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South Korean-style natural makeup catches on among young North Koreans

Young North Koreans in cities such as Chongjin are embracing a subtle, natural South Korean makeup style in 2026 that arrived through people who travel back and forth to...

FM Lin leads trade delegation to Phoenix

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung and a business delegation from Taiwan’s National Innovation...

China’s bold and audacious strategic initiative that escaped most experts’ attention

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to South Korea on August 19-20, 2026, received...

Taiwan, Australia discuss circular economy

Lai Ying-ying, director general of the Ministry of Environment Resource Circulation Administration (RECA), led...

UK, France urge India to join Strait of Hormuz reopening initiative

India’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country has been invited by the UK and France to join international efforts aimed at reopening the Strait...

Jasprit Bumrah in tough spot’: Ashwin backs MI pacer amid wicketless IPL run

Jasprit Bumrah is enduring a rare lean spell in IPL 2026, remaining wicketless after five matches for Mumbai Indians, which has added to the...

North Korea threatens to send failing students to coal mines after mass exam failures

North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) launched a sweeping inspection of senior middle schools in 2026 after a new elective subject system...

Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister resigns following coal import dispute and political pressure

Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister has resigned over a coal import controversy, just days after narrowly surviving a no-confidence motion in parliament. The resignation follows...

India’s MEA says, watching West Asia closely after Pak’s ceasefire remarks

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has said it is closely following the situation in West Asia after Pakistan claimed to have played a role...

Days after returning from the Moon, Artemis‑2 astronauts begin moonwalk training

NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts have begun intensive moonwalk training just days after returning from their 10-day mission around the Moon, using the Orion spacecraft....

Gautam Adani overtakes Mukesh Ambani as Asia’s richest with $92.6 billion net worth

Gautam Adani has overtaken Mukesh Ambani to become Asia’s richest person with a net worth of $92.6 billion, surpassing Ambani’s $90.8 billion, according to...

Refiners likely used yuan payments through ICICI Bank for Iranian oil

Indian refiners have reportedly used Chinese yuan routed through ICICI Bank’s Shanghai branch to settle payments for rare cargoes of Iranian oil purchased under...

Women’s quota bill to face Parliament test today, step towards gender equality

The Women’s Reservation Bill, officially called the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, has come into force with the aim of reserving one-third of seats for...

Supreme Court declines extension of Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail in Assam case

The Supreme Court has declined Congress leader Pawan Khera’s request to extend his anticipatory bail in the Assam case, directing him instead to approach...

North Korea orders purge of officials with any ties to reunification

North Korea has intensified its ideological crackdown following the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), with the WPK Secretariat ordering security...

North Koreans trust foreign news but still tune out state TV

North Koreans in 2026 are tuning out state media — but they aren’t tuning out entirely. While most North Koreans dismiss domestic news broadcasts as...

Political bloodlines drive North Korea’s Social Safety Forces recruitment

North Korea’s annual military conscription season is now underway, and the Social Safety Forces — the country’s internal security force, roughly equivalent to South...

North Korea vows new 10-year forest push, but satellite data reveals persistent gaps

North Korea announced a second 10-year reforestation campaign in April 2026, pledging to restore degraded forests across the country through 2035 — but satellite...

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