Mr. Kim convened the first Workers’ Party Congress in five years to revamp his policies as North Korea’s economic woes deepened amid international sanctions and the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Kim says last five years ‘worst of the worst’ for North Korea
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un admitted the country’s economic development plan had fallen short in “almost all areas” as he opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media reported ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea Holds Its Biggest Political Event Amid Crises
North Korea has opened its biggest political event in five years amid what some experts see as the most fraught moment of leader Kim Jong Un’s nine-year rule. ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim Admits Mistakes As Party Congress Opens: KCNA
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un admitted the country's economic development plan had fallen short in "almost all areas" as he opened a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal’s Top Court to Begin Hearing on Dissolution of Parliament Amid Political Flux
Nepal's top court on Wednesday will begin hearings on petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's sudden decision to dissolve the parliament, a move that has triggered public outrage and ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen killed 99 civilians in 2020, monitor says
According to Mwatana, a majority of the civilians who died in coalition airstrikes last year were women and children. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia lifts blockade of Qatar in breakthrough agreement easing Gulf crisis
The agreement between the American allies in the Arabian Gulf will be hailed a diplomatic win in Trump's final days in office. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s oil cut pledge, Qatar and Saudi Arabia end dispute, businesses tied to rebelling Republicans
Saudi Arabia pledged to cut an extra 1m barrels a day of oil output in February and March, and also has agreed to end its dispute with Qatar. Plus, the FT’s US business editor, Andrew ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea rolls out mass testing for 70,000 prisoners and staff
South Korea rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions from Britain in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases, ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea aims for military independence as Asia threats rise
When Kim Il Sung’s troops stormed into Seoul in the early days of the Korean war, scores of South Korean soldiers scrambled atop the advancing Soviet T-34 tanks to detonate explosives and grenades. ( read original story ...)