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SEOUL — North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports.The country's leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to the warship's failed launch in May, and demanded it be quickly repaired.At least four officials — three shipyard officials and one senior official — have since been arrested over the incident.State media says the ship has now been fully restored. But given how quickly it has been relaunched, experts are questioning whether the repairs are really complete.Kim and his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, oversaw Tuesday's launch at Rajin Port in the country's north, according to KCNA, which published photos of them at the event.This warship is one...
June 13, 2025
North Korea claims warship launch successful on second try
June 12, 2025
At the scene in Ahmedabad: 'Everyone is running trying to save as many lives as possible'
June 12, 2025
Officials race to tow burning ship away from India coast to prevent 'ecological disaster'
June 12, 2025
Taiwan jails China captain for undersea cable sabotage in landmark case
June 11, 2025
HK bans 'seditious' mobile game about fighting communists
June 11, 2025
South Korea turns off propaganda loudspeakers to North
June 11, 2025
India 'hopeful' of reaching deal with US before Trump's tariff deadline
June 11, 2025
Budget airline Jetstar Asia to close in weeks, customers offered refunds
June 10, 2025
Four crew members missing as Singapore-flagged cargo ship burns off India coast
DELHI — When 26-year-old Umar Sofi received his acceptance letter from Columbia University's School of Journalism, he thought the hardest part of his journey was over.After trying for three years, Mr Sofi had finally been admitted to his dream university and even secured a partial scholarship. He quit his job in anticipation of the big move.But on 27 May, when the US suddenly paused student visa appointments, the ground slipped from beneath his feet."I was numb. I could not process what had happened," Mr Sofi, who lives in Indian-administered Kashmir, told the BBC.Some 2,000km (1,242 miles) away in Mumbai, 17-year-old Samita Garg (name changed on request) went through a similar ordeal.A day after she was accepted into a top US university to study biochemistry — her first...
June 10, 2025
'Scary and stressful': Indian students reconsider plans for US education
