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(FILES) Miao Hua (C), China's director of the political affairs department of the Central Military Commission, disembarks his aircraft after arriving at Pyongyang International Airport on October 14, 2019. China said on November 28, 2024 that top military official Miao Hua had been removed from office and was suspected of "serious violations of discipline". (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP)

Military chief latest in Chinese purge

The top political commissar of China’s military has been suspended and placed under investigation as a purge of the People’s Liberation Army ordered by President Xi Jinping intensifies.

MORE THAN FOODThe Times
Km Jong-Un and a cruncy noodle salad

How noodle bars are cash cow for Kim

North Korean diners of Laos are making a mint for Pyongyang, with reports restaurants are being run by intelligence agency the Reconnaissance General Bureau.

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Picture taken on November 13, 2024 shows presidential candidate Calin Georgescu at the Romanian tv station "Digi 24" in Bucharest, Romania, on November 13, 2024. The pro-Russia far-right candidate took a surprise lead on November 25, 2024 in Romania's presidential election, as the EU-leaning premier was knocked out of the race that will be decided in a December run off. The result is a political earthquake in the country of 19 million, a NATO member which has so far resisted nationalist appeals, setting itself apart from neighbours Hungary and Slovakia. (Photo by Octav Ganea / DIGI24/INQUAM PHOTOS / AFP) / Romania OUT / ROMANIA OUT mandatory credit "DIGI24/INQUAM PHOTOS/Octav Ganea"

Pro-Putin populist’s victory worries West

Calin Georgescu, 62, has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and argues the “imperialist” Western military-industrial complex is behind the Ukraine war.

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