The Interview: Activist' sends DVDs into North Korea by balloon (BBC)

The Interview: Activist 'sends DVDs into N Korea by balloon'

Lee Min-bok said he hadn't found The Interview particularly funny but wanted to "tell the truth" to North Koreans

A South Korean activist says he has flown thousands of copies of controversial Sony film The Interview over the North Korean border.

China's ex-security chief charged with bribery (FRANCE 24, REUTERS)

China's ex-security chief charged with bribery, abuse of power

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Latest update : 2015-04-03

Chinese prosecutors charged former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang with bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of state secrets on Friday, paving the way for a trial that could expose the inner workings of the Communist Party.

Zhou, 72, is the most senior Chinese official to be ensnared in a graft scandal since the party swept to power in 1949. The decision to prosecute Zhou underscores President Xi Jinping’s commitment to fighting graft at the highest levels.

The indictment accused Zhou of “taking advantage of his position to seek benefits for others”, “illegally accepting other people’s huge assets”, “abuse of power” and “causing heavy losses to public property, the state and the people”, China’s top prosecutor, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, said in a statement on its website.