Author: Thomas Maresca, Special to USA TODAY

The United States imposed new sanctions on three top North Korean officials – including Kim Jong Un’s right-hand man – over the country’s continuing human rights abuses, brutal censorship and the death last year of American pris…

Moon Jae-in was en routeto New Zealandfrom the Group of 20 Summit in Argentina.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful testing of a “newly developed ultramodern tactical weapon,” state media reported Friday.

Bambang Irawan, an investigator with the National Transport Safety Commission, saidthat theretrieved ox was the flight data recorder, and that the search for the cockpit voice recorder was ongoing.

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North Korean authorities routinely commit sexual violence against women with impunity, according to the report, which was based on interviews with 54 North Koreans who fled the country and 8 former officials.

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The plane was a brand-new Boeing 737 MAX 8 that was delivered to the low-cost carrier in August.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in is trying to help resolve a stalemate with the U.S.over North Korea’s nuclear program, as well as bring momentum to his efforts to improve inter-Korean relations and expand economic ties with Pyongyang.

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Vice President Mike Pence welcomed home 55 sets of remainsbelieved to be Americansoldiers who didn’t make it home more than 60 years ago after fighting in the Korean War.

The agreement came during a third round of talks between the rivalKoreas.