North Korea: US is making ‘gangster-like’ demands on denuclearisation

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol say goodbye as the US envoy departs for Japan North Korea has accused the US of using “gangster-like” tactics to push it towards nuclear disarmament after a fresh round of high-level talks. It branded the US attitude at the meeting as “extremely troubling”. The statement, […]

North Korea: US is making ‘gangster-like’ demands on denuclearisation

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol say goodbye as the US envoy departs for Japan North Korea has accused the US of using “gangster-like” tactics to push it towards nuclear disarmament after a fresh round of high-level talks. It branded the US attitude at the meeting as “extremely troubling”. The statement, […]

North Korea: US is making ‘gangster-like’ demands on denuclearisation

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol say goodbye as the US envoy departs for Japan North Korea has accused the US of using “gangster-like” tactics to push it towards nuclear disarmament after a fresh round of high-level talks. It branded the US attitude at the meeting as “extremely troubling”. The statement, […]

North Korea: US is making ‘gangster-like’ demands on denuclearisation

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol say goodbye as the US envoy departs for Japan North Korea has accused the US of using “gangster-like” tactics to push it towards nuclear disarmament after a fresh round of high-level talks. It branded the US attitude at the meeting as “extremely troubling”. The statement, […]

Thailand cave rescue: ‘Four-day window’ for boys to escape

Image copyright EPA / Thai Navy Image caption The Thai military (pictured) and civilians have joined forces to try to save the boys Teams have a three to four-day window to save 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks, according to the leader of […]

Thailand cave rescue: ‘Four-day window’ for boys to escape

Image copyright EPA / Thai Navy Image caption The Thai military (pictured) and civilians have joined forces to try to save the boys Teams have a three to four-day window to save 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks, according to the leader of […]

Thailand cave rescue: Boys tell parents ‘don’t worry’ in letters

Image copyright Facebook/ekatol Image caption A Facebook photo shows the coach with some of the missing children Twelve Thai boys trapped in a cave have exchanged emotional letters with their parents, for the first time since their ordeal began two weeks ago. “Don’t worry, we are all strong,” one child said in a note. “Teacher, […]

Thai cave rescue: Boys and parents send letters of love and reassurance

An exchange of letters between relatives and the 12 Thai boys and their coach who are trapped in a flooded cave has been released. Below is a selection of some of the messages: the letters from inside the cave are on the light coloured paper, while the responses are on the darker paper (some of […]

South Korean women protest in Seoul over hidden sex cameras

Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Demonstrators say not enough is being done to halt the practice Tens of thousands of women gathered in Seoul on Saturday calling for a crackdown on spy cam pornography, in one of the country’s biggest ever female-only protests. Perpetrators film or photograph women with hidden cameras in public spaces. Although […]

North Korea nuclear deal: US attitude ‘regrettable’, says Pyongyang

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong-chol say goodbye as the US envoy departs for Japan North Korea has branded the US attitude at the latest talks over its nuclear programme “regrettable” and “extremely troubling”. The statement, by an unnamed foreign ministry official, contradicted the version of events given by US Secretary […]