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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Kim Jong Un enjoys absolute power across North Korea and is regarded as godlike by his own people. But one threat appears to loom large for the 41-year-old dictator: disloyalty from his country’s youth.

Kim Jong Un.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two Iranian ships docked in China have been loaded with a critical ingredient to produce propellant for ballistic missiles, people familiar with the matter said—a demonstration of the challenge the Trump administration will have in pressing China to reduce cooperation with Iran. The two vessels are loaded with around 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, a material that Iran could turn into 960 tons of ammonium perchlorate, one of the main ingredients for producing solid propellant for ballistic missiles, the people said.

Samsung will raise investments in Indian R&D centres at Bengaluru and Noida that have played a key role in development of AI features for its latest smartphone Galaxy S25, the company's President and Head of Mobile eXperience (MX) Business T M Roh said on Thursday and added that the firm expects a larger role from these research facilities in future.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DAVOS, Switzerland—Allies of President Trump beamed into the World Economic Forum to chide European leaders for their handling of the war in Ukraine, with one top administration official warning that efforts to fold the country into NATO during peace talks with Russia would run into an American “buzz saw." North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Mark Rutte, seated on a white dais flanked by European leaders in a hotel ballroom, kicked off a breakfast in support of Ukraine on the sidelines of the elite gathering Thursday.

Joe Biden's administration released 'Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion', which aims to establish export and security regulations for the global AI market. It divides countries in three groups based on the trust they enjoy with the US. While this is an outgoing US president's rule-making, it reflects behavioural elements of the new Donald Trump administration's transactional foreign policy approach.

remote hiring platform, has announced its extended service offerings. Traditionally focused on connecting top-tier software developers with global employers, Supercoder has now expanded its portfolio to include Product Owners and Designers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SEOUL: South Korean authorities arrested and detained for questioning the country's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, deepening the fallout from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month. Never before has a South Korean sitting president been arrested.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. How do you get blood out of white keds? The question that came frequently to my mind while watching the new season of Squid Game on Netflix, where players routinely walk on the remains of vanquished players, rubber soles squelching against blood and hardwood. How do their white shoes stay spotless? Or are the players simply given a fresh batch of canvas sneakers before each game? This is not implausible, given how the satire—where debt-ridden contestants put lives on the line in the vain hope of earning millions—seems to be budgeted, but I didn’t think about cleaning canvas at all in season 1.

Chirag Shetty's impressive run at the Malaysia Super 1000 badminton tournament came to an end following a straight-game loss to Korea's Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae in the semifinals, here on Saturday. Seeded seventh, Satwik and Chirag, who reached the finals last season, lost 10-21 15-21 in a 40-minute semifinal clash. «They played really well, and we could have followed our game plan a bit better. Instead, we played some random strokes, but kudos to them for playing a solid game,» Satwik told reporters. «Today, the pace of the game was very slow compared to the last three days. It's part of the game. It was a valuable learning experience for us. It is disappointing, but we have a long way to go. Today's match showed that we can still make it a good fight.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The crude stick-figure diagram, sketched in blue ink, details how North Korean soldiers deployed to support Russia in the Ukraine war should respond to the approach of a Ukrainian drone. One soldier—referred to as “bait" in the drawing—should stand still to lure the drone so that a pair of comrades can attempt to shoot it down.

Japan has imposed several previous rounds of sanctions, and the latest step comes a month after Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reaffirmed the country's policy at an online G7 summit in mid-December. «It is Japan's contribution as part of the international effort toward achieving global peace and resolving the problems surrounding Ukraine because of Russian invasion,» Hayashi said.

Korean skincare and makeup products. TIRTIR, one of the most famous K-beauty brands, is now available «offline» in India.

Pacific rivals, state media reported Tuesday, as Washington's top diplomat visited the region.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Korean beauty industry is trying to expand its presence in India, with a steady rise in brand launches and product offerings to meet the demands of the country's shoppers who are fans of K-beauty. The latest name entering the market is Neaf Neaf, a skincare brand by South Korean entrepreneur and influencer Jeong Ji-woo.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SEOUL—South Korean investigators failed to arrest the country’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, thwarted by his armed Secret Service bodyguards in another tense showdown resulting from his short-lived martial-law decree last month. Yoon, who is being investigated for insurrection among other charges, has refused three summonses to appear for questioning.