Tag: North Korea
The UN Security Council votes against the Russian resolution on Nord Stream sabotage
New York [US]March 28 (ANI): The UN Security Council did not support the Russian-Chinese resolution on the international investigation into Nord Stream sabotage on Monday, Russian news agency TASS reported. The resolution was supported by 3 countries, with zero votes against and 12 countries abstaining from voting. The resolution thus did not receive the nine […]
UN Weekly Roundup: 18–24 February 2023
Editor’s note: Here’s a quick snapshot of what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the UN’s perch. One year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Last Friday marked one year since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There were several meetings at UN headquarters during the week to […]
No German decision on tanks for Ukraine despite mounting pressure
Germany said Friday that no decision had been made on providing battle tanks sought by Kyiv, despite an emotional plea from President Volodymyr Zelensky. Western defence ministers gathered at Ramstein Air Base in Germany for a crucial US-led meeting to hammer out future military aid to Ukraine. Read our live blog to see how all […]
This is how China builds an extreme personality cult around Xi
The Communist Party’s message completely dominates the flow of information in today’s China. Regardless of whether you book a taxi on your mobile phone, turn on the TV, ride the subway or enter an elevator – propaganda meets you everywhere. – There is so much propaganda. It is very difficult to defend yourself, you are […]
Zelensky says grain deal resumption important for ‘whole world’
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday hailed “a significant diplomatic result for our country and the whole world” after Russia rejoined a deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris local time (GMT+1). This live page is no […]
Live: Zelensky says grain deal resumption important for ‘whole world’
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday hailed “a significant diplomatic result for our country and the whole world” after Russia rejoined a deal to allow Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea. Follow our live blog for the latest developments. All times are Paris local time (GMT+1). 10:16pm: Zelensky says grain deal resumption important for ‘whole […]
New safety report paints a bleak future
Russia and China The report claims that despite massive sanctions and a battered economy, Russia will be able to threaten European security in the coming years – particularly due to its nuclear weapons capabilities. “The war in Ukraine has shown that Russia’s intentions are brutal and ruthless, and a weakened Russia will generally be no […]
Nuclear weapons are a necessary deterrent, explains the foreign minister at the UN nuclear conference
The Danish foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, attended a nuclear conference at the UN headquarters in New York City yesterday to speak on behalf of the Nordic ministers, and he did not miss the opportunity to make himself heard. Kofod admits that in an ideal world there would be no need for nuclear weapons, but in […]
Only 15% of the world enjoys free expression of information
A British group says that their latest study of worldwide freedom of expression shows that only 15% of the world’s population lives where people can receive or share information freely. In its Global Expression Report 2022, Article19, an international human rights organization, said that in authoritarian nations such as China, Myanmar and Russia, and in […]
Iran’s women’s football unchanged in the FIFA rankings
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Team Melli Banovan retained his 70th place in the latest FIFA world rankings for women released on Friday. – Sports news – The American women’s team continues its run at the top of FIFA’s ranking, a position it has held since 2017. The USA is followed by Sweden and France. FIFA pointed […]
North Korean hackers target journalists with GOLDBACKDOOR malware
It has recently been revealed that APT37, a North Korean cyber espionage group, has used advanced malicious software to steal information from a private computer owned by a former South Korean intelligence service. The government-backed espionage group used the so-called Goldbackdoor malware with the intention of stealing sensitive information from carefully selected targets. It is […]
Denmark among top countries for press freedom
Kim has been wrongSweden, Estonia and Finland completed the top five, while Ireland, Portugal, Costa Rica, Lithuania and Liechtenstein made up the rest of the top 10. Other notables included Germany (16), Canada (19), United Kingdom (24), South Africa (35), Australia (39), United States (42), South Korea (43), Japan (71), Brazil (110). ), Indonesia (117), […]
Misinformation, censorship, trigger the global retreat of press freedom
Washington – Following the Kremlin’s example, a global increase in disinformation and propaganda has a catastrophic effect on independent news around the world, a new report shows. In its 2022 The World Press Freedom Index was released on TuesdayThe Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has contributed enormously to the […]
Spreading fake news incites divisions, global tensions: RSF
Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that has widened political divisions around the world, aroused international tensions and even contributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders. More commonly known by its French acronym RSF, Reporters Without Borders warned that democratic societies are becoming increasingly fragmented […]
Bulgaria climbs 21 places in the freedom of expression index
Bulgaria climbs 21 places in Reporters Without Borders annually and is now 91st instead of 112, as it was last year, said the Association of European Journalists. The index, which measures freedom of expression in 180 countries each year, shows a doubling of polarization combined with information chaos around the world, Reporters Without Borders states. […]
Why this American decided to enroll in a Russian university
Kristian Fors is an American from Los Angeles, California, and is a master’s student at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). After developing a deep love for Russian culture through classical Russian literature, he went abroad for a period of study in St. Petersburg and finally decided to enroll completely at a Russian […]
Russia could join Asian football without a FIFA decree, the lawyer claims
The Russian Football Federation can switch from UEFA to the Asian Football Federation, a sports lawyer has said Russian football teams can switch from European to Asian competitions without needing permission from FIFA, a sports lawyer has said while the Russian Football Federation is waiting to discover if it faces further penalties from the World […]
As Putin’s war drags on, China’s discomfort increases
Hong Kong, March 15 (ANI): There are many speculations about the strategic relationship between China and Russia, and the degree of knowledge that President Xi Jinping had before President Vladimir Putin began his deplorable invasion of Ukraine. This war turns out to be fraught with risks for China, which puts Beijing in a difficult relationship […]
Prosecutor: MP Räsänen’s statements could "increases homophobia"
Resolutions of the trial of the Christian Democrat MP Päivi Räsänen The matter was heard in the Helsinki District Court on Monday afternoon. The former interior minister is accused of inciting three minority groups in connection with statements he made and texts and posts on homosexuality on social media. Summary of Räsänen’s case, public prosecutor […]
Finland is once again among the least corrupt countries in the world
According to the annual corruption index, Finland is once again one of the least corrupt countries in the world. Each year, the index ranks 180 countries and territories according to the level of corruption in the public sector, according to experts and businessmen. The least corrupt countries this year were Finland, Denmark and New Zealand […]
Xinhua World News Summary at 1530 GMT, January 14
SEOUL – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two short-range projectiles into eastern waters, the third launch in less than two weeks, South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) said on Friday. The JCS said in a statement that the South Korean military discovered two projectiles, believed to be short-range ballistic missiles, which […]
Rights activists challenge China’s infamous detention methods
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): Human rights activists have criticized China’s infamous Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), stressing that Chinese authorities are torturing and forcing people without giving them the right to legal advice. RSDL is a form of deprivation of liberty used by Chinese authorities on those individuals who “endanger the security […]
Kim Jong-un – Nuclear weapons, murder and basketball
He is the young dictator who, with his nuclear weapons and his unclear agenda, sets world politics in motion. In the West, he is often portrayed as a funny cartoon character but at home in North Korea, he is feared by the people for his crude ruthlessness. P3 ID about Kim Jong-un begins with a […]
* NEW * The murder of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother
At first, the police cannot believe the two girls’ improbable explanation. Could they really not have known that they carried out an attack on the North Korean dictator’s older half-brother, carried out with the chemical weapon VX? Participants: Jongyil Ra – Former intelligence officer in South Korea.Salim Bashir – lawyer.Yoji Gomi – journalist.Hadi Amzi – […]
Heart and Seoul: Everything you love about Korea, from K-pop to Kimchi
In European classrooms, we were raised under the glare of the Atlas, which made Europe look massive and Canada 30 times the size of South America. Asia is massive, of course, no matter how you look at it, but it may surprise you to notice the absence of a few from its top 25 largest […]
Finland is at the forefront of quality of life research
Finland is at the top of CEO World magazine’s 2021 ‘Quality of Life’ report, ahead of its Nordic neighbors, Denmark, and third, Norway. "Security, political stability and a well-developed public health system drove Finland to the top of the list of the best countries for quality of life in 2021," the magazine wrote. Based on […]
VMA in Borås, Västra Götaland County
The United States has appointed a special envoy for North Korea. It will be Sung Kim, an experienced diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who will find out if North Korea’s leadership is prepared for diplomatic engagement President Biden also downplays expectations about the difficulties of persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear […]
USA, S Korea deeply concerned about N Korea
Washington DC [US]May 22 (Sputnik / ANI): The United States and South Korea are deeply concerned about the denuclearization of North Korea and are willing to reduce tensions through diplomatic steps, US President Joe Biden said during a joint news conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. “My team consulted closely with President Moon’s team […]
Kim Jong-un flags hard times with famine reference
In front of thousands of party officials, Kim Jong-un is said to have called for another “laborious march”, a reference to the severe famine of the 1990s. Reports from aid and human rights organizations, diplomats and the media paint a picture of an economy in crisis, following natural disasters, pandemics and sanctions over the country’s […]
North Korea withdraws from Tokyo Olympics
North Korea will not participate in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the country’s sports ministry states. The reason is that they want to protect their participants from being infected with the coronavirus. The Tokyo Olympics will be held between July 23 and August 8.
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
Radiosporten Dokumentär has interviewed the American Josh Sens, who entered North Korea to find out the truth about Kim Jong-il’s magical round of golf. And got an unexpected answer. But North Korea’s former leader is not alone in suspecting strong sports credentials. The avid golfer Donald Trump is the best American president of all time, […]
North Korea is alleged to have tried to hack Phizer’s computer system
North Korean hackers have tried to break into the pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s computer system in search of information about covid vaccine, South Korea’s intelligence service according to the news agency Yonhap. It is a South Korean MP who says this to journalists after a meeting behind closed doors. North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has repeatedly […]
Vinterbergs Druk snatches five Robert statuettes
In the category, he was, among other things, up against himself, as he was also nominated for his role in the film “Riders of Justice”. Thomas Vinterberg also received the Director of the Year award, while Janus Billeskov Jansen and Anne Østerud won the Editor of the Year for their work on the film. “Drunk” […]
This week’s editorial: Corona again and again
The virus still bothers us. The daily count is about 1,000 new cases, although the number of hospitalizations and casualties is far lower than in April. Early turkey for Christmas?On the other hand, the fur business has been eliminated along with 17 million mink in the hope that we can avoid mutations of the virus […]
Mette Frederiksen expects Trump to go voluntarily
– As far as we can see, the election in the United States is decided and the future president of the United States is Joe Biden. It is the American voters who decide the outcome of the American election. – What is going to happen now, I dare not predict. I am very Danish in […]
North Korea denies Danish document account
When a new documentary about North Korea was released on Sunday, it sent shockwaves through the international community. Ulrich Larsen, the former Danish chef who spent ten years filming undercover in the returning Asian state, has since been summoned by the UN due to alleged sanctions violations carried out by the country, and now North […]
North Korea accuses documentaries of fabricating lies
North Korea accuses the documentary “The Mole – undercover in North Korea” by the Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger of being fabricated to spread untruths about the North Korean regime. Hai Chol Ri, an adviser to the North Korean embassy in Stockholm, writes in a letter to Ekstra Bladet. – From start to finish, the […]
Mads Brügger will share unseen material about North Korea with the UN
Journalist and director Mads Brügger would like to share information about North Korea with a UN panel of experts monitoring sanctions against the country. He said this on Tuesday to the news agency Reuters. The announcement comes after Brügger’s latest documentary, “The Mole – Undercover in North Korea”, reveals how the country is apparently trying […]
Danish mole in North Korea has been summoned to a meeting of the UN panel
The early retired Danish chef Ulrich Larsen, who is the main character in the documentary series “The mole – undercover in North Korea”, has been invited to a meeting of an expert panel at the UN. It writes DR. Larsen has spent over ten years of his life infiltrating parts of the North Korean regime […]
Ann Linde raises the issue of new sanctions against North Korea
Foreign Minister Ann Linde (S) is deeply concerned about the information that emerges in the documentary Mullvaden, which shows that North Korea circumvents sanctions for selling weapons. Together with her Danish Foreign Minister colleague, she now wants to raise the issue of new sanctions against the country. In the Dokument Utfra documentary, which is shown […]
The Foreign Chronicle
Beijing, Monday. A recurring question from your listeners is what life as a correspondent really is like? What does everyday life look like? I have thought about it sometimes and the other day, when I was preparing for all potential Nobel Prize winners, it struck me that life as a coward is to be crammed […]
Former chef ends up in North Korean arms trade in Mads Brügger film
An early retired chef, a convicted cocaine pusher, a Spanish aristocrat and plans for an underground weapons factory built with North Korean help are the focus of director Mads Brügger’s documentary series “The Mole”. The documentary in three episodes follows a Danish prematurely retired chef who chooses to join the Friendship Association Denmark-DDF Korea – […]
North Korea showed off new long-range robots
In the middle of the night, North Korea carried out a large military parade in central Pyonyang. At the parade, they were shown what appear to be new and larger long-distance robots. A two-hour-long television production was wired over state-run North Korean television in the evening local time. A unique military parade, as it seems […]
From Iceland – Quarantine done right
No one enjoys having to quarantine when traveling. People do not go to new countries to get stuck in doors for days together and stare at walls. But for many, quarantine has become part of the new travel norm. The Swiss photographer Olivier Staiger recently traveled to Iceland, and showed MBL how he spent his […]
