North Korea said on June 2 it would stop sending trash-filled balloons across the border into the South, saying the “disgusting” missives had been an effective countermeasure against propaganda sent by anti-regime activists.
Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed on June 2 to have captured a tiny village in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where it has been on the offensive making territorial gains.
Flash floods, mudslides and falling trees have killed at least 14 persons in Sri Lanka as the island nation is battered by monsoon storms, the country’s disaster centre said on June 2.
The case was reported on Saturday as the government appointed a new head of the polio eradication programme after his predecessor stepped down during the week.
The prospect of peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan is being increasingly “eroded” by Taiwanese separatists and external forces, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said.