‘huge’ rift as mobilization backlash grows – Zelensky aide

Ukraine risks disappearing from the world map if draft evasion continues, Kirill Budanov has claimed ...

China offers economic boons to Taiwan

The island’s authorities have met the proposed measures with open distrust ...

Satellite imagery shows Yongbyon nuclear complex in active modernization phase

Recent satellite imagery and analysis by international monitoring organizations indicate that North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, the country’s primary nuclear complex located...

North Korea resumes China transport links but clamps down on tourist entry

North Korea resumed rail and air links with China in late March after a roughly six-year COVID-19 suspension, marking a significant development in North...

Taiwan, US hold GCTF workshop in Guatemala

The Embassy of the ROC (Taiwan) in Guatemala and the U.S. Embassy with the Guatemalan government held an international seminar under the Global Cooperation...

VP Hsiao receives Canadian Senate delegation

Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim said April 9 that Taiwan is committed to expanding partnerships with Canada in areas spanning energy, public health and technology.   Hsiao...

Taiwan, Oceania paralympic committees sign sports MOU

A memorandum of understanding was concluded between the Chinese Taipei Paralympic Committee and the Oceania Paralympic Committee April 9 in Taipei City to expand...

North Korea’s rote learning sessions pressure workers after Ninth Party Congress

North Korea has tightened ideological controls since the Ninth Workers’ Party of Korea Congress. Now, first-quarter Q&A-style ideological review sessions have swept across nearly...

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