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There are about 30,000 North Korean defectors residing in South Korea

North Korea defectors in SK public sector at record high

SINGAPORE — There are now more North Korean defectors working in the South's public sector than ever before, Seoul has said.By the end of 2024, 211 North Korean defectors held jobs in the public sector, 17 more than the previous year, the Ministry of Unification said in a statement on Wednesday.That number is the highest since 2010, when North Korean defectors "began to enter the public service in earnest", the ministry said.Seoul has been widening its support for North Korean defectors who struggle with unemployment and social isolation as they adjust to their new lives in the South."There is a growing need to expand opportunities for North Korean defectors to enter public service so that they can directly participate in and contribute to the government's...

May 16, 2025

North Korea defectors in SK public sector at record high

Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case has been called the trial of the century

Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case

SYDNEY — Australia's most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost an appeal against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes.A judge in 2023 ruled that news articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four unarmed Afghans were true, but Roberts-Smith had argued the judge made legal errors.The civil trial was the first time in history any court has assessed claims of war crimes by Australian forces.A panel of three Federal Court judges on Friday unanimously upheld the original judgement, though Roberts-Smith has said he will appeal the decision to the High Court of Australia "immediately"."I continue to maintain my innocence and deny these egregious spiteful allegations," he said in a statement.Roberts-Smith,...

May 16, 2025

Top Australian soldier loses appeal over war crimes defamation case

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday

A day of confusion and chaos as Russia and Ukraine agree to first direct talks in 3 years

ISTANBUL — After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they were supposed to begin initially brought only more of the same: a seven-hour stakeout on the banks of the Bosphorus, an unruly scrum at the Russian consulate, and finally a decision from Ukraine’s president that may open a new chapter in this intractable conflict.The chaotic scenes that unfolded in Istanbul on Thursday set the tone for a difficult road ahead. As the world’s media descended in the morning on the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, Ukraine still hadn’t confirmed it would take part or given any signals as to the makeup of its delegation, and a source from the Turkish foreign ministry told CNN there was “no scheduled meeting...

May 16, 2025

A day of confusion and chaos as Russia and Ukraine agree to first direct talks in 3 years

India has offered to drop all tariffs on goods imported from his country according to Trump

India disputes Trump claim it is ready to charge US 'no tariffs'

LONDON — US President Donald Trump's claim that India has offered to drop all tariffs on goods imported from his country has been swiftly disputed by Delhi.In a statement to local news agencies India's foreign minister S Jaishankar countered the claim saying talks are still going on and "nothing is decided till everything is".The statement is in stark contrast to comments by Trump to reporters earlier in the day, when he declared Delhi had "offered us a deal where basically they are willing to literally charge us no tariff".India and the US are currently in talks to negotiate a trade agreement.Jaishankar said on Thursday that any trade deal has to be mutually beneficial and work for both countries."That would be our expectation from the trade deal. Until...

May 15, 2025

India disputes Trump claim it is ready to charge US 'no tariffs'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks to journalists as he arrives at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2025

Zelensky calls Russian delegation in Turkey phony as Putin skips peace talks

ANKARA — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will first meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and only then consider any next steps regarding the talks between Ukraine and Russia later on Thursday, according to reports.Upon his arrival in Ankara, Zelensky said Ukraine is represented in Turkey at the highest level, with the foreign ministry, the presidential office, the military, and the intelligence "to make any decisions that might lead to the expected and just peace."But that is not the case for the Russian delegation, he said, describing it as "theatrical"."We must understand what is the level of the Russian delegation, and what mandate do they have, whether they are capable of taking any decisions on their own.""Because we all...

May 15, 2025

Zelensky calls Russian delegation in Turkey phony as Putin skips peace talks

Donald Trump says that Iran has sort of agreed to the terms of a nuclear deal with the United States

US and Iran close to nuclear deal, Trump says

DOHA — US President Donald Trump says that Iran has "sort of" agreed to the terms of a nuclear deal with the United States.Trump described the latest talks between the two countries, which ended on Sunday, as "very serious negotiations" for "long-term peace".Earlier, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader told NBC News that Tehran was willing to make concessions on its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions.The US has insisted that Iran must scrap its uranium enrichment to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons — though Iran insists its nuclear activities are entirely peaceful.Speaking on Thursday in Qatar, on the second stop of his multi-day Gulf tour, Trump said that a deal was close on Iran's nuclear program and...

May 15, 2025

US and Iran close to nuclear deal, Trump says

The US Supreme Court

US Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump's order to end birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship is set to be argued at the US Supreme Court, in a case that could help further his agenda on immigration and other issues.The court will hear arguments on Thursday about whether lower court judges can block presidential orders for the entire country.Trump moved to end birthright citizenship within hours of returning to the White House in January, signing an order that said children who are born in the US to undocumented immigrants are not citizens.Three federal judges stopped it from taking effect, part of a pattern of courts blocking Trump's executive orders. Trump contends they did not have the power to issue the nationwide injunctions.If the Supreme Court agrees with Trump, then he could continue his wide use of...

May 15, 2025

US Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump's order to end birthright citizenship

31 suspected rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old Maoist insurgency

NEW DELHI — Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency.Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday.Describing the operation as a “historic breakthrough,” Shah said security forces carried out the “biggest ever operation” against the rebels, killing 31 of them in Karreguttalu Hill, considered a Maoist stronghold.Indian authorities have been battling Maoist rebel groups, also known as Naxals, across several central and northern states since 1967. Inspired by Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong, insurgents have over the decades launched...

May 15, 2025

31 suspected rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old Maoist insurgency

Construction sites appear in Gaza ahead of Israeli-US aid plan rejected by UN

LONDON — Israel is preparing a series of sites in Gaza that could be used as distribution centers for humanitarian aid in a controversial new plan, satellite images show.The Israeli government suspended food and medicine deliveries into Gaza in March.Ministers said the move, which has been condemned by UN, European and Middle Eastern leaders, was intended to put pressure on Hamas to release its remaining hostages. Israel also accused Hamas of stealing aid – an allegation the group has denied.The UN has said the blockade has caused severe shortages of food, medicines and fuel, and an assessment on Monday warned that Gaza's population of around 2.1 million people was at "critical risk" of famine.The US confirmed last week that it was preparing a new system for providing aid...

May 15, 2025

Construction sites appear in Gaza ahead of Israeli-US aid plan rejected by UN

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch's yacht was toppled by 'extreme wind'

LONDON — A luxury superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, killing the tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch along with six others, was knocked over by "extreme wind" and could not recover, according to an interim report into the disaster.The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), which has led the international investigation, said winds of over 80mph "violently" hit the vessel, causing it to flood within seconds.The Bayesian sank near the town of Porticello on 19 August of last year during freak weather, with reports of water spouts.Seven of the 22 people on board were killed, including Lynch, 59, and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.Investigators say the yacht was knocked to a 90-degree angle within 15 seconds at 04:06 am local time, causing people,...

May 15, 2025

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch's yacht was toppled by 'extreme wind'

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