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    North Korea could collapse within a year due to US sanctions, a defector and former Pyongyang official has said. Ri Jong-ho, who ran an international network of North Korean businesses which funnelled money into the hermit kingdom, said the country “desperately wants relations with the US. The sanctions that the White House has imposed on North Korea are of a historic level, Mr Ri told an Asia Society event in New York. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Never before has the country faced such tough sanctions. I don’t know if North Korea will survive a year with these sanctions. People will die, he said. Mr Ri believes North Korea’s increasing provocations and Kim Jong-un’s rhetoric are an attempt to force the US into a diplomatic dialogue which does not involve South Korea....

    A teenage girl in China who claimed to be auctioning off her virginity in return for an iPhone 8 was taught a terrifying lesson. The 17-year-old is reported to have posted her offer in an online forum, where she said she would give up her virginity for a cash payment of around £2,300. But her post was discovered by a vlogger who hosts a show, and they set up an interview with the unsuspecting teen, known as Xiao Chen, reports the Mirror. Footage posted by vlogger Nana, 21, shows the pair meeting in a tea house, where Xiao Chen explains that one of her friends slept with a wealthy stranger and earned easy money. The girls claims she wants to order to buy the new iPhone 8 which all her friends have - although several people have said the footage is fake. Nana, whose show foc...