Kim Jong-un's cultural revolution:K-pop and fancy sneakers

Kim Jong-un's cultural revolution:K-pop and fancy sneakers

Dancers in hot pants. Factories pumping out Air Jordan lookalikes. TV dramas that are actually fun to watch.

  • byEric Talmadge

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Why South America is the battlefield in a new cold war

Why South America is the battlefield in a new cold war

The political crisis in Venezuela shows that Latin America has again become an arena in which rival powers struggle for influence and advantage.

  • byHal Brands
Trump and Putin to meet briefly in Paris this weekend

Trump and Putin to meet briefly in Paris this weekend

President Donald Trump will meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia this weekend after all,the Kremlin said Wednesday,but they will make it an abbreviated discussion in deference to their French hosts and hold off more detailed talks until another meeting later in the month.

Putin honoured Russian'doctor of death'linked to Skripal poisoning

Putin honoured Russian'doctor of death'linked to Skripal poisoning

Investigative group Bellingcat “conclusively identifies” the second suspect in the Salisbury poisoning as Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin.

  • byNick Miller
Russia's GRU military intelligence agency explained

Russia's GRU military intelligence agency explained

It has been blamed for hacks and espionage around the world,from the US elections to the Olympics doping saga. So,what is GRU exactly?

  • byGuy Faulconbridge
Suharto's fall was bloody and frightening,and I was there

Suharto's fall was bloody and frightening,and I was there

Twenty years before the ballot box delivered renewal in Malaysia this week,Indonesia went through a much more violent change.

  • byKaruni Rompies
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'Where is the world?':Ghouta assault intensifies,gas attack reported

'Where is the world?':Ghouta assault intensifies,gas attack reported

Syrian government forces bombarded eastern Ghouta anew on Wednesday,while hospitals continue to treat children for gas attack symptoms.

  • byTom Perry