Two-thirds of people facing food crises globally last year lived in just 10 countries, with a third of them in Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN-backed yearly report said Friday. Conflict remained the main driver of acute food insecurity, according to the Global Report on Food Crises, based on data from […]
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North Korea will never change its status as a nuclear-armed state, its leader Kim Jong Un said, state media reported on Tuesday. The declaration — delivered on Monday — follows Kim’s reappointment a day earlier as head of the authoritarian nation’s highest policymaking body, the State Affairs Commission. “We will continue to firmly consolidate our […]
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South Korea has sent 20,000 tons of rice as humanitarian assistance for Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. The aid will be distributed among the displaced population in Cox’s Bazar camps through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul shared the information on Wednesday (October 8). According to the embassy, […]
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A 23-year-old woman from Paletwa town, Chin State, said she was forced to flee her native place after being sexually assaulted by Arakan Army (AA) soldiers in April, according to reports by local media. After the AA expelled junta troops and entered Paletwa town, two AA soldiers allegedly raped the woman and attempted to drown […]
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Resistance through no sex: The 4B movement in South Korea The 4B movement in South Korea represents one of the most radical rejections of patriarchy to date: no sex, no dating, no marriage, no children. For years, the image of young women in Seoul’s nightlife was characterized by miniskirts, makeup and a “cute” demeanor. Now, […]
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