North Korea's Kim Jong-un makes unprecedented trip to China

Mercurial North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday made an unprecedented whirlwind trip to Beijing -- his first foreign trip since he took over power in 2011 -- and reported to have held talks......

In China, teachers prefer divorce to dismissal

Primary school teachers in northeast China are queuing up for divorce after local authorities issued a notice that all teachers except widows and divorcees would face the axe. With the teachers......

3,000 hurt in N.Korea train blast

At many as 3,000 people are reported dead or injured in a explosion aftertwo fuel trains collided at a North Korean railway station, report agencies. "We've obtained the information that there was......

Dealing with North Korea: What are the world's options?

After Pyongyang tests a missile potentially capable of reaching the US, Dr Rajaram Panda explores the realistic -- and peaceful -- options before Donald Trump and the international community at......