Analysts at 38 North, a website that monitors North Korea, said commercial satellite imagery from August 6-11 showed how vulnerable the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center`s nuclear reactor ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea Makes A Push To Reach Foreign Audiences On YouTube And Twitter
With a view to reaching English-speaking and South Korean audiences, the videos show glimpses of Pyongyang, highlight consumerism and try to dispel notions that life is restricted and people are poor. ( read original story ...)
Yemen’s Heritage Battered First By Bombs, Then Floods
The foundations were already weakened by bombings in Yemen's long war. "Since dawn we have been trying to clean the mud off the roofs and drain the water -- but it's no use," said Ali al-Ward, a ... ( read original story ...)
Yemen: Houthis Kill, Expel Ethiopian Migrants
Houthi forces in April 2020 forcibly expelled thousands of Ethiopian migrants from northern Yemen using Covid-19 as a pretext, killing dozens and forcing them to the Saudi border, Human Rights Watch ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea installs anti-virus bus shelters with temperature sensors and UV lamps
Glass-walled booths in Seoul won’t let you in unless your temperature is normal ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea is building its first aircraft carrier
South Korea had said last year that it would build a "multi-purpose large transport vessel." But in its national plan for 2021-2025, published this week, the government for the first time explicitly ... ( read original story ...)
Defectors Say South Korea Investigations Threaten N.Korean ‘Underground Railroad’
A combination of coronavirus border closures and an unprecedented pressure campaign by a South Korean government keen to engage with North Korea may destroy networks defectors have long used to start ... ( read original story ...)
US says Iran briefly seizes oil tanker near Strait of Hormuz
The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S., a U.S. military official said ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines eyes clinical trials for Russian COVID-19 vaccine in October
The Philippines plans to start clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October, with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated as early as May 2021, the presidential spokesman ... ( read original story ...)
Sputnik V availability in Philippines seen by April 2021
Russia's anti-COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V could be available for commercial use in the Philippines by April 2021, a Philippine official who recently met with Russian authorities said Thursday. Dr. ( read original story ...)