Kim Yun-gyong is one of the eight carefully-selected dolphin trainers at Pyonyang's dolphinarium. Rory Maclean met her for a new British Council exhibition on life in North Korea Day in the life of a deaf schoolgirl Day in the life of a footballer Kim Yun-gyong, 24, dolphin trainer Born in Pyongyang, 2 October 1988 The careful choreography of man and animal is designed to emphasise the necessity of...
The craft of opposition research—finding information that might put an opponent in a negative light—has long been a staple of political campaigns. This year, independent groups are taking a leading role....
Cynthia Quarterman, a top U.S. safety regulator tasked with handling the U.S. government's response to a string of oil-train crashes in recent years, is stepping down....
The Los Angeles City Council has approved one of the nation's highest minimum wages for workers at the city's large hotels....
The U.S. government will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle long-standing claims that it mismanaged funds and natural resources on the tribe's reservation for years....
Connecticut gubernatorial candidate Joe Visconti opposes the state's new gun restrictions, and he has an online commercial that shows him riding in a 1974 Pontiac convertible with rifles fixed to the rear fenders. ...
The U.S. and Arab allies launched a second major wave of airstrikes in Syria targeting mobile oil refineries controlled by Islamic State, the Pentagon said....