The son of a high-profile South Korean to defect to North Korea has arrived in the North to "permanently resettle".
Choe In-guk is the son of a South Korean ex-foreign minister who defected to the North with his wife in 1986 after he was reportedly embroiled in a corruption scandal.
He attributed his rare switch of political allegiance to honour his parents’ "dying wish" to move back and devote himself to the unification of the Korean peninsula.
Riyadh airport operations suspended after attack causes injuries
Operations at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh were suspended on Saturday after an attack on the airport caused injuries, the Saudi Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.
India detains thousands, locks down Delhi to foil election chief protest
Police detained more than 2,000 protesters and the founder of the "Cockroach" youth movement in Delhi on Saturday as security forces locked down parts of the capital to thwart a rally demanding the resignation of India's election chief.
Isaias kills 4, about 670,000 without power after landfall
Four people have died after Hurricane Isaias made landfall early on Saturday, and about 670,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi were still without power as the storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, according to local authorities and electricity monitoring services.
Man dies after entering tiger enclosure at British zoo
British police said a man died on Saturday after he entered a tiger enclosure at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and was attacked.
9 dead in Pennsylvania mass shooting
Nine people have been confirmed dead in Erie, Pennsylvania, authorities said, after what Governor Josh Shapiro called a "tragic mass shooting".
