Seoul’s unification minister resigns over N. Korea tensions
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's Unification Minister, its point man for relations with the North, resigned on Friday…
6 years ago
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Japan ex-justice minister arrested in vote-buying scandal
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese prosecutors on Thursday arrested the country's former justice minister -- a close ally of Prime…
6 years ago
Kazakh leader Nazarbayev, 79, has coronavirus: official website
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Kazakhstan's 79-year-old former president and official 'Leader of the Nation' Nursultan Nazarbayev has tested positive for…
6 years ago
London Churchill statue to be uncovered before Macron visit
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The London statue of British wartime leader Winston Churchill that was controversially boxed up after…
6 years ago
North Korea vows to step up border military activities
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to bolster its military presence at now-shuttered inter-Korean project sites and…
6 years ago
EU warns N.Korea against further ‘provocative’ acts
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- The EU on Tuesday warned North Korea against taking further "provocative and damaging steps" after Pyongyang…
6 years ago
Kim Yo Jong: North Korean leader’s increasingly powerful sister
by Claire LEE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister warned at the weekend that…
6 years ago
North Korean army ‘fully ready’ for action against Seoul: KCNA
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea's army is "fully ready" to take action against the South, state media said…
6 years ago
In DR Congo, King Leopold’s statue stoic as protests rage elsewhere
by Samir TOUNSI Agence France-Presse KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Overlooking Kinshasa from the seclusion of a presidential garden, the statue…
6 years ago
Over 100 arrested after violent disorder at far-right linked UK protest
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Police in London said they arrested more than 100 people on Saturday after far-right protesters…
6 years ago
Basketball star LeBron James looks to promote African-American voting rights
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Basketball star LeBron James announced Wednesday that he and several other professional athletes plan to…
6 years ago
US Army pressured to rename bases named after pro-slavery generals
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) — A handful of US Army bases named for Civil War generals of the pro-slavery…
6 years ago
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