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North Korea screens young single women for factory jobs in China

North Korea has begun final screening of unmarried female workers in their 20s bound for jobs in China, and they could start work at Chinese factories as early as...

Smuggling ban drives North Korean units to cheap Chinese work

North Korea’s foreign currency-earning units are scrambling for low-paying contract manufacturing work from China...

Satellite imagery maps 23 towers at North Korea’s Voice of Korea transmitter site

Satellite imagery of a shortwave radio transmitter site in Hyangsan county, Jagang province, shows...

Why is North Korea opening bulgogi restaurants when meat is so scarce?

North Korea has opened a string of state-run bulgogi restaurants across the country since...

Lawless Europe: How EU states defy the law and get away with it

When it comes to rule-of-law problems in the European Union, Poland and Hungary are just the tip of the iceberg. Over the past five months,...

Spot checks: Europe’s customs officers struggle to catch faulty goods

LIÈGE, Belgium — What if the pushchair you bought on a marketplace has no brakes — or if your air fryer catches fire while...

Europe’s state of mass surveillance

Jack Murphy* was suspicious. His ex-girlfriend, Eve Doherty, seemed to know a lot about who he was calling.  His suspicions were merited. Doherty had been...

Big Tech platforms could face new major EU limits on targeted political ads

Facebook and Google could be significantly restricted from targeting people with political ads ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections, according to a draft...

EU plans to approve sales of fully self-driving cars

The European Commission is ready to let robots take the wheel. The EU’s executive plans to propose by the end of September what it reckons...

Hold your horses! Top EU digital lobbyist has to pay up for selling horse as a pony

One of Europe’s top tech lobbyists is in hot water over her horse-trading. A Danish court has ruled that Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, director general of...

UK seals data pact with South Korea

The United Kingdom today sealed an agreement in principle with South Korea to allow personal data to flow freely between the two countries. The...

LogOn: Companion Robot Responds to User’s Emotional Cues, Health Needs

Many people struggle with feelings of loneliness and social isolation. For some, a robot companion might make a difference, and states like New York...

Brussels’ new innovation plan likely won’t meet startups’ demands

The European Union is taking steps to make sure it doesn’t miss out on the next tech wave — but it may not be...

Effects of space travel on human bones: Scientific report on Astronauts

WASHINGTON, July 2 - A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station is providing a fuller understanding...

The Bitcoin Boom: Rural Texas Town Welcomes Bitcoin Mining

A rural town in central Texas is home to the largest bitcoin mining facility in North America, bringing jobs and welcomed vitality into the...

Brussels agrees on crypto rulebook for the EU

Against the backdrop of a crashing market and burned investors, EU negotiators sealed a landmark political deal late Thursday that governs how the bloc...

How Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Helping Ukraine During War With Russia

Elon Musk's deployment of thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals to Ukraine has been a major help for the country in its fight against Russia. ...

Turkey blocks access to two German and US media outlets

On the heels of the NATO summit, Turkey has cut access to broadcasters Deutsche Welle and Voice of America in a move that could...

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