Aussie PM says China should lift trade sanctions, welcomes talks
China is Australia's largest trading partner and the biggest customer for its iron ore - its largest export earner - but diplomatic relations have been strained in recent years.
Sanctions, food shortages raise fears of North Korean famine
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for another 'arduous march', echoing the phrase used to describe the nineties famine when starving citizens were forced to eat tree bark to stay alive.
