North Asia

South Korean President Moon Jae-In called for calm on Aug. 14 in the standoff with North Korea, saying there should never be another war on the peninsula.

Tensions have flared since U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to the North's latest missile tests, warned it of "fire and fury like the world has never seen."

The number of North Koreans slipping illegally into Thailand has surged in recent months, according to immigration bureau officials, as tensions mount on the Korean peninsula because of Pyongyang's weapons programs.

The time for talk on North Korea is “over”, the United States said, spurning a UN response to Pyongyang’s latest ICBM launch in favour of bomber flights and missile defence system tests.

Fires have wreaked havoc this summer with Yakutia. Clouds are being spiked with a special compound over remote areas of Yakutia to force rain in forest infernos. Reports Siberia Times.  

Scientists recently made a startling discovery whilst on an expedition to monitor permafrost on the Gydan Peninsula; a 1,000-year-old bronze cup from ancient Persia (modern day Iran). The discovery was made close to the Kara Sea, the furthest north such an artifact has been found.

The cup was likely brought to the region by ancient traders seeking walrus tusks, birds, and fur.

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If the Korean Peninsula standoff evolved into an armed conflict, Japan would be the first to suffer from the fallout - both political and nuclear - North Korean state media said, warning Tokyo against any hostile actions.

Two suspects who attempted to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were arrested, according unconfirmed information.

The suspects had been reportedly arrested at the China border near the Tumen.

Fifteen people were killed and ten others are in intensive care after a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Krasnoyarsk territory in Eastern Siberia on Thursday.

Earlier reports suggested that the crash claimed the lives of twelve people, TASS news agency informs.

There were 25 people on board the helicopter, among them 22 passengers and three crew members.