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In this image made from video by North Korea's KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. North Korea held the military parade and rally on Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday, just one day before South Korea hosts the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (KRT via AP Video)

Ex-general reveals risk of removing Kim

A FORMER military chief has issued a grim warning to the West about the risks of removing dictator Kim Jong-un from power.

Innovation

Weapon on show at North Korea military parade

What we missed in Kim’s parade

NORTH Korea’s missiles attracted a lot of attention during the country’s military parade. It wasn’t long before something caught our attention.

Leaders

US President Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast at a hotel in Washington, DC on February 8, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN

‘Bulls**t’: War hero hits out at Trump

THE navy SEAL who took out Osama bin Laden has unloaded on Donald Trump, whose latest idea for the American military has sparked a fevered backlash.

Wealth

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on preparations for the 29th Winter Universiade 2019 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Just how rich is Vladimir Putin?

RUSSIAN President earned $850,000 over just five years, official documents show. But critics claim that’s a fraction of what he really has stashed away.

Leaders

In this April 13, 2017, photo, Kim Yo Jong, right, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is pictured during the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, a collection of more than a dozen apartment buildings, in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Koreaâ€™s Unification Ministry said North Korea informed Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, that Kim Yo Jong would be part of the high-level delegation coming to the South for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Kim’s sister makes cunning move

THE young and powerful sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is about to step out of her brother’s long shadow.

Innovation

North Korea hovercraft bases - satellite imagery. Picture: Airbus/CSIS/BeyondParallel.org

N Korea’s new assault hovercraft bases

KIM Jong-un’s military has two new hovercraft bases in the works. Once finished, they could be used to deploy troops in 30 minutes.

News Life

Staff escort prisoners through Queensland; Lotus Glen Correctional Centre. The male prison with a capacity to detain roughly 730 prisoners, over half of whom are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners. Picture: Daniel Soekov for Human Rights Watch

‘I get called black c**t, it’s normal’

HORRIFIC claims of abuse are emerging from Australia’s jails, some of it carried out by prison guards, a shocking report reveals.

Leaders

Toxic president who won’t leave

HE HAS become the leader no one wants and even his own party want him out. Despite scandal and infighting, he refuses to resign.

News Life

TOWNVILLE, SC - APRIL 29: Ava Olsen, 7, who was on the playground during the Townville Elementary shooting, poses for a picture with her stuffed animals on April 29, 2017 in Townville, S.C. Ava suffers from PTSD and no longer can attend school. She is home-schooled and probably will attend a different school next year. On September 28, 2016, Jesse Osborne, 14, of Townville, South Carolina, allegedly took his father's handgun and shot his father several times in the back of the head killing him as he sat on the sofa. Soon after, Jesse took his father's truck and crashed it into a fence on the playground at nearby Townville Elementary School and opened fire on children playing on the playground and at other students making their way to the playground. While Jesse was firing the handgun, he yelled repeatedly "I hate my life" to the students. After wounding three students and a teacher, his handgun jammed allowing a local firefighter to tackle him and pin him down until the police arrived. Two students and one teacher survived. One child, Jacob Hall, 6, died days later from injuries he sustained from a bullet in the leg. (Photo by Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How Trump replied to girl’s letter

“DEAR Ava, It is very brave of you to share your story with me. Mrs. Trump and I are so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend, Jacob.”

Asia

TOPSHOT - This undated combination picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017 shows a launching drill of the medium-and-long range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 at an undisclosed location. Kim vowed to complete North Korea's nuclear force despite sanctions, saying the final goal of his country's weapons development is "equilibrium of real force" with the United States, state media reported on September 16. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / - South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

Surprising way Kim is funding weapons

DESPITE being hit with a raft of sanctions, North Korea is continuing to get what it wants, and certain nations are only too willing to help.

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