A ranking North Korean embassy official in Beijing has defected, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, while a separate report suggested two embassy staff had sought asylum with the Japanese mission there. If confirmed, it would mark the latest in a recent series of high-profile North Korean defections that ...
A US soldier has been killed by a bomb blast while during operations in Nangahar province in Afghanistan, US military officials said Tuesday. “The soldier was killed conducting operations with Afghan forces when the patrol triggered an improvised explosive device,” US Forces, Afghanistan said in a statement. “The mission was ...
