Park Sol-ji fled North Korea 19 years ago when she was 20 years old, arriving in South Korea the following year.
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🧵 (1/3) Three gyrocopters flew low as they approached Nyaung Pin Lay village in Myanmar’s Kani Township on Saturday. An airstrike hit a school and nearby homes, killing 11, including four children. The village had no internet, and a warning did not reach residents in time.
North Korea is trying to address its decreasing birth rate. Residents told Radio Free Asia that the government is improving state-run orphanages and cracking down harder on illegal abortions.
📷: AFP
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Hong Kong sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison Thursday for foreign collusion.
Lawmakers, activists and rights groups worldwide condemned the ruling as a human rights violation.
📷: AFP
Lawmakers, activists and rights groups worldwide condemned the ruling as a human rights violation.
📷: AFP
On Thursday, Judge Tam Yiu-ho of the Hong Kong High Court ruled that the case constituted a “serious offense” under the security law, which carries a starting sentence of 13 years. It was later reduced to 10 years in light of his guilty plea.
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