One of the gravest human rights violations taking place in North Korea is the practice of forced abortions. North Korean women, in search of a better life, cross the border into China. However, if caught and repatriated, they face a brutal and heartless fate. Among the most horrifying aspects of this fate is the treatment of pregnant womem-something that reveals the depths of human cruelty
India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures yesterday after New Delhi blamed its arch-rival for backing a deadly shooting attack in contested Kashmir.
In North Korea, women are referred to as "one wheel of the revolutionary cart." A popular song titled "Women Are Flowers" describes women as "the flowers of the nation." The country commemorates November 3rd as "the Day" to further emphasize the role and significance of women. Propaganda claims that women in the so called paradise of the people enjoy a life of unparalleled hapiness
My name is Eun-hye Choi, a 27-year-old woman who was born and raised in North Korea and now lives in South Korea. Until now, I have lived quietly, almost in hiding, always fearing that my defection and life in South Korea might bring harm to the family I left behind in North Korea
Just as the Russia-Ukraine war, initiated by Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was entering its fourth year, the international community was shocked by reports alleging that the North Korean regime has refused to repatriate the bodies of its soldiers who were unlawfully deployed and subsequently killed on the battlefield at Kurst, instead seeking to preserve them though a controversial "freeze-drying" technique known as "promession"
Says Pakistan PMO after Shehbaz meets top military officials
The announcement from the Pakistan Prime Minister's Office followed a meeting of the National Security Committee, a day after India said there were cross-border elements to Tuesday's attack
The shooting in the tourist hotpot of Pahalgam was the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested Muslim-majority territory since 2000
Gunmen killed 26 men -- all Indian except one Nepali -- in the tourist hotpot of Pahalgam on Tuesday
Here are key events in their troubled relationship
The fierce trade war between the world's top two economies has rattled markets and raised fears of a global recession
One of the gravest human rights violations taking place in North Korea is the practice of forced abortions. North Korean women, in search of a better life, cross the border into China. However, if caught and repatriated, they face a brutal and heartless fate. Among the most horrifying aspects of this fate is the treatment of pregnant womem-something that reveals the depths of human cruelty
India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures yesterday after New Delhi blamed its arch-rival for backing a deadly shooting attack in contested Kashmir.
In North Korea, women are referred to as "one wheel of the revolutionary cart." A popular song titled "Women Are Flowers" describes women as "the flowers of the nation." The country commemorates November 3rd as "the Day" to further emphasize the role and significance of women. Propaganda claims that women in the so called paradise of the people enjoy a life of unparalleled hapiness
My name is Eun-hye Choi, a 27-year-old woman who was born and raised in North Korea and now lives in South Korea. Until now, I have lived quietly, almost in hiding, always fearing that my defection and life in South Korea might bring harm to the family I left behind in North Korea
Just as the Russia-Ukraine war, initiated by Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, was entering its fourth year, the international community was shocked by reports alleging that the North Korean regime has refused to repatriate the bodies of its soldiers who were unlawfully deployed and subsequently killed on the battlefield at Kurst, instead seeking to preserve them though a controversial "freeze-drying" technique known as "promession"
Says Pakistan PMO after Shehbaz meets top military officials
The announcement from the Pakistan Prime Minister's Office followed a meeting of the National Security Committee, a day after India said there were cross-border elements to Tuesday's attack
The shooting in the tourist hotpot of Pahalgam was the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested Muslim-majority territory since 2000
Gunmen killed 26 men -- all Indian except one Nepali -- in the tourist hotpot of Pahalgam on Tuesday
Here are key events in their troubled relationship