North Korean teens sentenced to 12 years hard labour for watching South Korean films

Footage obtained by a Seoul think tank showed two 16-year-old North Korean students being sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for watching South Korean films.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."