North Korea wants to raise $39m (€35.5m) from foreign investors to fund a new brewery in Wonsan, an eastern port city where national leader, Kim Jong Un, has big development ambitions.

AN Egyptian Christian telecom mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.

An Egyptian telecoms giant launched an advanced mobile phone network in North Korea today, the latest attempt to introduce a global symbol of personal freedom into one of the world’s most tightly controlled societies.