Canadian pastor reported missing after trip to North Korea
On January 30, Lim traveled to North Korea from China with a companion from the church who last spoke with him the following day, on January 31. Lim was scheduled…
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Woman Accused Of Locking 4 Kids In Dog Cage In Basement
GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) — A woman is accused of locking four young children in a dog cage in a North Dakota basement and turning out the lights as punishment. –…
Kim Jong Un Fast Facts
Father: Kim Jong Il Mother: Ko Young Hee Marriage: Ri Sol Ju – January 8, 2014 – Dennis Rodman sings “Happy Birthday” to Kim Jong Un before he and other…
White House lawn temporarily locked down
Secret Service officers arrested the man who will be transferred to DCPD custody. The North Lawn has since been reopened.
North Korea Launches 2 Missiles Into Sea to Protest U.S. War Games With South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea flouted United Nations resolutions on Monday by launching two Scud-type ballistic missiles toward the sea between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, as the United…
North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Missiles Off Coast
SEOUL, March 2 (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, a South Korean military official said, a move seen as a protest against…
South Korean President Urges Japan to Admit Past Wrongs
SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea urged Japan on Sunday to have the “courage and honesty” to admit to its historical wrongdoings against Koreans and other…
Protests Erupt Over UNC Board’s Decision To Shutter Poverty Center
University of North Carolina students and faculty raucously protested the board of governors’ vote Friday to disband a poverty-focused think-tank led by a critic of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and…
Atlanta dodges winter storm, system moves up the coast
Atlanta’s was anti-climactic. Everywhere else was worse. Ask folks along a line from Arkansas to Virginia. Unlike last year, when city officials were caught completely by surprise, Atlanta was prepared…
South Braces For Another Winter Storm
From the Deep South to the Mid-Atlantic, another winter storm was expected to bring more snow and ice Wednesday to many areas that were hit hard just last week. Part…
This Pit Bull And Tortoise Are Here To Remind You That BFFs Come In All Shapes And Sizes
It’s just another ordinary afternoon for Sheldon the tortoise and Dolly the pit bull, who are in the yard playing their usual game of chase. “And, yes, Sheldon is surprisingly…
This state could give the GOP big headaches in 2016
National Republicansintent on fashioning an orderly nominating process after several chaotic cyclesare threatening trigger-happy primary and caucus states with drastic penalties if they attempt to leapfrog the voting line and…
Conservative County Commissioner Files Incendiary Lawsuit Against Defeated Opponent
WASHINGTON — Cherokee County Commissioner Dr. Daniel Eichenbaum and Edward Figueroa, a former police officer, used to be friendly. They were both members of a group preparing for an apocalypse-type…
Dead or alive? Rumors of Kim Jong Un’s aunt persist
Last year, a North Korean defector said that Kim Kyung Hee had died from a stroke while arguing on the phone with the North Korean leader about her husband’s execution….
Tensions set to rise on Korean peninsula as annual war games near
The drills, involving thousands of troops and state of the art military hardware, don’t go down well with North Korea. “Each year, Pyongyang complains and demands a stop to these…
See Who Got Married This Weekend!
Hollywood’s movers and shakers weren’t the only ones putting on fancy gowns and tuxes this Oscars weekend. Our readers who tied the knot stunned in some red carpet-worthy big day…
Fearing Ebola, North Korea Bars Tourists From Capital Marathon
Further restricting travel to the already isolated country, North Korea barred foreigners from one of its most popular tourist events — the annual Pyongyang marathon — because of concerns over…
16 dead in Bangladesh ferry accident
The boat was packed with at least 100 people when it overturned on the Padma river in the Manikganj district north of the capital Dhaka, local Police Chief Bidhan Tripura…
North Koreans Toil in Slavelike Conditions Abroad, Rights Groups Say
SEOUL, South Korea — When the North Korean carpenter was offered a job in Kuwait in 1996, he leapt at the chance. He was promised $120 a month, an unimaginable…
ISIS burned up to 40 people alive in Iraq, official says
ISIS seized control of most of the town last week. It’s located just nine miles north of the Ayn al-Asad airbase, where some 400 U.S. military personnel are stationed to…
Mastercard boss Ann Cairns’ journey from oil rigs to credit card queen
The first female engineer to work on offshore oil and gas rigs in the U.K, knows what it’s like to be the only woman in sight for hundreds of kilometers….
The Atlas Mountains: Morocco’s hidden travel gem
The Atlas Mountains have long been home to some of North Africa’s most remote villages. Until a decade ago, running water and electricity were nearly unheard of, and even today…
Muslim Groups Respond With Love, Philanthropy In The Face Of Violence
After the shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a message of compassion rose up from many corners of the Muslim community. Farris Barakat, the brother of…
Craig Hicks Indicted In Chapel Hill Shootings
A grand jury on Monday indicted the North Carolina man who allegedly shot and killed three Muslim students, according to WRAL and ABC 11. – Barakat, a dental student at…
Biting Cold Air Follows Latest New England Blizzard
Frigid cold nipped at New England after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month blew through, piling another foot of snow on top of 6-foot-high mounds in Boston, and…
How North Korean defector’s story unraveled
Shortly after escaping from North Korea, Shin Dong-hyuk formulated what he called a “sanitized” version of the his life, which he repeated for almost 10 years and subsequently became a…
North Korea’s biggest party: Celebrating Kim Jong Il’s birthday
To mark the 73rd anniversary of the birth of late dictator Kim Jong Il (who died in 2011) on Monday, North Korea will stage a military parade, patriotic chants, dance…
Obama: Chapel Hill Murders ‘Brutal And Outrageous’
President Barack Obama released a statement Friday on the shooting of three members of a Muslim family in North Carolina. – For more on the Chapel Hill shooting, go here.
Beyoncé Shares Adorable Photo Of Kim Kardashian And ‘Princess’ North
Beyoncé gave a sweet shout-out to North West after sitting next to her and mama Kim Kardashian at Kanye West’s New York Fashion Week show for Adidas. – During the…
Why The Coming Election Could Deepen Nigeria’s Divisions
Every week, we bring you one overlooked aspect of the stories that made news in recent days. You noticed the media forgot all about another story’s basic facts? Tweet @TheWorldPost…