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SINGAPORE — North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime, state media reports.Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on 1 July, six years after it was due to be completed. It is unclear when it will welcome foreigners.Kim grew up in luxury in Wonsan, where many of the country's elite have private villas, and has been trying to transform the town, which once hosted a missile testing site.State media KCNA claims the resort can accomodate up to 20,000 visitors, occupying a 4km (2.5 mile) stretch of beach, with hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and a water park - none of which can be verified.Heavily sanctioned for decades for its nuclear weapons programme, North Korea is among the...
June 26, 2025
North Korea to open beach resort as Kim bets on tourism
June 25, 2025
UK aircraft carrier in Indo-Pacific on rare deployment
June 25, 2025
Australian journalist wins unfair dismissal case over Gaza post
June 25, 2025
Turmoil and trade wars dominate China's 'summer Davos'
June 25, 2025
Indira Gandhi's Emergency: When India's democracy was put on pause
TOKYO — A court in Japan has sentenced a US marine to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Okinawa last year.Lance Cpl Jamel Clayton, 22, attacked the woman in her 20s, choking her from behind and attempting sexual intercourse, the court ruled.The case is one of a string involving US servicemen based in the Okinawa archipelago, where more than half of the 54,000 US soldiers serving in Japan are based.Previous crimes committed by American personnel have sparked anger and protests by locals in Okinawa, the largest of which took place 30 years ago, when tens of thousands took to the street following the rape of a 12-year-old girl.In the last year alone, there have been four sexual assault cases involving US service members in Okinawa, including...
June 24, 2025
US marine jailed for seven years for sexual assault in Japan
June 24, 2025
Thailand bans tourists from going to Cambodia as border dispute persists
June 23, 2025
Indian investigators now claim all Pahalgam attackers were Pakistan nationals
June 20, 2025
China sends dozens of planes across central line in Taiwan Strait
June 19, 2025
Chinese navy drill near Japan sparks concern