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News
Family mourns Filipino IDF soldier killed in Gaza blast
The Philippine Embassy in Israel is reportedly working to assist the family of a Filipino Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldier slain in a mass...
Bryan Ke
Crime
Mỹ Lai massacre: 55 years since one of the US Army’s worst atrocities of the 20th century
On March 16, 1968, more than 500 unarmed civilians were brutally killed in a mass murder committed by U.S. troops in South Vietnam during th...
Ana Yoo
Government
Kim Jong-un orders N. Korean military to prepare for war after month-long absence
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to strengthen war preparations. Kim was photographed at a military meeting on Monda...
Michelle De Pacina
Military
Five Russian asylum seekers who fled Putin’s war stranded at S. Korean airport for months
Five Russian men seeking asylum are currently stranded at Incheon International Airport after South Korean authorities denied their entry in...
Ryan General
Trump wanted to nuke North Korea in 2017 and then blame another country: book
According to an upcoming addition to Michael Schmidt’s 2020 book “Donald Trump v. The United States,” former President Donald Trump consider...
Iris Jung
China
War game simulations find China failing to invade Taiwan at a huge cost to all, including US and Japan
Before you read: Taiwan says full invasion by China would be very difficult China threatens Taiwan with ‘demise’ after Taipei lawmaker warns...
Carl Samson
2 American veterans who volunteered in Ukraine return home after three months of captivity
American veterans Alex Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, who were captured by Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas re...
Japan
PM Kishida vows Japan will never again wage war as China, S. Korea condemn visits to Yasukuni Shrine
During a ceremony on Monday for the 77th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to “nev...
North Korea offering 100,000 ‘volunteers’ for war against Ukraine, says Russian state media
North Korea recently offered to send 100,000 “volunteers” to Russia to help the Kremlin in its war against Ukraine, Russian journalist Igor...
Myanmar
‘A lost generation’: UN expert issues urgent call for help to stop Myanmar junta’s war on children
Thomas Andrews, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, revealed the Myanmar military junta’s attacks on children. In a Ju...
China will ‘definitely not hesitate to start a war’ over Taiwan split, Beijing warns US
In a meeting between China and the U.S. on Friday, Chinese Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe warned that the country would go to war with...
Jane Nam
Culture
‘Drivers took white people and animals over us’: Indian student recounts racism while fleeing Ukraine
A student from India who left his family for Ukraine to attend university and find a better job says he experienced discrimination and robb...
Khier Casino
Former head of state-run Chinese newspaper claims ‘high probability’ of war with US
Hu Xijin, the prominent former editor-in-chief of the Chinese state-run newspaper Global Times, published a commentary on Saturday urging C...
North and South Korea agree ‘in principle’ to formally end Korean War after 70 years
South Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korea’s objection to the U.S. government’s alleged “hostility” has prevented the official end ...
Asia
China Wishes Taiwan a ‘Happy Lunar New Year’ With Video of Bombers and Jets
In welcoming the Lunar New Year, China released a video message for Taiwan depicting moments of daily life in the island before shifting to ...
World
SF Designer Visits Iraq After It Was Destroyed By ISIS, Is Shocked By What He Finds
More than a year after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared Mosul liberated from the Islamic State (ISIS), one San Francisco man se...
U.S. Finally Returns ‘War Trophies’ Taken from the Philippines in 1901
After over a hundred years, the three Balangiga church bells that American troops took home as war trophies have finally been returned to th...
Mitsubishi Ordered to Give Up to $133,000 to South Korean Families For Forced Labor 100 Years Ago
Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been ordered by the Supreme Court of South Korea to compensate 10 Koreans for forced labor dur...
China Recruits Their Brightest Children to Help Develop ‘Killer Robots’
A group composed of China’s brightest students will soon begin their training to build weapons that harness artificial intelligence. The stu...
South Korea Apologizes for Rape, Torture of Protesters in 1980 Pro-Democracy Uprising
South Korea apologized for the atrocities its military had committed against civilians during a pro-democracy uprising nearly four decades ...
Civil Rights
Rare North Korean Photos Reportedly Show Farmers Defying Soldiers Pillaging Their Food
Villagers in North Korea are reportedly showing signs of resistance against Kim Jong-un’s soldiers who have allegedly been ransacking ...
North Korea, Taiwan Named the Most Likely Places World War III Could Erupt in 2018
Robert Farley, a Senior Lecturer at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky, has listed T...
Old U.S. Bomb From the Vietnam War Explodes, Kills 6 People
An American war-era bomb recently detonated in a mountainous area in Vietnam, killing six people, including three children. According to sta...
China is Telling Citizens Living in North Korea to Return to China
The Chinese government has reportedly called upon all Chinese people currently living in North Korea to return to China over concerns of a p...
Expert Claims North Korea May Use Submarines For Attacks
As North Korea marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on Saturday, fears of an impending military attack from...
China Flexes Military Muscle for Chinese New Year
A short video from the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force released on state TV during the Lunar New Year in China on January 30 featured ...
Trump’s Chief Strategist Has ‘No Doubt’ the U.S. Will Go to War With China
Steve Bannon, chief strategist for President Donald Trump, believes that the U.S. could go to war with China within the next few years. The ...
Chinese Man Mistakenly Wanders into India, Gets Stuck There For 50 Years
Wang Qi worked as a Chinese army surveyor during the Sino-Indian war in 1963 when he mistakenly ventured into India. More than 50 years late...
Politics
Trump Could Seriously Drive the U.S. into War With China
A senior military official in China has claimed that the country’s war against the United States is not just a slogan anymore. Instead...
‘GI Babies’ From the Vietnam War Share Stories of Life and Search for Their Fathers
The Vietnam War is one of the most documented conflicts in history. It was a period of conflict between the communist North Vietnam, along w...
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