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Power Outages, Damage as Typhoon Hinnamnor Hits South Korea

Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in South Korea early Tuesday, causing power outages and leaving one person missing, but with few early reports of major damage as it headed back to sea. The typhoon, one of the most powerful to bear down on the country in decades, hit the country's southern…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 6, 2022

Kim Jong-un plot to build eight mansions 'so assassins won't know where to strike'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is building eight new luxury mansions in his "Forbidden City" so that assassins won't know where he is sleeping, according to a study

Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022

Four ‘fever cases’ announced by North Korea weeks after declaring victory from Covid

North Korean leader had declared victory against Covid-19 on 10 August

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

North Korea – a model for Grant Shapps’ bicycle licence plate proposal?

The secretive state demands each cycle display a registration number – although officially women are banned from bikes

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2022

Kim Jong-un's hidden agony as mystery marks on tyrant's head reveal 'drugs dependancy'

A leading expert on North Korea believes Kim Jong-un's 'strongman act' may rely on drug injections due to health problems. Images of strength are important for the authoritarian leader

Daily Mirror · Aug 17, 2022

Donetsk self-proclaimed leader pledges ‘bilateral cooperation’ with North Korea

Russian-backed self-appointed leader writes Kim Jong-un a letter, shortly after Vladimir Putin said Moscow and Pyongyang would expand relations

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2022

Vladimir Putin in chilling threat over arming Russia's allies with deadly weapons

Earlier Vladimir Putin told North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts", according to Pyongyang's state media

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

North and South Korea relations: what’s behind the tensions – in 30 seconds

Countries technically still at war though both sides continue to refer to the eventual unification of the peninsula

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: at least three people die in Donetsk shelling; Kyiv mayor warns of cold winter due to gas shortages – as it happened

Russian attack in eastern region also leaves 13 injured, Ukrainian officials say; Vitali Klitschko talks about ‘harsh realities’ facing residents

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 173 of the invasion

Ukrainian forces report deaths after heavy Russian shelling in Donetsk; Putin says Russia is ready to offer allies ‘advanced’ weapons

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2022