Finding Refuge
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False hope: Many North Korean defectors struggle against discrimination in the South
A defecting North Korean gymnast went back after struggling to make a new life for himself.
Christoph Bluth, The Conversation
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The Olympics have always been an attractive opportunity for athletes to defect from home
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is not the first athlete to flee during the Games.
Keith Rathbone, The Conversation
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‘I’m trying to design a country that will go with my poetry’: Poems that speak on World Refugee Day
Poignant verses from those who have had to flee their homes, ‘like a lover’s hand that slips when pulled away you are always reaching’.
Nandita Haksar
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Calls for an environment-friendly Ramzan revive Islam’s long tradition of caring for the planet
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As AI comes to everyday apps like Word and Gmail, here’s what users should keep in mind
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Nine years on, a Sri Lankan Tamil family is still waiting to get asylum in Australia
Nades Murugappan had applied for a permanent protection visa on the basis of his association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam.
Alex Reilly, The Conversation
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Ma Anand Sheela, the anti-hero of ‘Wild Wild Country’, on Osho and her new life in Switzerland
The former Rajneeshee queen has left behind her notoriety as the suspected mastermind behind a bioterror plot in the United States.
Anand Chandrasekhar
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Watch: a slightly different story followed this heartwarming entry of Syrian refugees into Canada
After security personnel helped the family across the border, they were detained for two days, following protocol.
Scroll Staff
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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For refugees in Germany, arrival is the only first stage on the road to becoming a resident
The path to integration includes lessons on everything from form filling to recycling, smiling, and shopping.
Bhavya Dore
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Photos: One of Ukraine’s most nationalistic cities has become a refuge for nearly 2,000 Muslims
In Lviv, one thing unites the Muslim Crimean Tatars and the Orthodox Christian Ukrainians: their enmity towards Russia.
Misha Friedman, qz.com