MAKILALA, North Cotabato (PNA) – Authorities are conducting a manhunt against a detainee who escaped from his guard at the municipal police station here. SANOY mugshot (Makilala police) Police Lt. Col. Jojet Nicolas, Makilala police chief, identified the escapee as Bryan Louie Jayon Sanoy, who is...
SEOUL, South Korea -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday rejected Seoul's offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation steps, calling it the "height of absurdity". This picture taken on August 10, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean...
MATALAM, North Cotabato (PNA) – A police manhunt is under way against a group behind the ambush-slay of a former barangay chairman and his worker in Barangay Kidama here Sunday, August 14. Police Lt. Col. Jingle Parallag, town police chief, identified Monday, August 15, the victims as Felipe Sara...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday he will offer a wide-ranging aid package to the North in return for denuclearisation, a deal long seen as a non-starter for Pyongyang. The proposal comes days after the North threatened to "wipe out" Seoul authorities over a...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Sunday criticised UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his "dangerous words" after he called for the complete and verifiable denuclearisation of Pyongyang during a visit to Seoul. Guterres, who was in South Korea on a two-day visit, expressed his "clear...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has lifted a mask mandate and eased other virus restrictions, state media said Saturday, days after leader Kim Jong Un declared "victory" over Covid-19. The announcement comes after Pyongyang earlier this week blamed Seoul for causing the Covid-19 outbreak in the...
SEOUL, South Korea -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed his "clear commitment" to North Korea's denuclearisation during his visit to Seoul, weeks after Pyongyang said it was "ready to mobilise" its nuclear deterrent. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres talks...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- Footprints laid down by Ice Age hunter-gatherers and recently discovered in a US desert are shedding new light on North America's earliest human inhabitants. This handout image released by Dr. Daron Duke, an archaeologist from Far Western Anthropological Research...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Skirmishes erupted between two armed groups of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Pikit, North Cotabato Wednesday, August 10, sending some 50 families scampering to safer areas. “There were evacuees but many stayed with their relatives in nearby communities,”...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea on Saturday slammed US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her recent visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, calling her the "worst destroyer of international peace". In this handout photo from the Speakers Office, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea reported zero fever cases Friday for a seventh straight day, state media said, adding that everyone who had fallen sick since the country confirmed its first Covid-19 infections had recovered. The isolated country, which has maintained a rigid coronavirus blockade...
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Wednesday slammed what it called the United States' "impudent interference" in China's internal affairs over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, state media reported. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (AFP/File) Pelosi, second in line to the...