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North Korean soldiers watch fireworks in Pyongyang earlier this month during a ceremony honoring scientists involved in the country's largest nuclear blast to date.

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North Korea Fires Another Missile Over Japan

9:49pm September 14, 2017

by Barbara Campbell

South Korean and Japanese officials say the latest missile flew over Hokkaido and fell into the ocean, and the South Korean military conducted a live-fire ballistic missile drill in response.

A forensic police officer investigates a dormitory window at a religious school in Malaysia after a fire that killed about two dozen people Thursday.

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Fire Kills At Least 23 At Malaysian School Dormitory With Barred Windows

3:29pm September 14, 2017

by Amy Held

"We wanted to help others," a survivor tells Reuters. "There was nothing we could do." The victims were mostly children whose escape was blocked.

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Criticism Grows Against Aung San Suu Kyi Over Rohingya Crisis

6:56am September 14, 2017

by Michael Sullivan

Nearly 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's military crackdown. Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being criticized for engaging in the kind of repression she spent decades fighting.

Morning News Brief: Hurricane Relief Operations

6:39am September 14, 2017

An operation is underway for Irma survivors in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Florida gets a visit from President Trump, who displayed more bipartisanship after another meeting with Democratic leaders.

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Sareum Srey Moch plays a young Loung Ung in Netflix's First They Killed My Father.

'This Is Their Film': Angelina Jolie Tells A Story Of Khmer Rouge Survival

10:57pm September 13, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

Jolie's new film, First They Killed My Father, is based on a memoir by Loung Ung, who was 5 years old when the Khmer Rouge rose to power in Cambodia.

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Cancels U.N. Trip Amid Rohingya Crisis

4:31pm September 13, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is cancelling her trip to the United Nations General Assembly next week. The de facto ruler of Myanmar and one-time democracy icon is facing widespread criticism for not stopping atrocities against a minority Muslim population.

Journalist Says: In North Korea, Talk Of War And Nuclear Weapons Is 'Everywhere'

2:08pm September 13, 2017

New Yorker writer Evan Osnos visited North Korea in August to understand what they really mean when they talk about nuclear war. He found that nuclear weapons are an essential part of their society.

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Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has insisted that unspecified "terrorists" and not the country's military are targeting the Muslim Rohingyas, who have been fleeing the country for weeks.

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Aung San Suu Kyi To Skip U.N. Meeting As Criticism Over Rohingya Crisis Grows

1:57pm September 13, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The Myanmar leader has garnered international opprobrium for her handling of what the United Nations and watchdog groups say appears to be a genocide against the country's Muslim minority.

Explaining U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

8:05am September 13, 2017

North Korea poses the thorniest security threat to the United States. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan Thornton talks with David Greene about U.S. policy.

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Nearly 400,000 Of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya Seek Asylum In Bangladesh

5:35pm September 12, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Zafar Sobhan, editor-in-chief of the Dhaka Tribune, about the Rohingya in Bangladesh. Nearly 400,000 members of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority have sought refuge.

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