NORTH KOREA could seek to "force their way" onto US President Joe Biden's foreign policy agency by ramping-up missile tests, hermit state experts have warned. ( read original story ...)
Defections From North Korea Plummet Due To Pandemic [Infographic]
Data from Seoul's Unification Ministry shows that the number of defectors arriving from North Korea declined drastically in 2020. ( read original story ...)
‘An attempt at irony?’: North Korea criticises Australia’s human rights record at UN
North Korea on Wednesday expressed concerns at human rights violations, including alleged racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, in Australia during the universal period review at the UN Human ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign Correspondent: Battle Lines Drawn on Ending Yemen War
One day before the Inauguration, the Trump Administration added Yemen’s Houthi movement to a list of foreign terrorist organizations. It was just the latest, desperate attempt to hamstring President ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia: We need new laws to help Asean fight cybercrime
KUALA LUMPUR (The Star/ANN): Asean needs new laws to tackle transboundary cyberthreats in order to develop the region into a digital economic bloc, says Malaysia's Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin ... ( read original story ...)
Democratization on hold in Malaysia
Malaysians elected a new coalition to power, putting an end to 61 years of a single party’s de facto monopoly on power. Two years later, the democratization many expected has yet to materialize. ( read original story ...)
Uzbekistan to make strengthening relations with states of Central Asia priority
The main priority of Uzbekistan’s foreign policy is to strengthen friendly and constructive relations with the states of Central Asia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abdulaziz Kamilov said, Trend ... ( read original story ...)
The Myth of a Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Given the shortcomings of both options—leaving promptly and staying indefinitely—a seeming middle-ground idea has come to dominate Afghanistan policy discourse: “responsible withdrawal,” a ... ( read original story ...)
NATO to Address Its Training Mission in Afghanistan
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of NATO in a meeting with, Turkish Foreign minister said, that NATO will address the future of its training mission in Afghanistan by February 2021. Jens also ... ( read original story ...)
Biden, Saudi Arabia, Drugs: Your Briefing From Afghanistan And Pakistan
This week’s Gandhara Briefing gives you the inside stories on Afghan hopes for the Biden administration, Islamabad’s efforts to woo Riyadh, and the plight of drug addicts who are being exploited by ... ( read original story ...)