Inside a North Korean gulag
US journalist uncovers horrors of world’s toughest prison camp The international community has been concerned with the dire human rights conditions in North Korea. But the Communist state has been in adamant denial, as seen from an announcement from its state broadcaster. “There is no ‘human rights issue’ in this country, as everyone leads the […]
“I’ll donate my organs in return for getting pretty”
Hatice Nergis, the third Turkish person to receive a face transplant, said she also wishes to donate her organs, in her first appearance before the media, on Wednesday. “I would like to offer my condolences to the family of the donor. I would also like to donate my organs. Donating organs saves lives. It saved […]
Local English papers report failure of NK missile fire
South Korea’s English newspapers reported the failure of North Korea’s long-range rocket, which is called Unha-3, on Friday (April. 13). The Korea Joongang Daily (KJD) said North Korea apparently ends up in failure of their rocket launch today. North Korea had said it would launch Unha-3 rocket into orbit between April 12 and April 16 for a peaceful […]
Asian nations surprised at NK Rocket launch
In this April 8, 2012 file photo, a North Korean soldier stands in front of the country’s Unha-3 rocket at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. <AP/Newsis> *Editor’s note: Asian nations seem to have been surprised at the North Korean launch of what it called ‘satellite’ Friday (April 13) despite the efforts of international […]
S. Korea calls for UN response against NK’s rocket launch
Korea on Friday called for the United Nations Security Council to respond to North Korea’s defiant long-range rocket launch, even though the launch appears to have failed. “Regardless of success or failure, we urge the U.N. Security Council to take action against North Korea’s rocket launch,” said a senior official at Seoul’s foreign ministry. <Korea […]
NK rocket crashes into sea shortly after launch
North Korea defiantly fired off a long-range rocket Friday, but the three-stage craft crashed in pieces into the sea shortly after takeoff, South Korean officials said. The launch is expected to draw international condemnation as it violated a U.N. resolution that bans the communist nation from any ballistic missile activity that can be used to […]
NK says its satellite failed to enter orbit
North Korea said Friday its Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite failed to enter orbit after its launch aboard a long-range rocket. The North said its “scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch, without elaborating. Seoul’s defense ministry said the Unha-3 […]
North Korean leader gets top party post
North Korea named leader Kim Jong-un as first secretary of the ruling Worker’s Party, Wednesday, a new title that appears to be the top party post, while his late father was anointed as “Eternal General Secretary.” The moves came during a special party conference, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. Kim Jong-il, who […]
Why do coffee shops keep popping up?
Restaurants, and other self-run retail businesses are struggling to make ends meet as households tighten their purse strings to cope with slower income growth and a sluggish job market. But one retail sector has been immune to this prevailing trend. Riding high on Koreans’ increasing appetite for freshly-brewed, premium coffee, both foreign and local coffee […]
Turkey begins production of electric bus
Turkish bus manufacturer Otokar is now ready to commence mass production of the country’s first domestically developed electric bus. Turkey was introduced to its first ever local electric bus at a press conference in Istanbul on Wednesday. The latest Otokar bus, named Doruk Electra, is the product of three-and-a-half-years of research and development (R&D). The […]
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