Asia

North Korea Continues To Produce New Ballistic Missiles

9:56pm July 31, 2018

North Korea continues to produce missiles despite talks with President Trump in Singapore. Melissa Hanham, from the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies explains the evidence.

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Politics & Government

North Korea Reportedly Still Producing New Missiles

4:40pm July 31, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

Reports that North Korea has continued to work on its ballistic missile program have come as no surprise to the South Korean government, which continues to try to build links to the North.

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Yuan Ruiyu, 26, says he and his friends are under pressure from both the government and their parents to hurry up and marry, and it's having the opposite effect on them.

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China's Marriage Rate Plummets As Women Choose To Stay Single Longer

3:59pm July 31, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

"Before, in China, you married to survive," says a Shanghai magazine editor. "Now I'm living well by myself, so I have higher expectations in marriage."

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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Deadly Attack On Cyclists In Tajikistan

11:35am July 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Two Americans, one Swiss and one Dutch person were killed over the weekend when a vehicle mowed them down and then assailants jumped out of the vehicle and stabbed the victims.

A man watches a TV screen showing what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, in November.

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North Korea Reportedly Building More ICBMs

8:54am July 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Despite Pyongyang's pledge to denuclearize, The Washington Post reports that U.S. satellite imagery shows it is producing more ballistic missiles.

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Why Young Chinese Aren't Rushing Into Marriage

7:36am July 31, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

China's young adults are moving to the city and making more money. They're pickier about their marriage prospects and that has China's government worried about a rapidly decreasing marriage rate.

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World News

North Korea Is Working On New Missiles, 'Washington Post' Reports

6:37am July 31, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Joby Warrick of The Washington Post about U.S. intelligence evidence that suggests North Korea is advancing its intercontinental missile program despite arms-reduction talks.

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Indigenous women in traditional attire hold placards to protest against the Indian government decision to provide citizenship or stay rights to minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan in India in Gauhati, India, in a protest held in May.

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Citizenship List In Indian State Stokes Fears Of Deportation

7:48am July 30, 2018

The government has issued a draft citizenship list that leaves off some 4 million people who reportedly failed to produce valid documents.

Imran Khan addresses a political campaign rally ahead of the general election in Islamabad on July 21. He's been in the public eye for decades, first as a cricket player, and now is set to become prime minister.

World News

Imran Khan: From Swaggering Cricketer To Populist Prime Minister

11:42am July 29, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

Imran Khan has been a world champion cricketer, a playboy splashed across gossip columns, and the husband of a British heiress. Now, he's poised to be the next prime minister of Pakistan.

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Pakistani-Americans On Imran Khan

8:02am July 29, 2018

Weekend Edition stopped by a mosque in Alexandria, Va., to talk with some Pakistani-Americans about Imran Khan's election as prime minister.