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The marathon, which was launched in 1981, took place annually in April to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung
North Korea holds first international marathon in six years
SEOUL — North Korea has held the Pyongyang International Marathon for the first time in six years, welcoming some 200 foreign runners to the streets of the reclusive country's capital.The marathon, which was launched in 1981, took place annually in April to celebrate the birth of its founding leader Kim Il Sung.Before Sunday's marathon, the race was last held in 2019, wherein 950 foreigners participated. North Korea sealed itself off the following year, when the Covid-19 pandemic hit.North Korea has been slow to reopen since, allowing only Russian tourists into its capital since last year.Runners have had to enter the country as part of an organised tour group, as was the case before the pandemic.Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based travel agency listed as an "exclusive...
April 07, 2025

North Korea holds first international marathon in six years

Lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party and a fierce critic of the bill, had challenged it in the Supreme Court
India passes controversial bill on Muslim waqf properties after fierce debate
MUMBAI — After hours of heated debate, India's parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to change how properties worth billions of dollars donated by Muslims over centuries are governed.The upper house passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 early on Friday, a day after the lower house cleared it amid strong opposition criticism.Muslim leaders and opposition parties say the bill is "unconstitutional" and infringes on the rights of India's Muslim-minority community.But the government says the bill aims to make the management of waqf (Muslim properties) more transparent.The bill will now be sent to India's president for her assent before it becomes law. This approval is expected to come soon.Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the passing of the bill a...
April 04, 2025

India passes controversial bill on Muslim waqf properties after fierce debate

Well-wishers celebrate the Thai king's birthday, in Bangkok on 28 July, 2024
Thai arrest warrant issued for US academic under ban on insulting royalty
BANGKOK — A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for an American academic under Thailand's lese-majeste law that forbids insulting the monarchy.The army filed a complaint against Paul Chambers, a lecturer at Naresuan University in central Thailand, under lese-majeste and computer crime laws, according to his legal representation.Chambers and his lawyer are due to report to police on Tuesday, where charges are expected to be filed.Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate, advocacy lead for the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights Center representing Chambers, told the BBC he did not know the reason for the complaint.If convicted, Chambers could face three to 15 years in prison for each lese-majeste count.The BBC has contacted Royal Thai Police for comment.It is rarer for the lese-majeste law to be...
April 04, 2025

Thai arrest warrant issued for US academic under ban on insulting royalty

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol at a hearing for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 13, 2025
South Korea’s impeached president is removed from office, four months after declaring martial law
SEOUL — South Korea’s highest court has removed embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol from office, ending months of uncertainty and legal wrangling after he briefly declared martial law in December and plunged the nation into political turmoil.The court’s decision on Friday marks Yoon’s formal dismissal from the presidency after parliament voted to impeach him in December. His removal takes effect immediately, meaning he must now leave the presidential residence, and will trigger an election to replace him.South Korea’s long-running crisis has left a major global economy and key US ally rudderless at a fraught moment in world affairs, especially as US President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda upends decades of foreign policy norms and dismantles the global trading...
April 04, 2025

South Korea’s impeached president is removed from office, four months after declaring martial law

A 53-year-old man was saved by Myanmar fire officials and a Chinese rescue team on Wednesday, 125 hours after he became trapped in the debris of a toppled hotel
Miracle rescues offer hope, days after deadly Myanmar earthquake
BANGKOK — Two survivors have been pulled from under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Myanmar, more than five days after the country was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake.The miraculous rescues of the two men offer rare moments of hope in the Southeast Asian country, where the ruling military government has announced a temporary ceasefire in operations against armed opposition groups to aid recovery efforts.One of the rescues came in the city of Mandalay, near the quake’s epicenter, where a 53-year-old man was saved by Myanmar fire officials and a Chinese rescue team on Wednesday, 125 hours after he became trapped in the debris of a toppled hotel.Dramatic video shared on social media shows the man being carried on a stretcher as rescue workers surround him,...
April 04, 2025

Miracle rescues offer hope, days after deadly Myanmar earthquake

The government claims the bill brings transparency but critics see it as an infringement on the rights of Muslims
Indian parliament passes controversial bill on Muslim waqf properties
NEW DELHI — The lower house of India's parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to change how properties worth billions of dollars donated by Indian Muslims over centuries are governed.The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 -- which brings in dozens of amendments to an existing law -- was passed late on Wednesday night after a heated debate that went on for over 12 hours.The government says the bill will introduce transparency into the management of waqf, as the properties are called.But opposition parties and Muslim groups have called it an attempt to weaken the constitutional rights of India's largest religious minority.In the Lok Sabha, as the lower house is called, the bill was passed with 288 MPs voting in favor of it, and 232 against (the halfway mark is 272).It has...
April 03, 2025

Indian parliament passes controversial bill on Muslim waqf properties

Min Aung Hlaing attendance at the summit is unusual as sanctioned leaders are typically barred from these events
Myanmar leader heads to Bangkok as quake deaths climb to 3,000
BANGKOK — Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is in Thailand for a regional summit as his country reels from an earthquake that killed thousands and left cities in ruins.The earthquake in central Myanmar last Friday killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, the junta has said. Hundreds more are missing and the toll is expected to rise.Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Bangkok on Thursday, according to AFP, on the eve of a summit that will gather leaders of the seven countries that border the Bay of Bengal.His attendance, which was earlier confirmed by a spokesman for the Myanmar army, will be unusual as sanctioned leaders are typically barred from these events.Host Thailand, where the earthquake was felt and killed 21 people, has proposed that the leaders issue a joint statement on the...
April 03, 2025

Myanmar leader heads to Bangkok as quake deaths climb to 3,000

X sued the Indian government last month, accusing it of misusing the law to censor content on its platform
Musk's X is suing India, as Tesla and Starlink plan entry
NEW DELHI — An Indian court is due to hear a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's social media company X, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of misusing the law to censor content on its platform.Last month, X sued the government saying a new website — Sahyog — launched by the federal home ministry last year, was being used to expand its censorship powers and take down content.X argued the portal gave government officials wide-ranging powers to issue blocking orders that were "in violation" of India's digital laws. It said it could not be compelled to join Sahyog, which it called a "censorship portal".The Indian government has said that the portal is necessary to tackle harmful online content.Other American technology giants such as Amazon,...
April 03, 2025

Musk's X is suing India, as Tesla and Starlink plan entry

Aid is being sent from across the globe to help disaster-stricken communities
UK charities launch Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
LONDON — The UK's Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is launching an appeal to help the thousands of people injured and displaced as a result of last week's powerful earthquake which struck Myanmar and the wider region.Made up of 15 UK aid agencies, including the British Red Cross, Oxfam and Save the Children, the DEC is asking the British public for donations before the monsoon season arrives in two months.More than 2,800 people have died and more than 4,500 have been injured, according to the leaders of Myanmar's military government, with figures expected to rise.The charities say shelter, medicine, food, water and cash support is "urgently needed".Baroness Chapman, minister for development, said public donations to the DEC appeal would be matched pound-for-pound...
April 03, 2025

UK charities launch Myanmar Earthquake Appeal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 25, 2025
North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine
SEOUL — North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict.The reinforcements, sent in January and February, add to the roughly 11,000 troops North Korea has sent to Russia so far, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. About 4,000 of them have been killed or injured in combat, according to Seoul.Pyongyang has also sent a “significant amount” of short-range ballistic missiles and about 220 pieces of 170-millimeter self-propelled howitzers and 240-millimeter multiple rocket launchers, South Korea said. It said the North’s contributions are “expected to increase...
March 27, 2025

North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine

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