There have been other flash points over culture. In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un branded South Korea’s entertainment scene — including K-pop — “a vicious cancer.” He accused it of corrupting the “hairstyles, speeches and behaviors” of North Koreans, the New York Times reported.
Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway
BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters...