North Korea
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In North Korea, success in politics can be a dangerous thing
People who get too close to the seat of power in North Korea, including the Supreme Leader’s relatives, have a way of ending up dead.
Christoph Bluth, The Conversation
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North Korea launches two ballistic missiles, says Seoul
The missiles traveled about 500 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 550 kilometers before landing in the East Sea.
Scroll Staff
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North Korea launches ballistic missile in Sea of Japan
Last week, Pyongyang had launched series of missiles in retaliation to joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea.
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Trending
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‘Panchayat’ Season 3 review: We’re back in Phulera but we’re not sure why
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In Bangladesh, climate disasters are forcing girls into underage marriages
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The personal toll of political vitriol: A decade under Modi has torn apart families, friendships
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Fiction: Gobind joins the Indian Navy to uplift his life and change his family’s fortunes forever
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How Rukmini Devi Arundale modernised the Kalakshetra sari and made ‘Ahimsa silk’ fashionable
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North Korea calls US-South Korea military exercises ‘open provocation’ to escalate tensions
Pyongyang sees the military drills in the Korean peninsula as an invasion rehearsal and has retaliated with test-fire missile launches.
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India expresses concern as North Korea launches missiles capable of carrying nuclear warhead
New Delhi told the United Nations Security Council that it supports denuclearisation in the region.
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North Korea says 50 citizens have died due to ‘fever-causing illness’
While the country has not named the disease, it said one of the deceased patients had tested positive for the Omicron variant.
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Video
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Watch: How the crew and passengers were evacuated from a plane after bomb scare in Delhi
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Video: How should India tackle its unemployment crisis?
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Watch: ‘The Garfield Movie’ screened specially for cats and their owners in Dubai cinema hall
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Cyclone Remal: Scenes of damage as heavy rain and storms batter parts of Bangladesh and West Bengal
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Watch: When the ‘All We Imagine As Light’ team danced on the red carpet before the Cannes screening
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North Korea successfully tests two cruise missiles, US calls it ‘provocation’
North Korea has tested six missiles in January, the highest in a month.
Scroll Staff
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Kim Jong Un’s decade in power has been marked by starvation, repression and brutality
The young dictator, who turns 38 on January 8, has the capacity to surpass even the ghastly death tolls of his father and grandfather.
Sung-Yoon Lee, The Conversation
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The rise and rise of ‘first sister’ Kim Yo-jong in North Korea
The youngest child of the country’s former supreme leader Kim Jong-il is widely thought of as a possible successor to her older brother Kim Jong-un.
Sojin Lim, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Panchayat’ Season 3 review: We’re back in Phulera but we’re not sure why
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Io Capitano’, a gripping tale of flight and fight
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The miraculous resurrection of Nirad Mohapatra’s Odia classic ‘Maya Miriga’
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Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix shows why free expression is vital for FTII and other institutions
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Cannes Film Festival: Payal Kapadia is first Indian to win Grand Prix for ‘All We Imagine As Light’
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North Korea successfully tests new long-range cruise missiles, US calls it potential threat
The missiles flew 1,500 km for 7,580 seconds.
Scroll Staff
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‘Don’t provoke if you want good night’s sleep’: North Korea warns US, South Korea on military drill
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister issued a statement criticising both the countries for holding military exercises.
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US ‘hasn’t seen’ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently, says Mike Pompeo
He added there was ‘a real risk’ of a famine in the isolated country amid the coronavirus outbreak, and that Washington was closely monitoring the situation.
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The Field
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Table Tennis: How Archana Kamath fought back a mental block to make the Indian team for Paris 2024
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Badminton, Singapore Open Super 750: Satwik-Chirag, Aakarshi, Priyanshu all exit in opening round
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Boxing, World Olympic Qualifier: Nishant Dev enters pre-quarterfinals, Abhinash Jamwal exits
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Tennis, French Open: Rafael Nadal after first round loss – ‘I had tough moments, but I enjoyed’
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Tennis, French Open: Iga Swiatek makes winning start before Rafael Nadal bows out in opening round