SEOUL — South Korea has called the recently announced political purges at the top of North Korea's leadership a “reign of terror†that could further destabilize their already shaky relations. Meanwhile, North Korean media continue to attack the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un who was very publicly removed from power.
SEOUL — North Korea has confirmed that leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and mentor, Jang Song Thaek, has been ousted in a public purge. Political analysts say the highly publicized dismissal is meant as a warning to ensure loyalty as the young leader consolidates power.
The devastating tsunami that struck Japan’s Tohoku region in March 2011 was touched off by a submarine earthquake far more massive than anything geologists had expected in that zone.
South Africa and the world is mourning the passing of 95-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela who died on Thursday. Mandela was South Africa's first black president. He held office from 1994 until 1997.