South Korea reveals it has a plan to assassinate Kim Jong Un
Updated 0539 GMT (1339 HKT) September 23, 2016
South Korea has elite troops on standby ready to assassinate Kim Jong Un if the country feels threatened by North Korean nuclear weapons, the country's defense minister revealed this week.
Asked in parliament Wednesday if there was a special forces unit already assembled that could eliminate North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, Han Min-koo said: "Yes, we do have such a plan. "
"South Korea has a general idea and plan to use precision missile capabilities to target the enemy's facilities in major areas as well as eliminating the enemy's leadership," he added.
China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang - instead it persecutes him
The human rights lawyer has been detained on baseless charges. Beijing should drop them and uphold the rule of law
Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere.
Meanwhile, state media has been given exclusive access to parade many activists as criminals on television before their trial.
One of the key targets of the crackdown is lawyer Wang Quanzhang.
Philippines signals it wants to bring back death penalty just so it can execute Australian paedophile
Australian Peter Scully under investigation for a total of 75 charges
Prosecutors in the Philippines are calling for the death penalty to be reintroduced as punishment for alleged Australian child sex abuser Peter Scully.
Scully, 52, is accused of directing child sex abuse videos involving torture and selling them through the dark web.
He is being investigated for a total of 75 charges, including the alleged rape of an 18-month-old girl. He has pleaded not guilty.
"If I had my choice it would be death for Scully. I want it to happen," chief prosecutor Jaime Umpa said, according to Fairfax Media.
Opinion: No peace in Kashmir
When India and Pakistan clash with one another we all have to hope that nuclear weapons fulfill the role once ascribed to them during the Cold War: a deterrent that kept both parties in check, says Peter Sturm.
The numerous conflicts in the Near and Middle East, in Korea as well as the South China Sea, have long overshadowed a conflict that has the potential to become a major war. It should not be forgotten that two nuclear powers are facing one another in the Kashmir conflict. And the rhetoric in India as well as in Pakistan does not bode well when - as is the case now - the conflict flares up again. The regularity with which the situation escalates each time both governments give signs of an easing of tensions is also very unsettling. It seems that in both countries there are simply forces that cannot be controlled by their respective governments.
Another thing that makes the situation all the more difficult is the fact that neither side can claim to have "clean hands." Pakistan must put up with accusations that it often looks the other way when militants cross the demarcation line in order to carry out bloody attacks in Kashmir or other parts of India. On the other side, the reckless behavior that Indian security forces exhibit at times does not exactly give Muslims in India the feeling that they are full-fledged members of what Indians like to call the "the world's largest democracy."
How are Colombia’s rebels preparing for peace?
The Marxist rebels are on the verge of entering Colombia's electoral arena, but much work lies ahead in building a viable political party.
Colombia looks poised to bring a formal end to its five-decade war against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, with polls showing that a majority of the public, as well as the rebels’ rank and file, will probably ratify a newly finished peace accord.
And as the FARC prepares to lay down its weapons, it’s already taking the first steps toward transitioning into an electoral force. At this week’s 10th and final wartime conference in the remote Yari Plains, rebel fighters are reuniting with their families and organizing into commissions that will work out details in coming months on the future party’s platform and strategies, reported El Tiempo.
Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users
Yahoo says "state-sponsored" hackers stole information from about 500 million users in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.
The breach included swathes of personal information, including names and emails, as well as “unencrypted security questions and answers”.
The hack took place in 2014 but has only now been made public.
The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the claims.
The data taken includes names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords, but not credit card data, Yahoo said.
The company said the information was "stolen by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor" but did not say which country it held responsible.
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