North Korea nuclear test site to close in May, South Korea says North Korea’s nuclear test site will close in May, the South Korean president’s office has said. A spokesman said the closure of the Punggye-ri site would be done in public and foreign experts from South Korea and the US would be invited to … Read more
Former third-tier side Cheetah FC striker Richard Appiah has completed a six-month move to Saint Georges SC of Ethiopia. The promising 21-year-old, after spending a year in South-East Asia where he was the heartbeat of Laos side, Champasak United has decided to continue his playing career East African. The former Ghana U-20 player expressed his … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person by May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. News of the meeting was delivered by South Korean officials after talks with Mr Trump at the White House. They passed a verbal message from Mr … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Donald Trump to meet him, an invitation the US leader has said he will accept. The shock announcement was made by senior South Korean officials in Washington, who passed on a letter from the North Korean leader. They said Mr Kim had also agreed to halt nuclear and … Read more
North Korea will participate in the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, according to South Korea’s news agency. The two countries have been discussing North Korea’s involvement at the border village of Panmunjom. The decision follows the North’s participation in the Olympics, widely seen as successful piece of diplomacy which brought a hint of rapprochement. However, … Read more
North Korea will send one of its highest ranking figures, General Kim Yong-chol, to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Gen Kim was the North’s intelligence chief, and is believed to have plotted several attacks on South Korea. North Korea’s attendance at the Winter Olympics is seen as a thaw in tense … Read more
North Korea appears to have held a low-key military parade, a day ahead of the Winter Olympics, South Korean media said. Its timing drew criticism from the US as it’s the first time in 40 years the annual event has been held in February. Early on Thursday state television began showing patriotic films in what … Read more
North Korea appears to have held a low-key military parade, a day ahead of the Winter Olympics, South Korean media said. Its timing drew criticism from the US as it’s the first time in 40 years the annual event has been held in February. Early on Thursday state television began showing patriotic films in what … Read more
Former President John Mahama, on Friday, said African leaders must be bold and take the destiny of the region into the hands of Africans. During his visit to Nigeria, Mr. Mahama spoke on “Challenges of Governance and Development in Africa,” at a lecture organized by the Department of State Service, for its Officers Course 10 participants, … Read more
Surging global demand for Asian exports and low oil prices will help China and the region’s developing economies grow faster than expected this year and next, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday. The region should now grow by 5.9 percent this year and 5.8 percent in 2018, the Manila-based lender said in a report. The … Read more
Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an official said Saturday. The tiny landmass of Okinoshima, where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site last week. … Read more
Japan executed two convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights groups to end capital punishment. The hangings of Masakatsu Nishikawa and Koichi Sumida bring to 19 the total number of executions since conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in late 2012. Nishikawa, 61, was convicted of killing … Read more
A men-only island in Japan where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. The tiny landmass of Okinoshima is permanently manned by a Shinto priest who prays to the island’s goddess, in a tradition that has been kept … Read more
France plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the country’s new environment minister has announced. Nicolas Hulot made the announcement as he unveiled a series of measures as part of newly elected President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to make the country carbon neutral by 2050. Mr Hulot said he recognised the target would … Read more
After buying big American brands like Apple, Pepsi, Sotheby’s and Yahoo!, activist shareholders – investors in search of big dividends – now are setting their sights on European companies like Nestle. “No company is really immune from activism except perhaps for the very largest companies,” says Gregory Taxin, managing director of Spotlight Advisory, a consulting … Read more
Five North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official said, in an apparent bid to defect to the South. The five people, including four men and one woman, have expressed their wish to live in the South as defectors, the Yonhap news agency reported. … Read more
Activists detained while investigating working conditions at a Chinese factory making Ivanka Trump-branded shoes could face up to two years in jail, Amnesty International said Wednesday. The United States has urged Chinese authorities to release the three men, who were investigating two plants owned by footwear producer Huajian Group when they were detained last month. … Read more
The European Union and China will throw their full weight behind the Paris climate accord at a summit on Friday, EU officials said, in a bid to fill the void if the US quits the pact. The summit in Brussels could mark a dramatic shift in global politics, with the EU taking over from the … Read more
The Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo is retiring from playing humans in the ancient Chinese game of Go after roundly defeating the world’s top player this week, its developer said Saturday. AlphaGo defeated brash 19-year-old world number one Ke Jie of China on Saturday to sweep a three-game series that was closely watched as a measure … Read more
US President Donald Trump said Friday the “problem” of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be “solved”, as he met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe just before the start of the G7 summit. “It’s a big problem, it’s a world problem,” he said in the Sicilian town of Taormina, just weeks after he called North … Read more