U.S. said on Monday that his country welcomes an apparent agreement among Iraq’s Shia, Sunni and Kurdish groups to form a new government, adding it would need to be capable of confronting the …
Phillip Noyce To Direct Secret Iraq Mission Thriller ‘Alive Day’; Mike Medavoy Producing
We’ve learned that Salt filmmaker Phillip Noyce is set to direct Alive Day, a feature adaptation of Samuel Hill’s military taskforce novel Six Days to Zeus: Alive Day. Mike Medavoy’s Phoenix Pictures …
South Korea sending COVID-19 test kits to U.S.
South Korea will ship test kits for the COVID-19 coronavirus to the United States this week, a foreign ministry official said.
North Korea Conducts First Cruise Missile Launch since 2017, South Korea Reveals
South Korea said its northern neighbor launched cruise missiles and conducted training exercises with fighter jets on Tuesday — North Korea’s first use of cruise missiles since June 2017 and a …
South Korea implements tough school zone traffic law
A revised law is making drivers sweat in South Korea, as school zone traffic offenses can result in a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
North Korea Fires Missiles as South’s Elections Loom
The tests of short-range missiles came a day before South Korea holds parliamentary elections amid the coronavirus pandemic.
North Korea fired multiple short-range cruise missiles into the sea, South Korean military says
South Korea’s military is monitoring for more developments, and South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials were conducting more analysis of the launch, the JCS said.
Amnesty International says Myanmar must lift repressive laws
Amnesty International criticized Myanmar’s government on Monday, saying it has failed to safeguard freedom of expression and the rights of human rights defenders and activists. The London-based rights …
I Spent Eight Years in a Myanmar Prison. This Is What I Learned About Surviving Confinement
Here are some basic tips and advice I can offer based on my experience. I didn’t want to live in a prison cell alone, but I had no choice. The military regime wanted to break my spirit by keeping me …
Officials say eight killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine state; army says has no information
Eight people were killed by shelling in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Monday, two local officials and a resident said, but the army said it had no information about such an incident and rejected …