India rejected USCIRF observations, terming them as "biased and tendentious"

Both Seoul and Washington have played them down, but there has been no concrete proof of life in Pyongyang's state media, beyond reports of messages sent in his name.

RSF said there was a "clear correlation" between suppression of media freedom in response to the coronavirus pandemic and a country's ranking in the index.

Seoul: The South Korean government said Tuesday no unusual activity has been detected in North Korea after unconfirmed reports described leader Kim Jong Un as in fragile condition after heart surgery. The presidential Blue House says it had no inf

The string of weapons drills come as a prolonged hiatus in disarmament talks with the United States drags on, and despite recent overtures from Washington offering help to contain the pandemic.

Japan's coast guard confirmed a missile had landed outside the waters of its exclusive economic zone.

The two countries have close economic ties and are both major US allies, democracies and market economies faced with a rising China and nuclear-armed North Korea.

"This new case indicates that there is evidence of community transmission but the extent is still not clear."

Japan's defence ministry described the projectiles as "ballistic missile-like" but said they did not come down in the country's exclusive economic zone.

Doha: Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged a silver medal in the men's 10m air pistol at the Asian Shooting Championships here on Sunday. North Korea's Kim Song Guk clinched the gold medal in the event, scoring 246.5. Also, Guk created a new Wo

"WFP has intensified the South-South and Triangular cooperation as an avenue to enhance support to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and has received a contribution from the government of India of USD 1 million for its in-country operations."

The weapons were launched from South Pyongan province in an easterly direction over the sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement

"Pyongyang seems set to push Washington to back off from past demands of full denuclearisation for what are only promises of sanctions relief."

The quantum of fear influences human behaviour and only a fearless world can mean an equal society

The Lazarus Group's activities were widely reported after it was blamed for the 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack on countries including the US and Britain.

More than 460 houses and at least a dozen public buildings were "completely or partly destroyed or inundated" by the typhoon, reported the official KCNA news service.

More than 120 flights were grounded at airports nationwide, while 38 people were forced to evacuate from their flooded homes in Gwangju, a city near Seoul.

The JSA is used by the two Korean nations for diplomatic engagements and has witnessed numerous significant events since its establishment in 1953 after the end of the Korean war.

The meeting was requested by the United Kingdom, France and Germany, a source close to the matter told Sputnik.