One person has died and dozens are missing after landslides swept through two Chinese villages, state media said Thursday, as rescuers scrambled to find survivors. Heavy wind and rains brought by Typhoon Megi triggered the landslides around 5:30pm (0930 GMT) Wednesday, which struck the villages of Sucun and Baofeng in ...
A North Korean soldier on Thursday defected to South Korea across the demilitarized zone between the two countries, local media reported, citing a South Korean military’s statement. “He crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) in the middle eastern sector at around 10 a.m. and defected to the South,” the Joint ...
