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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking at the 9th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea at the Partys Central Committee headquarters building in Pyongyang. (AFP)

Will launch 3 more spy satellites, build more nuclear weapons in 2024:...

Kim's comments suggest he'll continue a run of weapons tests to expand his arsenal amid long-dormant diplomacy with the...

31 Dec 2023 11:09 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday (Korean Central News Agency. AP)

North Korea holds rare meeting on farming amid food shortage

South Korean experts estimate that North Korea is short around 1 million tons of grain, 20 percent of its annual demand

27 Feb 2023 12:05 PM IST

People watch the screening of the BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, in Thiruvananthapuram. (PTI)

Farrukh Dhondy | Allegations in a democracy: Itâ€™s best to debate,...

“He hid the breakage of his heart This poet of love and loss. His poise and purpose remained smart Unlike the...

28 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea fires ballistic missiles capping record year of tests

North Korea-'s end-of-year plenary meetings are typically used by the regime to unveil its domestic, foreign policy for...

31 Dec 2022 8:25 AM IST

US and South Korean officials say North Korea has finished preparations to conduct a nuclear test explosion in its remote testing facility in the northeast. AP

Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea

Annual military training between Seoul and Washington had been scaled back or cancelled to support now-dormant diplomacy...

17 Nov 2022 1:08 PM IST

In April, Kim said North Korea could preemptively use nuclear weapons if threatened, saying they would never be confined to the single mission of war deterrent. (AP)

Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military...

28 July 2022 9:21 PM IST

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP)

N Korea says hypersonic missile tested to modernise weaponry

Wednesday-'s test indicates that the country will press ahead with plans to build powerful, sophisticated missiles

6 Jan 2022 11:02 AM IST

The cyber crime wing of Vijayawada is being strengthened with more personnel being shifted to it.

Cabbages & Kings: Of tech advances and small businesses

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastating results of the invented nuclear capability.

26 May 2018 12:50 AM IST

The Rio Olympics opening ceremony started with fireworks and laser lit choreography on Friday as Brazil sought to forget seven years of troubled preparations and the Olympic movement to temporarily put aside its doping crisis. (Photo: AP)

Foreign Pulse: Koreas' Olympic thaw - Dreams of peace rise

The two high-strung Koreas need to breathe and exult as one people, if only temporarily.

6 Feb 2018 12:14 AM IST

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinas President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP)

As Trump flounders, Xi set to make gains

Unpredictably is a serious problem for the world's chancelleries in dealing with major foreign policy issues.

14 Aug 2017 12:43 AM IST

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Cabbages & Kings: What we can eat - The prejudices

In today's world the injunctions against devouring a particular species go beyond religion.

24 Sept 2016 12:58 AM IST