The latest UN sanctions ban the hiring of additional North Korean workers and bar the renewal of their work contracts when they expire.
North Korea’s overseas workers are feeling the sanctions squeeze
FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo, a worker sweeps the floor inside a branch of the North Korean-operated Haedanghwa restaurant in Beijing. Chinese news reports Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017, say the government has ordered most North Korean-owned businesses and ventures with Chinese partners to close under U.N. sanctions imposed over the North's nuclear and missile programs. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Autocrats can use social media, too
In this March 1, 2016 photo, a man views Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Facebook page on his mobile phone at a side walk in downtown Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodias long-ruling Hun Sen and exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy have gotten an early start on campaigning for elections in 2018, vying for likes in Facebook as the political role of social media grows among the countrys youthful electorate. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
When Cambodia’s state-controlled media instituted a blackout of a slain activist’s funeral, the requiem was streamed live on social media, however the flip side to the democratic potential of social media is that authoritarian regimes are using it, too.
A transgender woman and second-grader — a day in US immigration court
A diverse group of people comes before the judge where motions are fast-paced, but the impact of decisions can last a lifetime.
‘No’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘no’ in rape cases in India
An activist of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) holds a poster during a protest against the recent gang-rape of a woman in a moving car, according to local media, in Kolkata, India May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri - D1AETHEUJNAA
Activists say recent court actions in India that blame the victim are a backlash against tougher rape laws in a country where many believe women who wear provocative clothes, drink or stay out late are asking for it.
Women are using technology to overcome barriers but the digital divide persists
In this photo taken Tuesday Feb. 3, 2015, a woman works on her laptop as two other women walk through the campus at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. A new Facebook and LinkedIn collaboration announced Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, seeks to boost the dwindling numbers of women studying engineering and computer science today, a field booming with lucrative Silicon Valley jobs long dominated by men. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Getting online remains a challenge for many women in developing countries while fewer women than men find success in US technical careers.
Are women unfit to rule in China?
Newly-named Chinese vice Premier Liu Yandong, center, walks past top leaders, front row from left to right, National People's Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Premier Li Kiqiang, during a plenary session of the NPC in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Chinas new leaders turned Saturday to veteran technocrats with greater international experience to staff a Cabinet charged with overhauling a slowing economy and pursuing a higher global profile without triggering opposition. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
If women ‘hold up half the sky’ as Mao Zedong once proclaimed, then the sky is at risk of falling in China, where women remain underrepresented among China’s major policy-making bodies — which some say stems from a lack of trust that goes back to the three most powerful women in Chinese history.
What goes up must be regulated by the FAA
A plane is escorted by a law enforcement vehicle to a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. A spokesman for US Airways says a flight from New York to Louisville, Ky., has been diverted to Philadelphia International Airport because of security concerns. Spokesman Jim Olson says US Airways Express Flight 3709 landed in Philadelphia around 9 a.m. Thursday morning after taking off from La Guardia airport. He would not elaborate on the security concern. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
VIDEO EXPLAINER: Planes, helicopters, drones and more must follow the rules established by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Can’t get to school? There’s an app for that.
$10 million will be awarded to the team that develops the best educational app for children who have never set foot in a classroom.
Malawi is on the road to recovery, its president tells VOA
Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1ED9K1QGK4U
After years of drought, floods, poor crops and budget deficits, the leader of one of the world’s poorest countries says he has a 4-point plan to improve the situation.
Iraq moves to punish would-be breakaway Kurdish state
Kurds celebrate to show their support for the independence referendum in Duhok, Iraq, September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - RC1D50666780
After Kurds vote overwhelmingly for independence, Iraq’s prime minister says he will exercise federal authority in the Kurdistan region, home to lucrative oil fields.