The overnight blaze ripped through a five-storey rundown building in the city centre occupied by homeless people and squatters. Dozens were injured. The building was among many in the downtown area that have been abandoned and “hijacked” by criminal gangs who rent them out to families. Sadness and grief The fire was among the worst…
Seoul: South Korea and the United States have started joint military exercises. North America has called it a war rehearsal. A foreign news agency According to the report These military exercises, called UFS after North Korea’s threat, are meant to realize simulation, joint warfighting capabilities training and civil defense exercises. In the aforementioned exercises, the…
28-year-old Sukjeet Singh became friends with a 30-year-old South Korean woman 4 years ago, Photo: Indian Media New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman from South Korea arrived in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to marry 28-year-old Sukjeet Singh, where both got married according to local customs. According to Indian media, Sakjit Singh went to South…
She is currently deployed with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, to the north of her country, supporting refugees who are fleeing conflict in Sudan. She has been speaking to UN News ahead of World Humanitarian Day which is commemorated annually on 19 August. “Saving lives became a passion of mine when I was 15. One of…
UNICEF estimates that 76 per cent of children under 18 in the region – 460 million -are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35° Celsius. July was the hottest month ever recorded globally, raising further concerns about a future where children, including those living in South Asia, are expected to…
“With only 17 months remaining on the Roadmap timelines before elections in 2024, I repeat what I had said in an earlier press conference, that 2023 is a ‘make or break’ year,” Nicholas Haysom said. Mr. Haysom heads the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) which reported that “a race against time” is now underway in…
During a three-day visit to the country, Qu Dongyu, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP); and Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) witnessed the devastating effects of severe weather events and a lack of infrastructure on communities….
Koketso Mukubani now works as a Community Linkage Officer for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime-supported South African Network of People who use Drugs. The UNODC staffer spoke to UN News ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July about receiving his diagnosis during a needle exchange outreach programmme, in which people who use drugs…
Twitter photo. South Korea has said that neighboring North Korea fired a basaltic missile towards the east coast on Monday. On the other hand, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense from Tokyo, the missile fired by North Korea could be a ballistic missile. According to a news agency report from Seoul, North Korea fired…
Photo courtesy: Euronews.com. The US nuclear submarine has anchored at the South Korean port of Busan. North Korea has condemned the presence of a US nuclear submarine in the region. According to a foreign news agency, North Korea says that the sending of a nuclear submarine by the United States is the cause of increasing…
